The Royle Family. Image shows from L to R: Denise Royle / Best (Caroline Aherne), Dave Best (Craig Cash), Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson), Antony Royle (Ralf Little)
The Royle Family
- TV sitcom
- BBC One / BBC Two
- 1998 - 2012
- 25 episodes (3 series)
The Royles are a family of couch potatoes who watch television in their dirty living room whilst chatting, arguing, and drinking copious amounts of tea and alcohol. Stars Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston, Caroline Aherne, Ralf Little, Craig Cash and more.
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Series 2 - Christmas Special
The Royle Family. Image shows from L to R: Dave Best (Craig Cash), Denise Royle / Best (Caroline Aherne), Barbara Royle (Sue Johnston), Norma Speakman (Liz Smith). Copyright: Granada Productions
It's Christmas, and Denise is just about ready to pop. As the family begin to disperse from the Royles' after the customary meal, their world looks set to change forever.
Notes
This episode is sometimes known as Christmas With The Royle Family, believed to be unofficial in origin and picked up by DVD distributor ITV Studios Home Entertainment for marketing purposes.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 25th December 1999
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 40 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 14th November 2010 | 11:05pm | Gold |
| Sunday 12th December 2010 | 11:00pm | Gold |
| Thursday 18th December 2014 | 10:00pm | Gold |
| Friday 19th December 2014 | 9:05pm | Gold |
| Thursday 25th December 2014 | 9:00pm | Gold |
| Sunday 9th August 2015 | 10:05pm | Gold |
| Tuesday 22nd September 2015 | 12:40am | Gold |
| Tuesday 22nd September 2015 | 3:20am | Gold |
| Tuesday 1st December 2015 | 9:00pm | Gold |
| Wednesday 2nd December 2015 | 12:40am | Gold |
| Friday 25th December 2015 | 9:00pm | Gold |
| Saturday 26th December 2015 | 12:30am | Gold |
| Friday 22nd April 2016 | 10:00pm | Gold |
| Friday 8th July 2016 | 10:45pm | BBC1 |
| Thursday 6th October 2016 | 11:15pm | Gold |
| Friday 7th October 2016 | 2:35am | Gold |
| Monday 14th November 2016 | 9:00pm | Gold |
| Monday 19th December 2016 | 10:20pm | Gold |
| Friday 1st December 2017 | 11:40pm | Gold |
| Saturday 2nd December 2017 | 10:00pm | Gold |
| Saturday 24th March 2018 | 10:20pm | Gold |
| Monday 3rd December 2018 | 12:50am | Gold |
| Monday 3rd December 2018 | 10:40pm | Gold |
| Monday 17th December 2018 | 10:00pm | Gold |
| Tuesday 18th December 2018 | 12:30am | Gold |
| Tuesday 2nd July 2019 | 10:20pm | Gold |
| Wednesday 3rd July 2019 | 1:10am | Gold |
| Wednesday 25th September 2019 | 9:00pm | Gold |
| Thursday 26th September 2019 | 1:25am | Gold |
| Thursday 5th December 2019 | 10:20pm | Gold |
| Friday 6th December 2019 | 1:50am | Gold |
| Thursday 12th December 2019 | 10:40pm | Gold |
| Friday 13th December 2019 | 2:20am | Gold |
| Wednesday 13th May 2020 | 9:00pm | Gold |
| Wednesday 13th May 2020 | 11:45pm | Gold |
| Tuesday 1st December 2020 | 10:20pm | Gold |
| Wednesday 2nd December 2020 | 2:20am | Gold |
| Monday 14th December 2020 | 9:00pm | Gold |
| Tuesday 15th December 2020 | 1:50am | Gold |
| Friday 18th December 2020 | 11:35pm | BBC1 |
| Sunday 28th November 2021 | 9:00pm | Gold |
| Monday 29th November 2021 | 2:10am | Gold |
| Wednesday 1st December 2021 | 9:40pm | Gold |
| Thursday 2nd December 2021 | 1:40am | Gold |
| Thursday 9th December 2021 | 9:40pm | Gold |
| Thursday 23rd December 2021 | 12:05am | Gold |
| Sunday 26th December 2021 | 12:00am | Gold |
| Monday 12th September 2022 | 11:20pm | Gold |
| Sunday 18th September 2022 | 12:15am | Gold |
| Sunday 18th September 2022 | 10:00pm | Gold |
| Thursday 1st December 2022 | 9:45pm | Gold |
| Friday 2nd December 2022 | 1:55am | Gold |
| Monday 12th December 2022 | 9:50pm | Gold |
| Tuesday 13th December 2022 | 2:00am | Gold |
| Wednesday 20th September 2023 | 11:40pm | Gold |
| Thursday 21st September 2023 | 9:00pm | Gold |
| Saturday 9th December 2023 | 10:25pm | Gold |
| Sunday 17th December 2023 | 10:20pm | Gold |
| Monday 18th December 2023 | 1:55am | Gold |
| Monday 18th December 2023 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Cast & crew
| Ricky Tomlinson | Jim Royle |
| Sue Johnston | Barbara Royle |
| Caroline Aherne | Denise Royle / Best |
| Ralf Little | Antony Royle |
| Craig Cash | Dave Best |
| Liz Smith | Norma Speakman |
| Caroline Aherne | Writer |
| Craig Cash | Writer |
| Carmel Morgan | Writer |
| Ricky Tomlinson | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Steve Bendelack | Director |
| Kenton Allen | Producer |
| Andy Harries | Executive Producer |
| Tony Cranstoun | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |