Johnny Speight almost makes you feel sorry for Alf Garnett as he decides less is more here.
The Christmas special starts with Alf having a rant about the Russians with Marigold. Britain should had nuked the Russians after the war. After all the British invented the nuclear bomb.
Later on Alf is in hospital as he needs a hip replacement surgery. The Matron is not impressed with Alf's unhygienic underwear.
As for Alf he is not happy that others are putting him off hospital. Mrs Hollingbery will not shut up about what happened to her sister in hospital. Mr Johnson gives a graphic description about knee replacements surgeries. He is a big fan of hospital documentaries.
Alf does a runner disguised as a woman and gets harassed by a drunk.
Warren Mitchell manages to bring out a different facet to Alf Garnett. The one who has to lie there in bed in silence and just take the flak. Maybe that is the loneliness his character now feels.
The hospital is populated by the likes of Mr Rabinsky, an elderly watchmaker who visits random people so he can steal their food.
Satirist John Bird played a hospital consultant. His death was announced the day I watched the repeat of this episode.
The Christmas special starts with Alf having a rant about the Russians with Marigold. Britain should had nuked the Russians after the war. After all the British invented the nuclear bomb.
Later on Alf is in hospital as he needs a hip replacement surgery. The Matron is not impressed with Alf's unhygienic underwear.
As for Alf he is not happy that others are putting him off hospital. Mrs Hollingbery will not shut up about what happened to her sister in hospital. Mr Johnson gives a graphic description about knee replacements surgeries. He is a big fan of hospital documentaries.
Alf does a runner disguised as a woman and gets harassed by a drunk.
Warren Mitchell manages to bring out a different facet to Alf Garnett. The one who has to lie there in bed in silence and just take the flak. Maybe that is the loneliness his character now feels.
The hospital is populated by the likes of Mr Rabinsky, an elderly watchmaker who visits random people so he can steal their food.
Satirist John Bird played a hospital consultant. His death was announced the day I watched the repeat of this episode.