Ka taƙaita labarin:  Shugaban kungiyar kwadago Harold Wilson a asirce ya matsa wa BBC don canza lokacin shahararren wasan kwaikwayo Steptoe da Son a daren zaben 1964 saboda yana tsoron masu jefa kuri'a na ma'aikata za su zauna a gida su kalli wasan kwaikwayon maimakon tallafawa 'yan takararsa. A cewar sabon faifan da BBC ta adana, Mista Wilson ya je gidan Darakta Janar na BBC Sir Hugh Greene kuma ya gaya masa cewa wasan kwaikwayon zai iya kashe masa kujeru 20. Mista Wilson shi ne shugaban 'yan adawa kuma yana neman ya hambarar da Firayim Minista mai ra'ayin mazan jiya Alec Douglas Home. Shugaban kungiyar kwadago ya yi tunanin sake maimaita shirin sit-com da Harry H Corbett da Wilfrid Brambell suka yi zai same su sosai. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Jam'iyyar Labour ta ji tsoron cewa magoya bayanta za su zauna a gida su kalli maimaita Steptoe da Son tare da Harry H Corbett, hagu, da Wilfrid Brambell, dama, maimakon fitowa don jefa kuri'a a 1964. Shugaban kungiyar kwadago Harold Wilson, a tsakiya, ya tunkari BBC kai tsaye don jinkirta sake watsa shirye-shiryen wasan kwaikwayon. Don haka ya je gidan Sir Hugh ya nuna damuwarsa game da watsa shirye-shiryen. BBC tana sakin hirar da aka yi da Sir Hugh a shekarar 1982 da kuma hirar da aka yi da tsohon Firayim Ministan a shekarar 1981. Aikin hadin gwiwa tsakanin BBC da Jami'ar Sussex, wanda ake bugawa a yau, ya nuna yadda kamfanin ya shiga cikin zabe tun 1922. Dangane da hirar Sir Hugh ta 1982: 'Ya zo ya sha abin sha. Ya kasance mai matukar damuwa saboda BBC ta shirya farkon jerin maimaita shirye-shiryen nishaɗin haske mai matukar shahara, Steptoe da Son, da yammacin ranar jefa kuri'a. Ya yi tunanin cewa hakan zai hana musamman magoya bayan Labour daga zabe. " A lokacin da wasan kwaikwayon ya yi fice, mutane miliyan 28 ne suka kalli wasan kwaikwayon. Sir Hugh ya ci gaba da cewa: 'Harold Wilson ya fara wannan maraice ta hanyar zargin BBC da yin makirci a kansa. Na gaya masa cewa dole ne ya san a cikin zuciyarsa cewa wannan ba gaskiya ba ne, kuma sai dai idan ya janye wannan bayanin babu wata ma'ana a cikin tattaunawarmu game da komai....
Harold Wilson ya ji tsoron shahararren sit-com zai kashe shi kujeru 20 a 1964. Ya ce'yan Labour za su iya zama a gida ko a mashaya a daren zabe. BBC ta amince ta jinkirta watsa shirye-shiryen har sai an rufe rumfunan zabe. Kamfanin ya fitar da bayanan sirri game da yarjejeniyar sirri.