'Till Death Us Do Part' ended on the BBC in 1975. Six years later, Johnny Speight revived the character for ITV. As the BBC owned the rights to the title 'Till Death Us Do Part', Speight was forced to shorten the title to 'Till Death...', however it did not meet with the success that Speight must have hoped.
Alf and Else have sold their house in Wapping and have moved to Eastbourne, taking along their interfering neighbour Min. Needless to say they meet with no end of problems. Alf's bigoted views soon get up the noses of the toffee nosed locals.
The fish out of water feeling didn't do the show any favours, nor did the dispensing of a studio audience. The lack of a laugh track makes the show seem too much like a soap opera. Also the lack of regular appearances from Una Stubbs as well as the absence of Tony Booth ( who refused to return to the show as he was unhappy with the way it had previously been progressing on the BBC ) blighted 'Till Death...' and viewers noticed.
'Till Death...' was pulled from the airwaves after only six episodes. When ATV became Central Television, they refused to renew the show. Speight didn't give up though, as in 1985 he took Alf back to the BBC where he belonged for the superior 'In Sickness & In Health'.
Alf and Else have sold their house in Wapping and have moved to Eastbourne, taking along their interfering neighbour Min. Needless to say they meet with no end of problems. Alf's bigoted views soon get up the noses of the toffee nosed locals.
The fish out of water feeling didn't do the show any favours, nor did the dispensing of a studio audience. The lack of a laugh track makes the show seem too much like a soap opera. Also the lack of regular appearances from Una Stubbs as well as the absence of Tony Booth ( who refused to return to the show as he was unhappy with the way it had previously been progressing on the BBC ) blighted 'Till Death...' and viewers noticed.
'Till Death...' was pulled from the airwaves after only six episodes. When ATV became Central Television, they refused to renew the show. Speight didn't give up though, as in 1985 he took Alf back to the BBC where he belonged for the superior 'In Sickness & In Health'.