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The Royle Family

  • TV-PG
  • 1998–2000
  • 3 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 7.6

The Royle Family is a British sitcom created by Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, and produced by Granada Television for BBC Two (series 1) and BBC One (series 2 and 3). It centres on the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, comprising lazy patriarch Jim, his hard-working wife Barbara, their entitled daughter Denise, their put-upon son Antony, and Denise's lad fiancé–later husband–David.

Episodes

7 episodes
  1. 1Pregnancy

    30 minSep 23, 1999

    Denise announces that she's pregnant. Jim thinks that Antony may be a "gay boy".

  2. 2Sunday Lunch

    30 minSep 30, 1999

    Nana and Twiggy come round for Sunday dinner. Barbara loses her temper during lunch. She's feeling the onset of "the change".

  3. 3Nana's Coming to Stay

    30 minOct 7, 1999

    Jim isn't best pleased when he learns that Barbara has invited Nana to come and stay with the Royles after her cataract operation. Antony announces that he's become the manager of a band called 'Exit'.

  4. 4Nana Comes to Stay

    30 minOct 14, 1999

    Nana has had her cataract operation, so she comes to stay with the Royles. Jim is even less pleased now that she's arrived. Antony's band has split up.

  5. 5Barbara's Finally Had Enough

    30 minOct 21, 1999

    Barbara loses patience with Jim and storms out of the house. Jim tries to show that he's concerned about Barbara by offering to make her a cup of tea!

  6. 6Antony's Birthday

    30 minOct 28, 1999

    It's Antony's 18th birthday and the Royles are planning a family party. They finally get to meet Antony's girlfriend Emma.

  7. 7Christmas with the Royle Family

    30 minDec 25, 1999

    It's Christmas Day. The family have just finished a big Christmas dinner. Barbara learns her turkey wasn't up to scratch, and Dave buys Denise a mobile phone for when the baby is born, even though she uses it to call Barbara on the house phone from upstairs! Antony goes to Emma's shortly afterwards, and Dave takes Nana home. Soon after Dave and Nana have left, Denise goes into labour upstairs in the bathroom, and Jim is left to comfort her. Denise reveals the baby isn't due until 3 weeks. Will the baby and Denise be alright?

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Series cast

Ricky TomlinsonJim Royle20 episodes
Sue JohnstonBarbara Royle20 episodes
Caroline AherneDenise Royle20 episodes
Craig CashDave Best20 episodes
Ralf LittleAntony Royle20 episodes
Liz SmithNorma 'Nana' Speakman10 episodes
Jessica HynesCheryl Carroll10 episodes
Doreen KeoghMary Carroll8 episodes
Peter MartinJoe Carroll7 episodes
Geoffrey HughesTwiggy6 episodes
Andrew WhymentDarren Sinclair-Jones5 episodes
Sheridan SmithEmma Kavanagh3 episodes
Sharon DuceValerie Kavanagh1 episode
John HenshawRoger Kavanagh1 episode

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