The Royle Family
A British sitcom about the everyday life of a working-class family in Northwest England: watching telly, smoking, drinking, and bickering.
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"This comedy is fantastic, it's got some good dialogue that flows well but not only that all of the characters who have ever graced the show have been fantastic. The show has become a much loved comedic gem with more than it's fair share of fans and the reason it has become such a legend is because it was so well written and directed in only a way a BBC comedy could be. The character of Jim Royle (played by Ricky Tomlinson) one of the main characters in this show is a mini institution himself and then you have the delectable Sue Johnston playing his wife Barbara. They worked together ..."
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The BBC wanted and expected the series to be made in the usual style of a traditional television sitcom (ie. recorded live in front of a studio audience on multiple video cameras). However, Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash felt that format wouldn't work for this show and insisted it had to be made in their preferred style: on a closed set and shot in an observational/documentary style, on a single S16mm film camera.
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A British sitcom about the everyday life of a working-class family in Northwest England: watching telly, smoking, drinking, and bickering.