In Sickness and in Health

In Sickness and in Health was a BBC television sitcom sequel to the highly successful Til Death Us Do Part, an everyday tale of a dysfunctional family in East London. In this series, which premiered in 1985, the character Alf Garnett's wife Else (played by Dandy Nichols) is confined to a wheelchair (a consequence of Nichols' own confinement to a wheelchair) and eventually dies (in fact Nichols herself had died in 1986). After her death Alf is devastated — he can no longer spend her pension.

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BBC - Television sitcom - Til Death Us Do Part - Dysfunctional family - East London - 1985 - Alf Garnett - Dandy Nichols - 1986

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Shortly before Else's death, Alf hired a black gay man named Winston, played by Eamonn Walker, to do housework. Alf soon found a new thorn in his side when the building acquired a new landlady, the rich , snotty Mrs. Hollingberry, who was constantly sticking her nose in Alf's business.

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Gay - Eamonn Walker

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Eventually, Alf began courting her, however, and they travelled to the Outback to be married. But Alf got jilted and moved back to London. During the final season he found a fortune in bank notes and lived the last few episodes a wealthy man. The show was cancelled in 1992.

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Outback - 1992

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