Editing In Sickness and in Health (section)

===Series 1 (1985)===
This comedy series debuted in 1985 and took the former ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' characters Alf Garnett ([[Warren Mitchell]]) and his wife Else ([[Dandy Nichols]]) from their [[Wapping]] house to a lower-class one-level flat in West Ham. Else now uses a [[wheelchair]] due to Nichols' real-life ill health.

The council sends a black, [[Homosexual|gay]] man named Winston ([[Eamonn Walker]]), to do the housework and help care for Else. Despite Alf's dual prejudices against Winston, eventually the two become used to one another, and Winston takes Alf to watch his beloved [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]. Nevertheless, Alf gives Winston the [[nickname]] "Marigold".

Alf and Else's daughter Rita ([[Una Stubbs]]) now lives with her husband Mike in his home town of [[Liverpool]] and often visits her parents, although Mike does not appear (as [[Tony Booth (actor)|Tony Booth]] had no interest in reprising the role). Usually, Alf is seen drinking with his friend Arthur ([[Arthur English]]) in the local pub.

Although his beloved [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] has returned to power, Alf is not happy with [[Margaret Thatcher]] being [[Prime Minister]] because, according to him, "a woman's place is in the home". He is also unhappy about Else needing to use a wheelchair and the fact he has to push her around everywhere and that, after a lifetime of hard work and paying contributions to the [[Welfare State]], he has to fight the [[social security]] system for a decent living allowance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Motorized Scooters And Wheelchairs |url=http://checklist.dvrchannelreviews.com |access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref>

Across the road lives Fred Johnson ([[Ken Campbell (actor)|Ken Campbell]]), a man stubborn like Alf, with whom he rarely gets along. When angry, Johnson bumps his head on the wall. His wife (first played by Eileen Kennally, from Series 1 to 3, then by Tricia Kelly in Series 4 and 5, and Yvonne D'Alpra in Series 6) suffers from anxiety. Much of the comedy surrounding the Johnsons is based on Mrs. Johnson's sympathy towards Alf, often letting him walk all over them and much to the anger of Mr. Johnson.
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! style="background:#ffdead" | First broadcast
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|1 
|1 September 1985
| The Garnetts are back in London. Else is severely arthritic and can barely walk and Alf extols the joys of the [[wheelchair]] he has got her, that is until he has to push her around in it. However Alf does find that the chair does come in handy for getting him on the front row at football matches of his beloved [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] although his response to a home win reveals that he is using it fraudulently.
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|2 
|8 September 1985
| Alf complaining about his failing eye sight he takes his wife out in her wheelchair and buys her an [[ice cream]] cornet whilst avoiding giving money to the local vicar. However his poor sight proves his undoing when he accidentally goes into a ladies' toilet and is arrested as a sex pest.
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|3 
|15 September 1985
| Having scrubbed the hall floor and disapproved of Else's using the milkman to place her bets, Alf feels that they are entitled to a home help but manages to antagonise three women home helps in succession. Returning from the pub he finds that the 4th home help is Winston, an extremely flamboyant gay black man who will clearly take no nonsense from him.
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|4 
|29 September 1985
| Alf tries the patience of his neighbours Fred Johnson by using their phone to make a very long-winded long-distance call to his daughter Rita. After expounding upon funerals in the pub Alf repays Fred by buying him so many drinks he falls over but Alf's homeward progress pushing Else in her wheelchair also ends in drunken calamity.
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|5 
|6 October 1985
| Alf's daughter Rita comes to visit and no sooner is she home Alf argues with her about her mother Else. Alf criticises [[Margaret Thatcher]], claiming that no woman should be [[prime minister]] so Else and Rita gang up against him with Winston, who brings an equally camp friend home to throw a party for Rita. Alf is given extremely strong drink so which causes Alf to pass out while the others continue to party.
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|6 
|13 October 1985
| Alf is tired of pushing Else around in her chair and he feels she should have an electric [[Electric kick scooter|scooter]] instead but they cost £2500 and the lady at the Social Security office tells Alf that as long as he is around to push his wife, Else cannot have one. Using an idea from some kids with a go-kart Alf adds a [[lawn mower]] engine to Else's chair, which goes out of control foiling a bank robbery and landing him in hospital. Alf is declared a hero but following Winston's view that the robbers' accomplices may be out to get him Alf ultimately decides it is best to remain anonymous.
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