Archie Bunker the same episode, Mike learns that Archie was mentally and physically abused by his father, who was the source of his bigoted views. Yet, Archie then goes on to vehemently defend his father, who he claims loved him and taught him "to do good". It is revealed that Archie's father was a brakeman for The Long Island Railroad, when Archie receives his father's pocket watch from his formerly long-estranged brother, Alfred ("Fred"), who later appeared in two "All in the Family" episodes, "Archie's Brother" and "The Return of Archie's Brother", and the "Archie Bunker's Place" episode "Father Christmas". Fred and
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