I love how this show portrays a normal family so simply. It is such a great watch as they make normal everyday life and conversations so funny to watch. Based around six family members, always in the living room is just so easy to watch and enjoyable. You have the sterotypical characters of the mum who always does the cleaning etc, the lazy dad who doesnt move. The daughter who gets her mum to do everything and son in law who doesnt say much! You have then got the teenage son who they mainly laugh at and the nan who everyone gets annoyed with but you have to put up with it because she is old! I especially enjoy watching this on christmas day as tuning into ...  Read the complete review

The Royle Family was a very simple idea for a comedy and was first aired on our screens on BBC in 1998 and ran for three series between this year and the year 2000. It was a shame they didn't make more as it was very funny and down to earth and alot of people could relate to it as it was true to life. It is one of most popular British sitcoms made and as well as the series episodes there have been a number of special between 1999 and nearly present day. The programme itself was almost always set in the living room of the Royle Family in Manchester. They were a portrayal of a family living on benefits and just sat in front of the TV most of the time. Each half ...  Read the complete review

The Royle family is a fantastic and clever comedy series. It revolves around the Royle family, which is an ironic surname as they are anything but Royle. The family is headed by Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson). He is a lazy, slobby, stingy and crude but the character is so well written, and portrayed that it is hard not to have a soft spot for ole Jim. Barbara, his long suffering but also lazy wife. is a delicious character. She is downtrodden and hasnt had much in the way of luxury or romance in her marriage to Jim. However her fierce pride and genuine love for her family is heartwarming. This character is played by the wounderful actress Sue Johnston. The way ...  Read the complete review

Ok own up who has friends or family just like the royle family gang, I think secretely we all have in fact I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THEM! Sue Johnsson is the glue that hold the whole family together works in a bakery, what Jim does is beyond me but hes so loveable his sayings a known all over Britain my arse! and going for a tom tit ! can be dropped into conversation over lunch in their house, then theres Caroline Aherne who is too lazy to get out of her own way but once again is so fabolously written you love her too, with other characters like Cheryl next door always on a diet and Lurkio their son not his real name obviously but their pet name for him is definetely the ...  Read the complete review

Oh, is this not the MOST innocuous of situations - a sitcom set almost exclusively in a working class family's sitting room, with an overflowing ashtray and the TV permanently on? On the face of it, one may think - boring, boring. But, that would be to dismiss a show that is not far from being a national treasure. Written primarily by the ever excellent Craig Cash and Caroline Aherne (Mrs. Merton, Early Doors) with support from other comedy writers Henry Normal and Carmel Morgan, The Royle Family (TRF) has that happy knack of making the most everday phrase or social situation happy and funny at the same time. There aren't enough external ...  Read the complete review