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
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