The Royle Family
- TV sitcom
- BBC One / BBC Two
- 1998 - 2012
- 25 episodes (3 series)
The Royles are a family of couch potatoes who watch television in their dirty living room whilst chatting, arguing, and drinking copious amounts of tea and alcohol. Stars Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston, Caroline Aherne, Ralf Little, Craig Cash and more.
Streaming rank this week: 2,119
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Royle Family set for New Year return
Bosses at the BBC are in talks with Caroline Aherne to write more 'specials' of The Royle Family after 10 million viewers tuned in to watch the comedy on Christmas Day.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 29th December 2008Why Caroline Aherne revived The Royle Family six years after their positively final last appearance is something of a mystery, like Nana's enigmatic last words: "Trevor McDonald!"
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 30th October 2006Dad, told her waters had broken, charged upstairs singing The Dambusters, but, as they sat on the floor beside the avocado bath, Ricky Tomlinson and Caroline Aherne went into one of those tender duets which make the humdrum heavenly.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 27th December 1999Which brings us to the last episode of The Royle Family (BBC2), Denise's wedding. This, like the series itself, was quite unique as nothing whatsoever happened. Unless you count Jim's diarrhoea and Nana's constipation, which cancelled each other out.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 20th October 1998I came across the Royles while playing five-finger exercises on the remote control and was instantly transfixed. This is a rivetingly original slice of life, like a bomb-damaged house displaying its vacancy to the world. If it reminds you of anything, it is The Family.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 29th September 1998