This English counterpart to 'All in the Family' follows the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf, a reactionary working-class man who wields racist and anti-Socialist views. His long-suffering wife Else manages to keep things in control... for the most part. Their progressive daughter Rita lives with them, as does her Irish husband Mike, who, with an array of liberal worldviews, often quarrels with his father-in-law.

In navolging van de Chronicles of the East End Working-Class Garnett-familie, onder leiding van Patriarch Alf Garnett, een reactionaire man uit de arbeidersklasse die racistische en antisocialistische opvattingen heeft.