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The Royle Family is a British sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series from 1998 to 2000, and specials from 2006 to 2012. [2] [3] It centres on the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, comprising family patriarch Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson), his wife Barbara (Sue Johnston), their daughter Denise (Caroline Aherne), their son Antony ...
The family has just finished their big Christmas Day dinner and Barbara learns that her turkey wasn't up to scratch. Dave has bought Denise a mobile phone for when the baby is born. Soon after Antony leaves for Emma's and Dave leaves to take Nana home, Denise goes into labour upstairs in the bathroom and Jim tries to comfort her.
Betty Smith (11 December 1921 – 24 December 2016), known by the stage name Liz Smith, [2] was an English actress known for her roles in BBC sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in I Didn't Know You Cared (1975–1979), the sisters Bette and Belle in 2point4 Children (1991–1999), Letitia Cropley in The Vicar of Dibley (1994–1996) and Norma ("Nana") in The Royle Family (1998–2006).
Caroline Aherne, who co-created The Royale Family with Craig Cash, and starred as Johnston’s on-screen daughter Denise Best, died in 2016 aged 52 after a cancer battle – and actress Liz Smith ...
As part of Variety‘s 100 Greatest Television Shows of All Time issue, we asked 12 of our favorite creators of television to discuss the series that inspire and move them. Check out all the ...
Craig Cash (born 11 September 1960) [1] is an English comedian, actor, voice actor, director and BAFTA award-winning writer and producer. His best known works are in the television shows The Royle Family, The Fast Show, The Mrs Merton Show, Early Doors, Sunshine and most recently The Café, Rovers and After Hours.
Sally Lindsay says she was cast in classic sitcom The Royle Family after her 'amazing agent' Melody Thresh put on a night for casting directors that she paid for with a credit card.. Known for ...
Eric "Ricky" Tomlinson [2] (born 26 September 1939) is an English actor. He is best known for his television roles as Bobby Grant in the soap opera Brookside (1982–1988), DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker (1993–2006) and Jim Royle in The Royle Family (1998–2012).