The Royle Family (1998)

About This Series

The Royle Family is a comedy series created by Craig Cash and Caroline Aherne. Its leading cast includes Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston and Caroline Aherne. It premiered on September 14, 1998 on BBC One. TMDB lists 3 seasons and 20 episodes so far and has ended.

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.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Cast

• Ricky Tomlinson Jim Royle 20 episodes
• Sue Johnston Barbara Royle 20 episodes
• Caroline Aherne Denise Royle 20 episodes
• Craig Cash Dave Best 20 episodes
• Ralf Little Antony Royle 20 episodes
• Liz Smith Norma 'Nana' Speakman 10 episodes
• Jessica Hynes Cheryl Carroll 10 episodes
• Doreen Keogh Mary Carroll 8 episodes
• Peter Martin Joe Carroll 7 episodes
• Geoffrey Hughes Twiggy 6 episodes
• Andrew Whyment Darren Sinclair-Jones 5 episodes
• Sheridan Smith Emma Kavanagh 3 episodes
• Sharon Duce Valerie Kavanagh 1 episode
• John Henshaw Roger Kavanagh 1 episode

Seasons

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