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This English follows the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf, a reactionary working-class man who wields racist and anti-Socialist views. His long-suffering wife Else manages to keep things in control... for the

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    Till Death Us Do Part Season 5 Episode 4 - Three Day Week
    8.8/10(30 votes)

    #1 - Three Day Week

    S5:E4

    In line with his Tory leader's declaration, Alf is now working three days but is appalled to find Else is doing the same and she hasn't cooked dinner. This leads to her commenting on his selfishness over their years of marriage and tricking him into buying her a new coat.

    Director:Dennis Main Wilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Till Death Us Do Part Season 2 Episode 1 - Peace and Goodwill
    8.2/10(38 votes)

    #2 - Peace and Goodwill

    S2:E1

    As the Garnetts celebrate Christmas, Alf berates Rita and Mike for only giving him 'Whiffs' as opposed to real cigars and second-rate socks whilst they have bought Else a dress and accuses his atheist son of hypocrisy. Rita is unable to recall his gift of a doll's house when she was little – though that was because Alf fell downstairs and broke it whilst drunk. When the carollers come calling, Alf is ready for then with a vase of dirty water but has to drink it when he sees the vicar heading the singers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Till Death Us Do Part Season 5 Episode 3 - Strikes and Blackouts
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    #3 - Strikes and Blackouts

    S5:E3

    It's freezing outside, and it's worsened by the miners' strike. A cold and hungry Alf explodes in rage when Else tells him she has no food in the larder. Else, the miners, Harold Wilson, and Mike feel his wrath.

    Director:Douglas Argent
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Till Death Us Do Part Season 5 Episode 5 - Gran's Watch
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #4 - Gran's Watch

    S5:E5

    Gran is very ill and Else is very concerned, while Alf is uncaring, they visit the sick old lady. Alf, believing Gran is not long for this world, pilfers her late husband's pocket-watch, but he is in for a shock.

    Director:Dennis Main Wilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Till Death Us Do Part Season 3 Episode 7 - Aunt Maud
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Aunt Maud

    S3:E7

    When Else is laid up with bronchitis, her sister Maud arrives to care for the family. She and Alf hate each other and, after he insults her once too often, she refuses to cook for him. Maud also sees an opportunity to make him jealous when an old flame of Else's visits, and she hints that something might've happened between George and Else on Brighton Beach before the war.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Till Death Us Do Part Season 5 Episode 1 - TV Licence
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #6 - TV Licence

    S5:E1

    Alf is determined to respect the two minutes silence 'To honor the dead' on Remembrance Day but will Rita and Mike's disrespect and wife Else's loyalty to the BBC ruin it for him?

    Director:Dennis Main Wilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Till Death Us Do Part Season 1 Episode 4 - Intolerance
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    #7 - Intolerance

    S1:E4

    Alf reluctantly accompanies Mike to see Liverpool play Borussia Dortmund in the European Champions cup. There, his racism takes its toll as he reacts to his fellow match-goers on the terraces, resulting in a visit to the doctor with two black eyes and no voice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Till Death Us Do Part Season 2 Episode 6 - A Woman's Place Is in the Home
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #8 - A Woman's Place Is in the Home

    S2:E6

    Alf comes home late from work and finds his dinner burnt to a crisp in the oven. Else tells him that Mike is at the chip shop and that if he phones through to him, it will not be too late for Alf to place his own order. However, Alf is thwarted by others using the phone box.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Till Death Us Do Part Season 1 Episode 2 - Hair Raising!
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Hair Raising!

    S1:E2

    Following yet another political spat with Mike and a subsequent nap, Alf heads off to the pub. There, he's unable to understand why all the punters are laughing at him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Till Death Us Do Part Season 3 Episode 2 - The Blood Donor
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #10 - The Blood Donor

    S3:E2

    Believing that Alf is scared to be a blood donor, Mike bets that even if he did give blood, it would be rejected. Alf is sure that his blood will be of service to somebody of importance and then has a dream that he's at Buckingham Palace, where he has helped out the Queen by his donation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Till Death Us Do Part Season 1 Episode 3 - A House with Love in It
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    #11 - A House with Love in It

    S1:E3

    It's Alf and Else's 25th wedding anniversary; however, needless to say, Alf has forgotten and it's left to Mike to give him a present to pass on to his wife, not that Alf is grateful.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Till Death Us Do Part Season 5 Episode 6 - Party Night
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #12 - Party Night

    S5:E6

    Supreme male chauvinist pig Alf is put to the test when Else and Rita get drunk at the pub. Things get worse when he tangles with a blonde call girl.

    Director:Douglas Argent
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Till Death Us Do Part Season 1 Episode 1 - Arguments, Arguments...
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #13 - Arguments, Arguments...

    S1:E1

    Proud house owner and Tory Alf Garnett is angered by his socialist son-in-law Mike's comments about the family home being a slum. Further humiliation and arguments follow in a boozy session in the local pub.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Till Death Us Do Part Season 5 Episode 2 - The Royal Wedding
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #14 - The Royal Wedding

    S5:E2

    Princess Anne is set to marry Captain Mark Phillips, so Alf, loyal to the royal family, celebrates by organising a street party, complete with piano — but will anyone turn up?

    Director:Douglas Argent
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Till Death Us Do Part Season 2 Episode 9 - State Visit
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #15 - State Visit

    S2:E9

    Learning that the Socialist prime minister he despises, Harold Wilson, is hosting the Russian premier, Alf is appalled, seeing this as yet another example of Wilson's lean into Communism. He decides to go to Downing Street to protest and then head on to Buckingham Palace so that the Queen can see his patriotism.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Till Death Us Do Part Season 3 Episode 1 - The Phone
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #16 - The Phone

    S3:E1

    When Mike is unable to get into the phone box to place Alf's bet on a horse which ultimately wins, Alf decides it's time for the Garnetts to have their own phone. Despite Mike trying to wind him up by pretending to be the operator, Alf is proud of his new possession but becomes agitated when Else allows Min from next door to come over and use the phone, turning down the volume on the show he's trying to watch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Till Death Us Do Part Season 4 Episode 6 - Alf's Broken Leg
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #17 - Alf's Broken Leg

    S4:E6

    Alf is bedridden, having slipped on Else's newly-polished floor and broken his leg. Bored with being stuck inside, he asks Else to push him in a wheelchair to the pub but it's too much for her and she forfeits. Some lads come to Alf's rescue and take him to his destination but not exactly in the best manner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Till Death Us Do Part Season 1 Episode 5 - Two Toilets? ... That's Posh!
    7.3/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Two Toilets? ... That's Posh!

    S1:E5

    With no bathroom or inside toilet in his terrace house, Alf resigns himself to washing in the old tin bath in the kitchen whilst Else hangs her washing around him. This screens him from Mike, whom he overhears trying to sell the house in order to get an upmarket place in his name. The prospect of two toilets and an en suite appeals to Alf but he must take action when he realises he might be the young Scouser's lodger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Till Death Us Do Part Season 2 Episode 2 - Sex Before Marriage
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    #19 - Sex Before Marriage

    S2:E2

    The sexual morals of the youth of the mid-1960s are far from acceptable to pedagogue Alf, and when Rita's virtue is brought into question by Socialist son-in-law Mike, the predictable explosion occurs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Till Death Us Do Part Season 2 Episode 10 - Alf's Dilemma (aka Cleaning Up TV)
    7.3/10(26 votes)

    #20 - Alf's Dilemma (aka Cleaning Up TV)

    S2:E10

    Alf has a stomach bug but Else has blocked the toilet with tea leaves so he has to keep going next door. After decrying immigrants for bringing in diseases, Alf learns that he is carrying a contagious bug himself and has to go into hospital. Rita and Mike gleefully burn his copy of notorious moral guardian Mary Whitehouse's 'Clean Up TV' to prevent further contamination.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Till Death Us Do Part Season 4 Episode 3 - Holiday in Bournemouth
    7.3/10(41 votes)

    #21 - Holiday in Bournemouth

    S4:E3

    The Garnetts take a train to Bournemouth, where Alf gets into an argument with an Indian passenger and is aghast to be informed that the man is first class. On arrival, there's further moanings – sunburn, the taxi driver, though the hotel proprietress with the henpecked husband can teach him a thing or two about rabbiting on.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Till Death Us Do Part Season 2 Episode 8 - In Sickness and in Health...
    7.1/10(24 votes)

    #22 - In Sickness and in Health...

    S2:E8

    Alf is in hospital for a short stay and he is not a model patient. Uncomfortable with a Black nurse, he defies hygiene by trying to clean his pipe out with a syringe. To worsen matters, he's visited by relatives, something he can truly do without.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Till Death Us Do Part Season 4 Episode 4 - Dock Pilfering
    7.1/10(37 votes)

    #23 - Dock Pilfering

    S4:E4

    Even at the breakfast table, Alf is on his high horse, mouthing off about how the government should put looters and thieves up against the wall and execute them. However, when he gets to work and finds that Else has got her own back on him by putting nothing in his lunch-box, he faces an ethical dilemma. Steal or starve.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Till Death Us Do Part Season 1 Episode 7 - Claustrophobia
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Claustrophobia

    S1:E7

    The Garnetts visit the West country on holiday. Alf is driving (badly) and, to make matters worse, it turns out that he does not even have a licence! Upon arrival, Alf has inevitable run-ins with the locals and a couple of aristocrats.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Till Death Us Do Part Season 4 Episode 2 - Pigeon Fancier
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    #25 - Pigeon Fancier

    S4:E2

    Alf has received a tax rebate and is celebrating by blowing it in the pub, where he hears about another regular's racing pigeons. Alf believes he's onto a winner by taking up the sport himself and takes a train to set the birds free, though inevitably, things don't go as planned.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Three Day Week" is the best rated episode of "Till Death Us Do Part". It scored 8.8/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by Dennis Main Wilson and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/30/1974. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Peace and Goodwill".