Highly popular and more than a little controversial Johnny Speight's classic sitcom satirised the less acceptable aspects of conservative working-class culture and the yawning generation gap, creating a sea change in television comedy that influenced just about every sitcom that followed. As relevant today as when first transmitted, Speight's liberal attitude to comedy shone a light on some of the more unsavoury aspects of the national character to great effect. Starring Warren Mitchell as highly opinionated, true-blue bigot Alf Garnett, Till Death Us Do Part sees... him mouthing off on race, immigration, party politics and any other issues that take his fancy. His rantings meet fierce opposition in the form of his left-wing, Liverpudlian layabout son-in-law Mike, while liberal daughter Rita despairs and long-suffering wife Else occasionally wields a sharp put-down of her own. Though all colour episodes exist, many early black and white episodes were wiped decades ago. The recent recovery of the episode Intolerance, however, alongside off-air audio recordings made on original transmission allow us to present a near-complete run of the series from beginning to end. [show more]
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All the surviving episodes of Johnny Speight's classic sitcom about a bigoted working-class man and his beleaguered family. Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell) rants and raves interminably about everything from race to politics. Anything that will likely generate discomfort or derision is fair game, and the discomfort is felt aplenty by his unfortunate wife Else (Dandy Nichols) and daughter Rita (Una Stubbs), while the derision mainly comes from his argumentative son-in-law Mike (Anthony Booth). Displaying the prejudices and bigotry found in conservative working-class culture at the time, the sitcom had a profound impact on the future of television comedy. The episodes are: 'Arguments, Arguments...', 'A House With Love in It', 'Intolerance', 'Peace and Goodwill', 'In Sickness and in Health', 'State Visit', 'Alf's Dilemma', 'Till Closing Time Do Us Part', 'The Phone', 'The Blood Donor', 'Aunt Maud', 'The Puppy', 'To Garnett a Grandson', 'Pigeon Fancier', 'Holiday in Bournemouth', 'Dock Pilfering', 'Up the Hammers', 'Alf's Broken Leg', 'Jesus Christ Superstar', 'TV Licence', 'The Royal Wedding', 'Strikes and Blackouts', 'Three Day Week', 'Gran's Watch', 'Party Night', 'Paki-Paddy', 'Outback Bound', 'Phone Call to Else', 'Marital Bliss', 'Wedgie Benn', 'The Wake', 'Christmas Club Books', 'The Letter', 'Moving in With Min', 'Min the Housekeeper', 'Drunk in Charge of a Bicycle', 'The Window', 'A Hole in One' and 'Unemployment'. The collection also includes audio-only versions of the episodes: 'Hair Raising!', 'Two Toilets?... That's Posh', 'From Liverpool With Love', 'Claustrophobia', 'Sex Before Marriage', 'I Can Give It Up Any Time I Like', 'The Bulldog Breed', 'Caviare On the Dole', 'A Woman's Place Is in the Home', 'A Wapping Mythology (The Workers' King)', 'Monopoly', 'The Funeral' and 'Football'.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. As popular as it was controversial, Johnny Speight's classic sitcom satirised the less acceptable aspects of entrenched working-class culture and the generation gap, creating a sea change in television comedy that influenced just about every sitcom that followed. As relevant today as when first transmitted, Speight's liberal attitude to comedy shone a light on some of the more unsavoury aspects of our national character to great effect. As Speight himself said: "I didn't create Alf Garnett I just grassed on him". Starring Warren Mitchell as highly opinionated, true-blue bigot Alf Garnett, Till Death Us Do Part sees him mouthing off on race, immigration, party politics and any other issues that take his fancy. His rantings meet fierce opposition in the form of his left-wing, Liverpudlian layabout son-in-law Mike, while liberal daughter Rita despairs, and long-suffering wife Else occasionally wields a sharp put-down of her own. Though all colour episodes exist, many early black and white episodes were wiped decades ago. The recent recovery of the episode Intolerance, however, alongside off-air audio recordings made on original transmission allow us to present a complete run of all seven series. Subtitles: English
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