Dave This BBC sitcom, about a lazy underclass Mancunian family (and their friends and neighbours), is better than it sounds. Almost all of it takes place in the family's house. It's very well-written and well- acted - and the interactions between the characters are often hilarious.

kclambeth The royle family is clever because the action is limited, there are pauses just like real life and it's realistic, everyone has a Jim or a Barb or a Nana in their family and everyone at times slobs in front of the T.v and talks about the pub, club biscuits and toilets (Whether we admit to it or not) The acting is good, scripts are great and Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash have great character observation. Jim Royle's catchphrases are funny and well remembered and the extra characters, Cheryl, Mary, twiggy etc are cool.Anthony and his dippy mate Darren are funny to watch doing their impressions.I have read that some people hate this show because they think the language of northerners is hard to get and they are scruffy and live in council houses.Welcome to the real world, people are scruffy and some do live in council houses, that can still be funny. i live in the south east of England, very far removed from Manchester but i still love their ways, their expressions and can still identify with them; it doesn't matter where you live, people all over the globe are getting married, having children, fighting with siblings, getting drunk etc.Yes they don't do a lot but the T.V is full of action films and sitcoms with lots of action involved, this is realism, it's about people, real people, living together and it's the realism of the show that makes it funny. We can all go 'I'm just like that' or 'oh god we're like that'.Give this show a chance, watch all the episodes they don't get boring, in fact it's quite addictive.

smilne-2 Now and then comes along a perfect series (Fawlty Towers and The Office spring to mind) everybody loves them and everybody is right!! Any great show is built on the writing and the writing here is near perfect. Any show which can run over 18 episodes and 2 specials and only use 1 set AND be funny every time is genius!! Caroline Aherene has been quoted as saying this is her best work and she is right. Tha acting is the icing on the cake of course, with special mention to Sue Johnson who should get loads of work. The whole point is the exquisite, REAL language and very few visual gags. This looks and feels real all the time and runs through all human emotion; ultimately 'though it is a show about love. 11 out of 10!!!

CELLIOTT10 The Royle Family is easily one of the best British TV Series there is. It's really a fly on the wall style. It shows how typical working class families are.In this TV Series there's of course the mother who's a run down overworked distressed housewife. The Dad is a lazy pig. There son is out of work and is basically a loser. Then the daughter is married with a husband who is also a housewife but she is the most laziest woman on the planet.Watch this if you like humourus family style programmes.