"The Royle Family" (1998) TV series 1998-????

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Directors:

Caroline Aherne
Steve Bendelack

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

14 September 1998 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The Royle is a British sitcom about a family going through everyday life in the Royle family house......

Plot Keywords:

Family | Real Time | Watching TV | Smoking | Character Name In Title

Awards:

22 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Sue Johnston	...	Barbara Royle (21 episodes, 1998-2006)
Caroline Aherne	...	Denise Best / ... (21 episodes, 1998-2006)
Ricky Tomlinson	...	Jim Royle (21 episodes, 1998-2006)
Craig Cash	...	Dave Best (21 episodes, 1998-2006)
Ralf Little	...	Antony Royle (21 episodes, 1998-2006)
Liz Smith	...	Norma Speakman / ... (12 episodes, 1998-2006)
Doreen Keogh	...	Mary Carroll (9 episodes, 1998-2006)
Jessica Hynes	...	Cheryl Carroll (9 episodes, 1998-2006)

Runtime:

28 min (18 episodes) | 45 min (2 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Finland:K-11 (DVD) (2008) | UK:12 (video rating)

Company:

Granada Television

Quotes:

Denise Royle: Dad, stop fiddling with yourself.
Jim Royle: I'm not fiddling with meself, I paid a quid for these underpants and I've got about 50 pence worth stuck up me arse.
Barbara Royle: She's right. If you're not picking you're arse, you're pecking you're teeth.
Jim Royle: I'll pick what I want in me own house and when she gets her own house she can pick what she likes - her nose, her arse, her teeth. Just go and treat yourself.
Barbara Royle: Oh, I'm ashamed of this family, I am really.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Comic Relief Presents: Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over (2001) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Half The World Away

The Royale Family

Now and then comes along a perfect series (Fawlty Towers and The Office spring to mind) everybody loves them and everybody is right!! Any great show is built on the writing and the writing here is near perfect. Any show which can run over 18 episodes and 2 specials and only use 1 set AND be funny every time is genius!! Caroline Aherene has been quoted as saying this is her best work and she is right. Tha acting is the icing on the cake of course, with special mention to Sue Johnson who should get loads of work. The whole point is the exquisite, REAL language and very few visual gags. This looks and feels real all the time and runs through all human emotion; ultimately 'though it is a show about love. 11 out of 10!!!