'All in the Family' and Show It's Based on, 'Till Death Us Do Part'
When you watch All in the Family, you may notice the credit that reads the show was based on the series Till Death Us Do Part, which was a British sitcom that ran from 1965 to 1975 and was every bit as controversial in its run as the American counterpart was. To get a sense of Till Death — and how closely Carroll O’Connor‘s Archie Bunker resembles Warren Mitchell’s Alf Garnett — turn to a 1968 edition of the Chicago Tribune: “The plot revolved around the four members of the Garnett family. Most of the action took place in their dumpy, working-class English house. Ruling ove...