The Royle Family

Synopsis

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.

First aired

14 Sept 1998

Created by

Craig Cash, Caroline Aherne

Runtime

30 min / episode · 3 seasons

Cast

Ricky Tomlinson

Jim Royle

Sue Johnston

Barbara Royle

Caroline Aherne

Denise Royle

Craig Cash

Dave Best

Ralf Little

Antony Royle