Till Death Us Do Part (British TV Series) - Differences From All in The Family

Differences From All in The Family

The series is known to the US as the show that inspired All in the Family. But there some differences:

• Where All In the Family, Else′s counterpart Edith Bunker was a "dingbat", and loyal and loving wife, Else Garnett was a smart, but long suffering woman who was bitter about her unhappy marriage and smoked heavily. She often lashed out at her husband (who called her a "silly old moo") and often her family due to her poor living situation. This diversion evolved over time; in the early days of All in the Family, Edith was more like her English counterpart, but her character evolved into her better-known form over the course of the series.
• On All in the Family, Mike and Archie Bunker were always at odds and rarely got along. In Till Death Us Do Part, Alf and Mike, while never agreeing with each other, were civil to each other for the most part and often went to the pub together. Alf and Mike also attended the World Cup together and Mike was protective of his father-in-law.
• Mike Rawlins was a full-on Trotskyite in TDDUP. For All In The Family, CBS had softened this considerably; in the American show, Mike Stivic was simply an ultra-liberal Democrat.
• Where the Bunkers were living in comfortable (if slightly shabby) surroundings despite their working class status, the Garnetts lived in a poor housing area in lower class Wapping.