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Garnett (Warren Mitchell) should have become such a massive primetime draw (the show regularly snared in up to 25 million viewers). He was written by Johnny Speight, who at the time was better known for his working class left wing anti racist credentials than as the creator Of Only Fools and Horses.

But Mitchell (currently performing in Arthur Miller’s The Price at The King’s E"‘f‘:rt:;:"r- or? [Lu/l; WU") 0‘ W: (1’2"0’ Theatre in Edinburgh) was always an actor far tOO good at his trade to allow Alf WW "4‘4? 0... "4" :9" W:- the two-dimensional treatment he deserved. Watching the profile of Speight 'H‘r'V' ,v WW”) "~"1‘ (an essential addition to the extras disc for the younger viewer) there’s no A lgwli’} any; '.-.':.m.a'~. _;' ‘j‘:‘>{:".’€:’}l(, doubting his sincerity. It‘s almost enough to exonerate the spectacle Of Spike :"JTIZl". grateful r'rx 1.;0’10'2. ’l lurk, villi,- Milligan blacking up for the titular role of ‘Paki-Paddy‘ in one of the episodes. :wwwa tnar‘sinarzts.. "*’/.“; ‘rc'v earlie' t'w. Ultimately the show's retrospective failings for a modern audience are best Mac: mess "'Lift::i‘?"\,‘r. .»r,-r,:' ’1"??: 2; we surreal summed up by his own reminiscence Of an East End childhood where ‘nObOdy 'lszf'ewuai gr. 1% " 'Z.‘.','"( t'rzz‘. thin-.0“: W: discussed anything, you just made a point and shouted over everyone else‘. a" 2 :satxfu'i .‘5; ma?! ,‘ year en .'*‘_r‘

The points Speight made have lost none Of their relevance over the years {Null/1 'w 9.0". 'm a «21' GM although their poignancy is distorted by the shouting. and even the 3.5%?" ; l““ vax a sympathetic agitators, in the guise Of Alf‘s daughter Rita and Marxist boyfriend PW ,lxtwn': KW». 1‘; 2‘ Jackets Mike (played by our not so beloved Prime Minister's father-in- law Tony Booth), 131;: . own“ 1 M»: ‘<1"<'. " any. come across as churlish and irritating. Comedy as angry as this should never 5. :9 s st '1 a ‘f‘, e :":;:::, acting new: {Ma/mg we have been so popular, but at least it is no longer funny enough to polarise and " z; ‘3' 6;..s :e'msec mots redneCV change the social fabric. (Jools Stone) 'easzr‘s f: 'egfz's ‘.":’: “(rad-9' 3‘” Kaufman

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