Till Death Us Do Part
Alf Garnett shouting at his family, and the series All in the Family was remade from.
Till Death Us Do Part opens with a main title sequence of 29 seconds.
It arrived on BBC One in 1965, when Grandstand, This Is Your Life and Top of the Pops were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
29sFan upload. With Steptoe and Son this catalogue now holds both British originals and both American remakes — four entries, two formats.
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