Edith Bunker Edith Bunker Edith Bunker (nėe Baines) is a fictional 1970s sitcom character on "All in the Family" (and occasionally "Archie Bunker's Place"), played by Jean Stapleton. She was the wife of Archie Bunker (who often called her a "dingbat"), mother of Gloria Stivic, mother-in-law of Michael "Meathead" Stivic and after 1975, grandmother of Joey Stivic. Her cousin was Maude Findlay (Beatrice Arthur) who was one of Archie's nemeses. While Edith was typically a traditional and subservient wife (with several notable exceptions throughout the series), Jean Stapleton was a noted feminist. Series creator Norman Lear said on "All Things Considered" that
Parsley Sidings Mr J.G. Reeder, starring Hugh Burden. It was broadcast between 1969 and 1971. Parsley Sidings Parsley Sidings is a BBC Radio sitcom created by Jim Eldridge. It stars Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender (who also starred in the television wartime sitcom "Dad's Army" at that time), together with Kenneth Connor from the "Carry On" films. The scripts are by Jim Eldridge (who would later go on to write for many more series, the most successful being the BBC's "King Street Junior"). The show is set in a sleepy out of the way railway station on the main line between London