All in the Family broke ground in its depiction of issues previously considered unsuitable for a U.S. network television comedy, such as racism, antisemitism, infidelity, homosexuality, women's liberation, rape, religion, miscarriages, abortion, breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause, and impotence. Through depicting these controversial issues, the series became arguably one of television's most influential comedic programs, as it injected the sitcom format with more dramatic moments and realistic, topical conflicts. The show was an American version of an earlier British show, the BBC sitcom "Till Death Us Do Part", with Archie Bunker modeled after his British counterpart, Alf Garnett. "All in the Family" is
Landmark Sitcom Season Death Us Do Part" and "Hancock's Half Hour" are missing from the BBC archives, while the episode of "Steptoe and Son", originally broadcast in colour, exists only as an off-air black & white videotape recording. Another sitcom marked for possible remake and broadcast is "Up Pompeii!". Landmark Sitcom Season Landmark Sitcom Season is a BBC project, launched in March 2016, to mark 60 years since "Hancock's Half Hour" started on BBC television. As part of ongoing celebrations throughout 2016, the BBC has commissioned new scripts for iconic British sitcoms of the last six decades. The landmark sitcom season began in