Archie Bunker three-year old Gloria with her. The inspiration for Archie Bunker was Alf Garnett, the character from the BBC1 sitcom "Till Death Us Do Part", on which "All in the Family" was based. When first introduced on "All in the Family" in 1971, Archie is the head of a family consisting of his wife Edith (Jean Stapleton), his adult daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers), and his liberal son-in-law, college student Michael "Mike" Stivic (Rob Reiner), with whom Archie disagrees on virtually everything; Archie frequently characterizes Mike as a "dumb Polack" and usually addresses him as "Meathead" because, in Archie's words, he is
Mr. Digby Darling of the Big Spenders (8 December 1969) 12: Prime of Life (15 December 1969) 13: Festive Spirit (22 December 1969) 14: Shake Up (21 December 1970) 15: Rats (28 December 1970) 16: Safe Breakers (4 January 1971) 17: Wives (11 January 1971) 18: Love (18 January 1971) 19: Contest (25 January 1971) Mr. Digby Darling Mr. Digby Darling is a British television sitcom made by Yorkshire Television and broadcast by ITV between 1969 and 1971, and starring Sheila Hancock and Peter Jones which ran for 3 series and 19 episodes. The story centred on a fictional pest control business 'Rid-O-Rat'.