Albert & Herbert

Albert & Herbert
GenreComedy
Based on
Written byBo Hermansson
Directed byBo Hermansson
Starring
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
Original release
NetworkSVT
Release1974 (1974) –
1982 (1982)

Albert & Herbert was a Swedish comedy series that ran in 1974, 1976–1979, and 1981–82, in addition to an advent series and a theatre play titled Mordet på Skolgatan 15. It had a spin-off series in 1995. Albert & Herbert, which featured father-and-son scrap dealers living together, was an adaptation of Ray Galton and Alan Simpsons's BBC series Steptoe and Son from the 1960s and 1970s.

Albert was played by Sten-Åke Cederhök, and the son Herbert was played by Tomas von Brömssen. During the first six episodes, Herbert was played by Lennart Lundh.[1] The characters lived in a dilapidated wooden house in Skolgatan 15, in Haga, Gothenburg.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Ljung, Maria (19 December 2009). "Svaret på gårdagens fråga". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish).