The WORST episodes of Till Death Us Do Part
Every episode of Till Death Us Do Part ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Till Death Us Do Part!
Till Death Us Do Part is a British television sitcom that aired on BBC1, first as a Comedy Playhouse play in July 1965, then in seven series from June 1966 to December 1975. Created by Johnny Speight, Till Death Us Do Part centred on the East End Garnett family, led by patriarch Alf (Warren Mitchell), a reactionary white working-class man who holds racist, bigoted and heavily nationalistic views. He was put up with by his gentle and long-suffering wife Else (Dandy Nichols), his daughter Rita (Una Stubbs) and her bright but layabout husband Mike (Anthony Booth) whose socialist views were always at odds with Alf's.
#1 - The Letter
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/12/1975
Else has written to Rita suggesting she, Mike and the baby join her in Australia.
#2 - Three Day Week
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/1974
Else decides to act on Mr Heath's advice and begins her own 'Save It' campaign.
#4 - A Wapping Mythology (The Workers' King)
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/6/1967
Alf claims Edward VIII was a friend of his father who used to attend the local football matches. The only surviving clip from this episode is of the Garnetts discussing the royal picture. This was shown on the 1972 Late Night Line-Up Special on Johnny Speight.
#5 - I Can Give It Up Anytime I Like
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/1967
Mike challenges Alf to see who can give up smoking the longest. This episode no longer exists in the BBC Archive.
#6 - From Liverpool With Love
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/1966
Mike’s Irish parents are staying with the Garnetts, much to Alf’s annoyance. This episode no longer exists in the BBC Archive.
#7 - Hair Raising!
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/13/1966
An argument about clothes turns into one about Alf's baldness, of which he is particularly sensitive. After being caught trying one of Rita's wigs he resorts to a fearsome concoction to try to induce his hair to grow. This episode no longer exists in the BBC Archive.
#8 - A Woman's Place Is In The Home
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/30/1967
Alf arrives home to an empty house and burnt supper and tries to use the local phone box to remedy the situation. This episode no longer exists in the BBC Archive but a remake of the original was made in 2016 under a series called "Lost Sitcoms".
#9 - The Bulldog Breed
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/16/1967
Charity appeals and an argument about the Vietnam war are interrupted by a driver parking his lorry outside. This episode no longer exists in the BBC Archive.
#10 - Monopoly
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1968
It’s a lonely night for Alf when the family desert him for a New Year’s Eve party across the street. This episode no longer exists in the BBC Archive.
#12 - The Puppy
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/1968
Alf buys a mongrel pup in the pub and it soon becomes an unwelcome addition to the Garnett household. The last 6 minutes of this episode survives in the BBC Archive from a domestic home recording.
#13 - Aunt Maud
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/1968
Dr. Kelly prescribes bed rest for a poorly Else, so her sister Maud moves in to look after things. When Alf makes his contempt more than plain, he finds out he's got to fend for himself or starve. Much of this episode survives from a domestic home recording - only the first four minutes and the closing credits are missing.
#14 - Caviar On The Dole
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/23/1967
Mike has been getting increased dole money by making out that Alf is a heartless money-grabbing landlord. This episode no longer exists in the BBC Archive.
#15 - In Sickness and In Health...
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/13/1967
Alf is ill in bed while everyone else is downstairs enjoying the television. A visit from the decrepit Dr. Kelly results in a verdict of "nothing wrong with you", so Alf sets off in search of a second opinion.
#16 - Claustrophobia
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/1/1966
The Garnetts drive to the west of England for a holiday in an isolated old cottage. This episode no longer exists in the BBC Archive.
#17 - The Phone
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1968
Alf wins £17 on the horses only to find out that Mike couldn't place the bet as the phone box was occupied. He is soft-soaped into believing that getting a telephone installed is in his own best interests, but he soon finds out it's anything but.
#18 - Sex Before Marriage
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/2/1967
Alf and the family discuss a TV documentary on free love while wallpapering the living room.
#19 - Two Toilets?...That's Posh
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/4/1966
To raise the deposit money for a home for himself and Rita, Mike tries to sell the Garnett house. This episode no longer exists in the BBC Archive.
#20 - Intolerance
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/27/1966
After a bit of a fracas at the European Cup Winners Cup in Glasgow, Alf returns home with a black eye and no voice.
#21 - Arguments, Arguments...
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/6/1966
Incensed by Mike's comments about his home, Alf takes himself off to the pub to drown his sorrows.
#22 - A House With Love In It
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/20/1966
Mike tries to help Alf out when he forgets his 25th wedding anniversary - but no good deed goes unpunished!
#23 - Strikes And Blackouts
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/1974
The Garnett’s game of Monopoly is disrupted by a blackout.
#24 - Alf's Dilemma
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/27/1967
Alf lectures everyone on the benefits of Mary Whitehouse's edifying new book - a rhapsody that is abruptly interrupted when the diarrhoea from which he's suffering flares up. At that point he discoverers that their loo isn't working due to Else's tea leaves...
#25 - To Garnett, A Grandson
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1972
Rita gives birth to a baby son and Alf, eventually - as he would rather be in the pub wetting the baby's head - goes to visit her in hospital.