
Produced in the late 1990s, this series saw Alf Garnett Johnny Speight's legendary sitcom creation who remained an acerbic barometer of contemporary mores and morals for four decades wrestling with the pressing issues of the day in typically controversial fashion! Featuring wickedly funny scripts from Speight who delighted in attacking all kinds of prejudice with razor-sharp satire The Thoughts of Chairman Alf stars Warren Mitchell as the infamously bigoted East Ender first introduced in the BBC's Till Death Us Do Part, who over six mock-Q&A-style shows is given another chance to air his dubious philosophy only partially curtailed by late '90s political correctness...
Alf talks old age and the DSS; council housing; public transport and the state of living in modern Britain.
Alf waxes lyrical on topics ranging from monarchy to London's traffic; and Margaret Thatcher to modern television.
Alf takes particular interest in the lessons to be learned from Margaret Thatcher's life and premiership in this week's show.
Interracial marriage and the works of William Shakespeare, trainee Labour MPs, and federal Europe are in Alf's targets.
Alf considers how we can live on through films and recordings, and be known by those we've never met; and considers modern pornography and sex scandals.
Topics Alf addresses include the Television Licence; Scottish and Welsh devolution; depressing stories in the news; and adult films in Soho.
Alf talks old age and the DSS; council housing; public transport and the state of living in modern Britain.