Article: Why loudmouth Alf was a hit comedy favourite; Flash back Till Death Us Do Part (BBC 1966-68, 1972-75 and 1985).(Features)

Byline: Peter Grant

JOHNNY Speight's creation Alf Garnett was a TV anti-hero; a larger-than-life figure laughed with and laughed at in equal measure.

But this mould-breaking, alternative sitcom was an ensemble piece making household names of the fab four cast.

Speight had developed The Arthur Haynes Show with comedian Arthur Haynes playing a belligerent socialist character with an aggressive attitude and big chip on his shoulder.

Garnett was a right-wing variation on a similar theme: an ill-educated, opinionated, loud-mouthed, bad tempered, angry, Tory-voter.

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