|It's General Election night, and Alf is discussing the state of the nation, immigration, the Common Market, and the World Cup.
|It's General Election night, and Alf is discussing the state of the nation, immigration, the Common Market, and the World Cup.
|First episode produced in colour. Only a low-quality, black-and-white, 25-minuterecording is known to exist.
|First episode produced in colour. A low-quality domestic black-and-white videotape recording, missing the first 5 minutes, of approx. 25-minutes duration is known to exist, as well as a complete audio recording.
Earlier episodes were produced in black-and-white; all episodes after Series 3 are in colour. The original videotapes of nearly all episodes prior to Series 4 were wiped, although complete or partial recordings of some episodes have been found. Recordings exist of all episodes from Series 4 and later.
Pilot episode
Title
Airdate
Description
Notes
Till Death Us Do Part
22 July 1965
Aired as an episode of Comedy Playhouse. Only an excerpt is known to exist.
Series 1
Title
Airdate
Description
Notes
Arguments, Arguments
6 June 1966
A weekend in the Garnett household is punctuated with rows, and the main protagonist is generally Alf. Whether it is politics, family, drink, or football, he has an opinion that is shared by very few—least of all his long-suffering wife Else and his son-in-law Mike.
A recording was found in 2002. This episode is included as an extra on The Complete 1974 Series DVD.
Hair Raising
13 June 1966
missing
A House With Love In It
20 June 1966
Intolerance
27 June 1966
missing
Two Toilets?...That's Posh!
4 July 1966
missing
From Liverpool With Love
18 July 1966
missing
Claustrophobia
1 August 1966
missing
Series 2
Title
Airdate
Description
Notes
Peace and Goodwill
26 December 1966
Only an incomplete recording was known to exist, until the missing footage was found in 2009.
Sex Before Marriage
2 January 1967
I Can Give It Up Any Time I Like
9 January 1967
missing
The Bulldog Breed
16 January 1967
Caviar on the Dole
23 January 1967
Only an audio recording is known to exist.
A Woman's Place Is In The Home
30 January 1967
missing
A Wapping Mythology
aka The Workers' King
6 February 1967
In Sickness and In Health
13 February 1967
found in 2009
State Visit
20 February 1967
Alf is furious that the Russian premier, Kosygin, has been invited to Downing Street by Harold Wilson. Believing that Britain is selling out to the Commies, Alf decides to take Else on a trip to Downing Street to protest—and then on to see Her Majesty at the Palace!
found in 2009
Alf's Dilemma
27 February 1967
found in 1997
Easter special
Title
Airdate
Description
Notes
Till Closing Time Us Do Part
27 March 1967
Series 3
Title
Airdate
Description
Notes
The Phone
5 January 1968
Only a low-quality, domestic recording is known to exist.
The Blood Donor
12 January 1968
Monopoly
19 January 1968
Only an audio recording is known to exist.
The Funeral
26 January 1968
Only an audio recording is known to exist.
Football
2 February 1968
Only an audio recording is known to exist.
The Puppy
aka The Dog
9 February 1968
Aunt Maud
16 February 1968
Episodes from 1965–1968 known to still exist
Series
Episode
Title
Broadcast
Notes
Pilot
Till Death Us Do Part
22/7/65
clip, sequence, and extract exist
1
1
Arguments, Arguments
6/6/66
found in 2002
1
3
A House With No Love In It
20/6/66
1
4
Intolerance
11/7/66
clip, sequence, and extract exist
2
1
Peace and Goodwill
26/12/66
2
2
Sex Before Marriage
2/1/67
clip, sequence, and extract exist
2
4
The Bulldog Breed
16/1/67
clip, sequence, and extract exist
2
7
A Wapping Mythology (The Workers' King)
6/2/67
clip, sequence, and extract exist
2
8
In Sickness and In Health
13/2/67
found in 2009
2
9
State Visit
20/2/67
found in 2009
2
10
Alf's Dilemma (Cleaning Up TV)
27/2/67
found in 1997
Easter special
Till Closing Time Do Us Part
27/3/67
3
1
The Phone
5/1/68
a low-quality, domestic recording exists
3
2
The Blood Donor
12/1/68
3
6
The Puppy (The Dog)
9/2/68
clip, sequence, extract, and final 90 minutes exist
3
7
Aunt Maud
16/2/68
Election special
Title
Airdate
Description
Notes
The Campaign's Over
aka Up The Polls
18 June 1970
It's General Election night, and Alf is discussing the state of the nation, immigration, the Common Market, and the World Cup.
First episode produced in colour. A low-quality domestic black-and-white videotape recording, missing the first 5 minutes, of approx. 25-minutes duration is known to exist, as well as a complete audio recording.
Series 4
This series was released in the UK as The Complete 1972 Series by Network DVD.
Title
Airdate
Description
To Garnett A Grandson
13 September 1972
Despite Rita giving birth to his new grandson, Alf is a reluctant hospital visitor, as he would much rather be down the pub. A brief moment of bonding with the baby is quickly interrupted by indignation when he hears Mike's proposed name for the infant.
Guest: Joan Sims
Pigeon Fancier
20 September 1972
Alf's in the money; celebrating at the pub he meets a friend, and thinks he has a sure fire way to make some more.
Guests: Joan Sims and Bill Maynard
Holiday in Bournemouth
27 September 1972
As the Garnett family set out for Bournemouth after a raging argument about Women's Lib, Alf isn't really in the holiday mood.
Guest: Spike Milligan
Dock Pilfering
11 October 1972
Alf speaks for the silent majority: "If we want a proper democracy here, we've got to start shooting a few people."
Up The Hammers
18 October 1972
"It's all very well letting women have children, but they shouldn't be allowed to bring them up."
Guests: Bobby More, Allan Ball and Martin Peters
Alf's Broken Leg
25 October 1972
Alf, in a wheelchair with a broken leg, on overpopulation: "Let's have a war and get rid of some of your bloody youth!"
1972 Christmas special
Title
Airdate
Description
Jesus Christ Superstar
26 December 1972
Series 5
This series was released in the UK as The Complete 1974 Series by Network DVD.
Christmas Night with the Stars was a special screened annually on Christmas night, in which the top stars of the BBC appeared in short—typically five- to ten-minute—versions of their programmes. Till Death Us Do Part was among the programmes featured in the 1967 and 1971 specials. No recordings of either of these two segments are known to exist.
