History Series / TillDeathUsDoPart

If that premise sounds familiar to Americans, it's because Creator/NormanLear imported this series and officially adapted it as the equally classic American sitcom ''Series/AllInTheFamily''.

If that premise sounds familiar, it's because Creator/NormanLear imported it and officially adapted it as the equally classic American sitcom ''Series/AllInTheFamily''.

The classic {{Britcom}} that was adapted into the classic American sitcom ''Series/AllInTheFamily''.

''[=Till Death Us Do Part=]'' is a British situation comedy created by Johnny Speight. The series revolved around Alf Garnett (Creator/WarrenMitchell), a staunchly conservative, working-class man who espouses racist and anti-socialist views, and his family consisting of his long-suffering wife, Else (Creator/DandyNichols); more open-minded daughter, Rita (Creator/UnaStubbs); and unemployed, socialist son-in-law, Mike Rawlins (Creator/AnthonyBooth). Alf and Mike regularly clashed over their opposing worldviews, representing the generation gap between younger, more left-wing Britons and older, right-wing ones, and addressing the increasingly prevalent political issues in British society.

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''[=Till Death Us Do Part=]'' is a British situation comedy created by Johnny Speight. The series centered around Alf Garnett (Creator/WarrenMitchell), a staunchly conservative, working-class man who espouses racist and anti-socialist views, and his family consisting of his long-suffering wife Else (Creator/DandyNichols), more open-minded daughter Rita (Creator/UnaStubbs), and unemployed socialist son-in-law Mike Rawlins (Creator/AnthonyBooth). Alf and Mike regularly clashed over their opposing worldviews, representing the generation gap between younger, more left-wing Britons and older, right-wing ones, and addressing the increasingly prevalent political issues in British society.

''[=Till Death Us Do Part=]'' is a British situation comedy created by Johnny Speight. The series centered around Alf Garnett (Creator/WarrenMitchell), a highly conservative, working-class man who espouses racist and anti-socialist views, and his family consisting of his long-suffering wife Else (Creator/DandyNichols), more open-minded daughter Rita (Creator/UnaStubbs), and unemployed socialist son-in-law Mike Rawlins (Creator/AnthonyBooth). Alf and Mike regularly clashed over their opposing worldviews, representing the generation gap between younger, more left-wing Britons and older, right-wing ones, and addressing the increasingly prevalent political issues in British society.

[[caption-width-right:350:A rare moment of civility in this household[[note]]Left-to-right:Mike and Rita Rawlings, Alf and Else Garnett[[/note]]]]

''[=Till Death Us Do Part=]'' is a British situation comedy created by Johnny Speight. The series centered around Alf Garnett (Creator/WarrenMitchell), a highly conservative, working-class man who espouses racist and anti-socialist views, and his family consisting of his long-suffering wife Else (Creator/DandyNichols), more open-minded daughter Rita (Creator/UnaStubbs), and unemployed socialist son-in-law Mike Rawlins (Creator/AnthonyBooth). Alf and Mike regularly clashed over their opposing world-views, representing the generation gap between younger, more left-wing British citizens and older, right-wing citizens as well as addressing the increasingly prevalent political issues in British society.

''[=Till Death Us Do Part=]'' is a British situation comedy created by Johnny Speight. The series centered around Alf Garnett (Creator/WarrenMitchell), a highly conservative, working-class man who espouses racist and anti-socialist views, and his family consisting of his long-suffering wife Else (Creator/DandyNichols), his more open-minded daughter Rita (Creator/UnaStubbs) and her unemployed socialist husband Mike Rawlins (Creator/AnthonyBooth). Alf and Mike regularly clashed over their opposing world-views, representing the generation gap between younger, more left-wing British citizens and older, right-wing citizens as well as addressing the increasingly prevalent political issues in British society.

''[=Till Death Us Do Part=]'' is a British situation comedy created by Johnny Speight. The series centered on Alf Garnett (Creator/WarrenMitchell), a highly conservative, working-class man who espouses racist and anti-socialist views, and his family consisting of his long-suffering wife Else (Creator/DandyNichols), his more open-minded daughter Rita (Creator/UnaStubbs) and her unemployed socialist husband Mike Rawlins (Creator/AnthonyBooth). Alf and Mike regularly clashed over their opposing world-views, representing the generation gap between younger, more left-wing British citizens and older, right-wing citizens as well as addressing the increasingly prevalent political issues in British society.

'''''[=Till Death Us Do Part=]''''' is a British situation comedy created by Johnny Speight. The series centered on Alf Garnett (Creator/WarrenMitchell), a highly conservative, working-class man who espouses racist and anti-socialist views, and his family consisting of his long-suffering wife Else (Creator/DandyNichols), his more open-minded daughter Rita (Creator/UnaStubbs) and her unemployed socialist husband Mike Rawlins (Creator/AnthonyBooth). Alf and Mike regularly clashed over their opposing world-views, representing the generation gap between younger, more left-wing British citizens and older, right-wing citizens as well as addressing the increasingly prevalent political issues in British society.

** In ''In Sickness and in Health'', Rita and Mike have moved to Liverpool. In the first two seasons, Rita often pops down to visit her father. Mike doesn't accompany her, because Anthony Booth didn't want to reprise the role.
** Done weirdly with Rita herself. At the start of the third season Alf learns she's left Mike and is moving back to London. Initially he thinks she'll be moving back in with him, then he learns that she's actually marrying the local GP, Dr Thompson, all without Rita actually appearing. Despite Dr Thompson appearing in two later episodes, Rita is never seen again, even though "the bus" has actually brought her ''closer''.

** In ''In Sickness and in Health'', Rita and Mike have moved to Liverpool. In the first two seasons, Rita often pops down to visit her father, Mike doesn't, because Anthony Booth didn't want to reprise the role.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Alf is a loud-mouthed crude bigot who despises black people, Asian people, gays, left-wingers, hippies, Scousers and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking those who are not West Ham fans]]. But on a family holiday in Bournemouth, when the taxi driver senses a kindred spirit and goes off on an anti-Semitic rant complete with hints that the Holocaust wasn't entirely a bad thing, the sort of rant that would have earned him a handshake from Goebbels, even Alf is clearly shocked into silence and cannot agree with him.
** In the later series, Alf's council-provided carer, Winston, was both black ''and'' gay. Although this was an obvious source of antagonism, Alf's views did soften in his old age -- at one point he took Winston and his cousin in as lodgers, and he was shown to be on moderately good terms with the local Pakistani shopkeeper and a Jewish neighbour.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Alf is a bigoted, loudmouthed boor who constantly argues with his family and was clearly meant to be disliked by the viewers, yet also proved to be a great source of hilarity.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Alf is a bigoted, loudmouthed boor who constantly argues with his family and was clearly meant to be disliked by the viewers, yet also proved to be a great source of hilarity.

* CommutingOnABus: Mike and Rita were not regular characters in the later series, the in-universe explanation being that they had moved to Mike's native Liverpool. Una Stubbs agreed to reprise her role, which meant that Rita occasionally visited her parents, but Creator/AnthonyBooth refused to reprise his. Eventually, an in-universe explanation for this was given -- like their American equivalents the Stivics, he and Rita divorced.

!!Tropes pertaining to '''Till Death Us Do Part''

After a pilot episode broadcast in 1965, the series aired on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC1]] from 1966 to 1968, and again from 1972 to 1975. There followed a continuation series (''Till Death...'') on Creator/{{ITV}} in 1981 and a sequel/aftershow (''In Sickness and in Health'') on the BBC which ran from 1985 to 1992. Alf Garnett became an iconic figure in British culture and Mitchell would continue playing the character on stage until Speight's death in 1998.

'''''[=Till Death Us Do Part=]''''' is a British situation comedy created by Johnny Speight. The series centered on Alf Garnett (Creator/WarrenMitchell), a highly conservative, working-class man who espouses racist and anti-socialist views, and his family consisting of his long-suffering wife Else (Creator/DandyNichols), his more open-minded daughter Rita (Una Stubbs) and her lazy socialist husband Mike Rawlins (Creator/AnthonyBooth). Alf and Mike regularly clashed over their opposing world-views, representing the generation gap between younger, more left-wing British citizens and older, right-wing citizens as well as addressing the increasingly prevalent political issues in British society.

'''''[=Till Death Us Do Part=]''''' is a British situation comedy created by Johnny Speight. The series centered on Alf Garnett (Creator/WarrenMitchell), a highly conservative, working-class man who espouses racist and anti-socialist views, and his family consisting of his long-suffering wife Else (Dandy Nichols), his more open-minded daughter Rita (Una Stubbs) and her lazy socialist husband Mike Rawlins (Creator/AnthonyBooth). Alf and Mike regularly clashed over their opposing world-views, representing the generation gap between younger, more left-wing British citizens and older, right-wing citizens as well as addressing the increasingly prevalent political issues in British society.