In Sickness and in Health

October 22, 1987

Alf's joy at Rita's pending divorce is short lived when he learns she is to live with the new doctor.

October 29, 1987

The arrival of Alf's AIDS leaflets spurs him and Arthur into action to aid Mary Whitehouse.

November 5, 1987

When Alf is given a cordless telephone, it turns out to be more of hindrance than help.

November 12, 1987

Gwenneth and Min come to visit Alf, and hold a seancé to communicate with some long departed friends.

November 19, 1987

Alf has a fight at a tea dance and meets up again with his adversary outside his house.

November 26, 1987

On a boiling hot summer day, Alf goes to Social Security to complain that he should've had more money in last winter's heating allowance to no avail. Back home, he joins his friends watching cricket on television and falls asleep, loudly dreaming that he has been knighted for his services to the game.