Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part: Season 5

Air Date

January 2, 1974

Episodes

7 episodes

Till Death Us Do Part

Season 5

Episodes

1. TV Licence

January 2, 1974
30 min

Alf is determined to respect the two minutes silence 'To honor the dead' on Remembrance Day but will Rita and Mike's disrespect and wife Else's loyalty to the BBC ruin it for him?

2. The Royal Wedding

January 9, 1974
30 min

Princess Anne is set to marry Captain Mark Phillips, so Alf, loyal to the royal family, celebrates by organising a street party, complete with piano — but will anyone turn up?

3. Strikes and Blackouts

January 23, 1974
30 min

It's freezing outside, and it's worsened by the miners' strike. A cold and hungry Alf explodes in rage when Else tells him she has no food in the larder. Else, the miners, Harold Wilson, and Mike feel his wrath.

4. Three Day Week

January 30, 1974
30 min

In line with his Tory leader's declaration, Alf is now working three days but is appalled to find Else is doing the same and she hasn't cooked dinner. This leads to her commenting on his selfishness over their years of marriage and tricking him into buying her a new coat.

5. Gran's Watch

February 5, 1974
30 min

Gran is very ill and Else is very concerned, while Alf is uncaring, they visit the sick old lady. Alf, believing Gran is not long for this world, pilfers her late husband's pocket-watch, but he is in for a shock.

6. Party Night

February 12, 1974
30 min

Supreme male chauvinist pig Alf is put to the test when Else and Rita get drunk at the pub. Things get worse when he tangles with a blonde call girl.

7. Paki-Paddy

February 28, 1974
30 min

While boozing at the pub, racist Alf makes Gran laugh by ridiculing the Pakistani, 'Paki-Paddy'. But the laughter screeches to a halt when Gran informs him the strangely half-Irish, half-Pakistani gentleman will be his new neighbour!