The Plot

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 most part. Their progressive daughter Rita lives with them, as does her Irish husband Mike, who, with an array of liberal worldviews, often quarrels with his father-in-law. It inspired the American show "All In The Family" and several other international variations on the same theme.

Top Billed Cast

Warren Mitchell
Alf Garnett Una Stubbs
Rita Rawlins (née Garnett) Anthony Booth
Michael 'Mike' Rawlins Patricia Hayes
Min Reed Alfie Bass
Bert Reed

Created By

Johnny Speight
Creator