My Family
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2000 - 2011
- 120 episodes (11 series)
A long-running, high rating BBC One sitcom about an average middle class family. Stars Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker. Stars Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker, Gabriel Thomson, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Siobhan Hayes and more.
- Series 5, Christmas Special repeated Friday at 11pm on U&W
Streaming rank this week: 1,863
Press clippings
My Family's child star unrecognisable two decades on
Former actor Gabriel Thomson now spends much of his free-time doing epic running challenges.
Jake Penkethman, The Sun, 30th September 2024BBC Four to repeat comedy classics
To link in with the celebrations of 100 years of the BBC, from Saturday 22nd October BBC Four will begin broadcasting classic episodes of sitcoms and sketch shows.
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Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 26th October 2021My Family star Wanamaker says BBC reboot won't happen
Zoe Wanamaker has delivered a blow to My Family fans hoping for a reboot - by saying the format would not work now.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 24th August 2021Wanamaker was paid half as much as Lindsay on My Family
Zoe Wanamaker has revealed the full extent of the gender pay gap on BBC comedy My Family. The actress says she received less than half of co-star Robert Lindsay's wages on the series, which ran for 11 series from 2000 to 2011.
Chortle, 27th August 2019My Family will never return, says Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay has ruled out the possibility of a My Family comeback.
Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 19th February 2014My Family: 'not dropped for being too middle class'
The BBC axed the long-running sitcom My Family because it had run out of ideas, not because it was too middle class, a senior corporation executive has said.
Andrew Hough, The Telegraph, 22nd May 2012Wanamaker: My Family axed for being too middle class
BBC bosses told My Family star Zoe Wanamaker that the popular series was axed for being too middle class, the actress has revealed.
The Telegraph, 3rd May 2012Kris Marshall banned for refusing breath test
Actor Kris Marshall was banned from driving for six months yesterday after he admitted dodging a breath test.
Allister Hagger, The Daily Express, 11th November 2011Russell Brand signs on for Lynch gig
Funnyman Russell Brand has signed on to headline a comedy show to raise funds for moviemaker David Lynch's meditation foundation.
The Daily Express, 11th November 2011