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== Sequels == In 1980, the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] company [[Associated Television|ATV]] picked up the series and produced a solo show starring Alf, titled ''The Thoughts of Chairman Alf at Christmas'', transmitted on 26 December. The master copy has been wiped; however, a home video recording is currently available to view at the [[National Media Museum]] in Bradford. In 1981, ATV made six episodes under the title ''[[Till Death...]]''. The series had Alf and Else sharing a bungalow with Min (Patricia Hayes) in [[Eastbourne]] following the death of her husband Bert (Alfie Bass). Although Rita remained in the cast, Anthony Booth declined to return. Rita's son Michael was now a teenager and a punk rocker (even though he was born in 1972 and therefore should only have been about nine or ten). The series was not a success and when ATV was restructured as [[Central Independent Television|Central Television]] in 1982, ''Till Death...'' was not recommissioned. Alf Garnett returned to the BBC in 1985 for ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]''. This took Alf and Else, who was now in a wheelchair, onward into old age, and some of Alf's more extreme opinions were shown to have mellowed. Una Stubbs made some guest appearances, but Anthony Booth was not interested in reprising his role. Eventually, Mike and Rita divorced, and Rita began dating a doctor. After the first series, Dandy Nichols died, and subsequent episodes showed Alf having to deal with life as a widower. The loss of Else (and later, Rita) as regulars in the cast meant that new characters had to be brought in as antagonists for Alf. These notably included his home help, Winston (played by [[Eamonn Walker]]), who was both black and gay, and Alf's prim upstairs neighbour, Mrs. Hollingbery (played by [[Carmel McSharry]]), who eventually agreed to marry Alf. In 1988, Speight was warned about the use of racist language; after discussion, it was decided that Alf's racist language was to be discontinued and the character of Winston was to be written out. With such improvements helping to update the basic concept, ''In Sickness and in Health'' ran until 1992. Warren Mitchell also appeared solo on stage and TV as Alf Garnett, dispensing variations on Alf's homespun reactionary philosophy and singing old [[music hall]] songs, most notably in the [[London Weekend Television]] show ''An Audience with Alf Garnett''. After Johnny Speight's death in July 1998, Mitchell decided to retire the character of Alf Garnett.
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