The Royle Family (1998)

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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.

Released: 1998-09-14
Genres: Comedy
Seasons: 3, 20 episodes
Episode length: 30m
Network: BBC One, BBC Two
Status: Ended
TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 62 votes

Created by Craig Cash, Caroline Aherne.

Top cast

Ricky Tomlinson as Jim Royle
Sue Johnston as Barbara Royle
Caroline Aherne as Denise Royle
Craig Cash as Dave Best
Ralf Little as Antony Royle

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Where to watch The Royle Family

United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Britbox Apple TV channel, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon MX Player
United Kingdom: stream on Sky Go; watch free on BBC iPlayer; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, BritBox Amazon Channel, BritBox, Britbox Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Australia: buy on Apple TV Store

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