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.