The Thoughts Of Chairman Alf
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...
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
23-09-199830mAlf waxes lyrical on topics ranging from monarchy to London's traffic; and Margaret Thatcher to modern television.
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
07-10-199830mAlf takes particular interest in the lessons to be learned from Margaret Thatcher's life and premiership in this week's show.
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
14-10-199830mInterracial marriage and the works of William Shakespeare, trainee Labour MPs, and federal Europe are in Alf's targets.
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
21-10-199830mAlf 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.
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
28-10-199830mTopics Alf addresses include the Television Licence; Scottish and Welsh devolution; depressing stories in the news; and adult films in Soho.
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
04-11-199830mAlf talks old age and the DSS; council housing; public transport and the state of living in modern Britain.
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