The Royle Family

[BarlowsBabe]

Been watching The Royle Family DVDs lately and forgot just how funny they are! (or is that just coz i'm from the north too?!?!) Anyone else think it's fab? i hear Caroline Ahearne is writing a one off special too, details are on the BBC website and apparantly it will be screened later in the year!

[clairey27]

:smiley: I loved The Royale Family, I have a couple of the videos. What can I say...... It was a comedy classic. My favorite clip from show has to be Denise and her husband singing to the baby David over the cot. And the one were Anthony brings his grlfriend and her parents over to meet the family, that whole episode is brilliant. Thats really good to hear they are making a new one-off episode, reakon we might see that around christmas.:smiley:

[Kat]

hehe, my mums got a series of this, and i can remember i used to sneakily watch it... i think its a 12 and at the time i mustve been about 8 or 9, but i found it really funny... that fat guy that always used to sit in that chair.... and um... the old one... whatshername??? NORMA thats it! I can remember her wanting to go home and she was moaning saying "I CANT MISS HEARTBEAT OR I MIGHT ASWELL BE DEAD!" hehe lol! :rolleyes5:
Kat xx

[nat-nat]

Aww I love The Royle Family. It's so realistic of normal families. People often say it's Northern humour, but I dont think so. I'm from London and still identify with arguing over who will make a cuppa and buying things out of the catalogues!! It's just like watching your own family lol

Nat x

[tinkerbells]

Now thats a blast from the past i have the series on DVD and i havent watched them in ages. If the tv is rubbish later that may well be my plans :D

[spiritual girl Jude]

Oh the Royle family totally cracks me up!!!!!

My A**e!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lau_urz]

Royle Family is FAB! Love it!! And its true about the special :) You can pre-order it already on Play.com! (In a boxset with the other series)

Ralf Little...Yum! :sweetheart:

[garysgirl2001]

I love it too its most amusing. One of my friends for some reason bought me a Jim Royale doll and you press his belly and he swears at you!! I have no idea what i did to deserve such a fab gift :rolleyes5: it didnt end there she made me take him shopping to bbqs to the gym etc and i had to take pics of him doing various activities with me, it was a dare and i dont like losing so i did it all and i was most embarrassed to say the least :embarassed: he ius now somewhere in the back of a cupboard and he shall stay there. From now on Jim on the tv is enough for me xxxxx

[garyswifejenny]

i also had one of those jim royle dolls they are great fun i got it from ebay but it was a for a friend who is a big ricky tomlinson fan so i only had the doll for a day or two but he was great x

[garysgirl2001]

I didnt enjoy my Jim Royal doll at all i found it to be ever so slightly embarrasing to take to family functions and pretending to feed him a burger in front of the in laws was not amusing!! He is safely locked in a cupboard now if you ever want another one Jenny let me know, as were now friends you can have him for free xxx

[garyswifejenny]

thanks for the offer the gary girl but im not that keen on him, i thought he was funny but my best mate used to go out with an older man who looked like ricky tomlinson thats why i got her the doll x

[garysgirl2001]

Ok Jenny no worries but the offer is there if you ever change your mind. What puts me off my Jim Royal doll is he looks similar to my best friends other best friend, the only difference is that my Jim doll doesnt have one of those slow electric bicycles, if it did they would be twins!!!

[gary_lover]

My favourite character in The Royle Family was Nana, brilliant writing by Caroline Aherne.:nice:

[garysgirl2001]

Jim was my fave, he was foul but soooo funny xxxx

[garyswifejenny]

hi the gary lover, caroline aherne wasnt the nan she played the blonde one who had the baby, i think you're thinking of mrs merton xxx

[nat-nat]

There's a special new one off Royle family this Sunday at 9pm on BBC1 ... can't wait!! "Baby David" is now about 7 - I can't believe it's been off our screens for so long!! lol

Who else will be watching?

Nat x

[gary_lover]

Me natnat!! I can't wait, it's great Caroline has decided to write another episode :clap

[lawlaw]

i cant wait to see this baby david all grown up and nanna know lives with them its gonna be sooooo funny shame its only an hour special!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gary_lover]

Just finished watching the new episode and they've killed off nana :bigcry: !
Brilliant script though I really enjoyed it xxxxx:)

[cowgirl]

That was fanatastic, I'm just watching the documentary now!

[nat-nat]

Just finished watching the new episode and they've killed off nana :bigcry: !
Brilliant script though I really enjoyed it xxxxx:)


I cried through most of the episode .. it was just so sad :bigcry:

Nat x

[clairey27]

That was great to watch very funny, sad that I fell asleep watching it, but I have recorded it so I can watch it again. :yes:

Claire
XXXX

[garysgirl2001]

Jim Royal has me in bits he is fantastic. Denises hair extensions were everywhere at the end at the wake there was one sytuck to someones bum. It genius so so so funny x :clap

[MrsWilliams29]

God it was soooo funny but also sooo sad!! I was laughing one monute & sobbing the next!!

[Tessy]

Are there dvd's of this show??!! Omg...I have to have them!

I used to watch this show with my dad, and even though British family habits are quit different from the Dutch (like the Sunday lunch/tea) we loved it and it was SO recognisable!

[nat-nat]

Yes, there are DVDs available Tessy .. including the latest episode discussed in this thread. It's entitled "The Queen of Sheba" and is available on Amazon, Play etc.

Nat x

[Tessy]

Thanks nat-nat, I guess there goes another splash at Amazon...ah well it's the holidays!;)

[lau_urz]

I had the New episode given to me for christmas and the boyfriend came over a couple of weeks ago so I thought we'd watch it....I ended up crying thru most of the end of it! :( It reminded me of sooo much I had to go thru in the past. Thankfully Ali (BF) was there to look after me :)

[x Ann x]

:laughing-smiley-001 I absolutely LOVE The Royle Family!! It's absolutely brilliant!! :happy0007: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx