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

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 3, Episode 6

Baby David's freshly Christened, and the family are having a proper knees-up in celebration. As the Royle clan and their closest friends gather in the sitting room, Denise and Dave sneak upstairs for a quiet moment with the little one. But Antony's got an announcement...

Notes

This episode is sometimes known by the unofficial title Christening.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 27th November 2000
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

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Date Time Channel
Thursday 4th August 2011 12:40am Gold
Thursday 4th August 2011 9:20pm Gold
Wednesday 30th November 2011 9:20pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd February 2012 10:40pm Gold
Sunday 15th July 2012 2:25am Gold
Sunday 19th August 2012 10:15pm Gold
Friday 14th September 2012 10:30pm Gold
Saturday 15th September 2012 2:00am Gold
Wednesday 28th November 2012 10:00pm Gold
Thursday 29th November 2012 12:40am Gold
Friday 8th March 2013 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 9th March 2013 12:20am Gold
Tuesday 4th June 2013 9:40pm Gold
Wednesday 5th June 2013 1:20am Gold
Monday 19th August 2013 9:20pm Gold
Tuesday 20th August 2013 12:00am Gold
Saturday 7th September 2013 9:00pm Gold
Sunday 8th September 2013 12:20am Gold
Friday 8th November 2013 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 9th November 2013 12:40am Gold
Thursday 9th January 2014 11:30pm Gold
Thursday 24th April 2014 11:15pm Gold
Friday 6th June 2014 9:40pm Gold
Friday 15th August 2014 10:55pm Gold
Sunday 2nd November 2014 9:40pm Gold
Monday 3rd November 2014 1:45am Gold
Wednesday 11th March 2015 9:00pm Gold
Thursday 12th March 2015 12:55am Gold
Thursday 11th June 2015 9:00pm Gold
Friday 12th June 2015 1:20am Gold
Tuesday 24th November 2015 10:00pm Gold
Wednesday 25th November 2015 2:30am Gold
Tuesday 1st March 2016 10:50pm Gold
Wednesday 2nd March 2016 3:00am Gold
Wednesday 6th July 2016 9:00pm Gold
Thursday 7th July 2016 1:50am Gold
Tuesday 25th October 2016 10:45pm Gold
Thursday 27th October 2016 9:55pm Gold
Monday 20th March 2017 9:00pm Gold
Tuesday 21st March 2017 1:35am Gold
Monday 22nd May 2017 9:20pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd May 2017 12:10am Gold
Friday 2nd June 2017 10:20pm Gold
Sunday 18th March 2018 9:40pm Gold
Monday 21st May 2018 10:40pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd May 2018 2:00am Gold
Monday 11th June 2018 11:20pm Gold
Tuesday 12th June 2018 9:20pm Gold
Monday 27th August 2018 11:35pm Gold
Friday 26th October 2018 2:25am Gold
Thursday 29th November 2018 11:00pm Gold
Friday 30th November 2018 10:30pm Gold
Thursday 3rd October 2019 9:00pm Gold
Friday 4th October 2019 2:45am Gold
Thursday 21st May 2020 9:00pm Gold
Monday 15th June 2020 9:50pm Gold
Tuesday 16th June 2020 2:35am Gold
Tuesday 30th March 2021 11:00pm Gold
Wednesday 31st March 2021 1:40am Gold
Sunday 13th June 2021 10:20pm Gold
Monday 14th June 2021 1:40am Gold
Monday 21st June 2021 1:35am Gold
Monday 28th June 2021 12:00am Gold
Thursday 8th July 2021 10:55pm Gold
Saturday 2nd April 2022 10:40pm Gold
Sunday 3rd April 2022 3:15am Gold
Tuesday 26th April 2022 10:20pm Gold
Wednesday 27th April 2022 2:10am Gold
Thursday 28th April 2022 10:20pm Gold
Friday 29th April 2022 2:00am Gold
Sunday 5th June 2022 10:20pm Gold
Thursday 11th August 2022 9:20pm Gold
Friday 12th August 2022 1:00am Gold
Wednesday 24th August 2022 9:20pm Gold
Thursday 25th August 2022 1:00am Gold
Saturday 8th October 2022 11:35pm Gold
Thursday 24th November 2022 9:20pm Gold
Friday 25th November 2022 1:35am Gold
Thursday 12th January 2023 9:20pm Gold
Wednesday 5th April 2023 9:40pm Gold
Tuesday 9th May 2023 12:00am Gold
Monday 14th August 2023 2:10am Gold
Sunday 20th August 2023 1:50am Gold
Tuesday 22nd August 2023 2:55am Gold
Sunday 3rd September 2023 2:25am Gold
Monday 4th September 2023 12:40am Gold
Friday 29th September 2023 9:00pm Gold
Friday 29th September 2023 11:40pm Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Ricky Tomlinson Jim Royle
Sue Johnston Barbara Royle
Caroline Aherne Denise Royle / Best
Ralf Little Antony Royle
Craig Cash Dave Best
Jessica Hynes (as Jessica Stevenson) Cheryl Carroll
Liz Smith Norma Speakman
Andrew Whyment Darren Sinclair-Jones
Guest cast
Geoffrey Hughes Twiggy (Friend Of The Family)
Doreen Keogh Mary Carroll (Cheryl's Mum)
Peter Martin Joe Carroll (Cheryl's Dad)
Sheridan Smith Emma Kavanagh (Antony's First Girlfriend)
Sally Lindsay Michelle (Twiggy's Girlfriend)
John Delaney PJ
Writing team
Caroline Aherne Writer
Craig Cash Writer
Ricky Tomlinson Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Caroline Aherne Director
Kenton Allen Producer
Andy Harries Executive Producer
Tony Cranstoun Editor
James Dillon Production Designer

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