The BEST episodes of Till Death Us Do Part season 2
Every episode of Till Death Us Do Part season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Till Death Us Do Part season 2!
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 - State Visit
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/20/1967
Alf is enraged to learn that Harold Wilson is to play host to the Russian president. Even worse, he reads that the Queen will have to meet this Bolshevik heathen - something that ought not to happen to someone who is descended from God.
#2 - Peace And Goodwill (1966 Christmas Special)
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/26/1966
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.
#3 - 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...
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#10 - 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.