The Royle Family

Overview

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.

Roughly 10h to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 20 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

Series cast and crew

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  Ricky TomlinsonJim Royle
  20 episodes

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  Sue JohnstonBarbara Royle
  20 episodes

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  Caroline AherneDenise Royle
  20 episodes

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  Craig CashDave Best
  20 episodes

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  Ralf LittleAntony Royle
  20 episodes

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  Liz SmithNorma 'Nana' Speakman
  10 episodes

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  Jessica HynesCheryl Carroll
  10 episodes

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  Doreen KeoghMary Carroll
  8 episodes

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  Peter MartinJoe Carroll
  7 episodes

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  Geoffrey HughesTwiggy
  6 episodes

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  Andrew WhymentDarren Sinclair-Jones
  5 episodes

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  Sheridan SmithEmma Kavanagh
  3 episodes

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  Sharon DuceValerie Kavanagh
  1 episode

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  John HenshawRoger Kavanagh
  1 episode

Created by

Craig Cash and Caroline Aherne

Network

BBC One, BBC Two

Seasons and episodes

• Series 11998 · 6 episodes
• Series 21999 · 7 episodes
• Series 32000 · 7 episodes
• Specials2006 · 19 episodes