The 19 March 2008, broadcast of The Curse of Steptoe brought BBC Four its highest audience figures, estimated as 1.41 million viewers, a 7 percent share of multichannel audiences between 9.00pm and 10.05pm, based on overnight returns.BBC4 breaks ratings record, 19 March 2008, The Guardian Reviews were good. The Guardian described the two stars as "striking, like Walter Matthau and George Burns in The Odd Couple "Last night's TV, Nancy Banks-Smith in The Guardian, 20 March 2008 (cf. The Sunshine Boys), and The Times praised "the tough, funny, sad script... and the subtly glorious performances".The Curse of Steptoe, 20 March 2008, The Times The Independent's reviewer said, "Anyone who remembers David Barrie's Channel 4 documentary When Steptoe Met Son, broadcast in 2002, won't have found all this particularly revelatory, but Isaacs and Davis played it so well that it had a fresh life."Last Night's TV: The Curse of Steptoe, BBC4, Countdown to War, BBC2, The Independent, 20 March 2008
