Ben Harper is a dentist with a cynical outlook on life. He is married to Susan, a control freak who can't cook. They have three children: dosy Nick, shallow Janey and clever Michael.

During the previous nine seasons of this sitcom other characters have come and gone. They include Ben and Susan's niece Abi; Ben's dental assistant Brigitte; over-enthusiastic Roger Bailey, a dentist who managed innocently infuriate Ben whenever they met; and Nick's scruffy Welsh friend Alfie Butts.

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Our Review: My Family is without a doubt the most successful British sitcom that launched in the 2000s - that is if the judgement is based soley on audience figures. Whilst the current 10th series has been a little down on the previous average, almost every week My Family crushes all others in the ratings - millions tune in to see the family's latest adventures.

My Family certainly has all the right ingredients to be an audience-grabber: strong stereotypical characters that are easy to identify with placed in embarrassing and comical (yet believable and familiar) situations.

This show is regularly criticised by many for being rather 'generic', utilising an unsophisticated strategy to make the audience laugh (simple one-liners are key in this sitcom, rather than cleverly built-up jokes). Even the cast have said the scripts are sometimes "dross". This doesn't seem to bother a large percentage of the population though - after all, My Family was carefully designed by creator Fred Barron to appeal to the masses.

Whilst comedy snobs and critics continue to look down on the comedy, it bulldozes on. With more than 100 episodes now under its belt, the series looks set to continue at least well into 2011.

Series 10 was cut short due to other programmes in BBC One's schedule, but Series 11 - as well as two Christmas specials - has already been recorded, and is likely to broadcast in spring 2011.