The Royle Family

GreasyDiablo88 · 17 Nov 2013 at 20:15

Started watching the whole collection again because it's awesome

andy_mk3 · 17 Nov 2013 at 20:16

I absolutely LOVE this series. I have watched it over and over again ever since I was young. Very funny

Semple · 17 Nov 2013 at 20:17

I enjoy watching the christmas specials!

GreasyDiablo88 · 17 Nov 2013 at 20:33

One of the Xmas ones popped up on Netflix the other day which is what made me wanna watch em all again

RastaManBob · 17 Nov 2013 at 20:45

This series really is *excellent* but some of the newer Christmas specials really are pretty conservative compared to the early stuff. None the less, quality stuff!

GreasyDiablo88 · 17 Nov 2013 at 20:46

Half the characters are missing from the newer ones aswell

physichull · 18 Nov 2013 at 16:48

I liked the Royle Family but much preferred Early Doors. That show was just genius and massively underrated.

GreasyDiablo88 · 18 Nov 2013 at 18:29

physichull said:
I liked the Royle Family but much preferred Early Doors. That show was just genius and massively underrated.

I've never heard of that one. I'll look it up

G|mp · 18 Nov 2013 at 19:25

physichull said:
I liked the Royle Family but much preferred Early Doors. That show was just genius and massively underrated.

Early doors is still one of my all time favourites, like you say, massively underrated!

andy_mk3 · 18 Nov 2013 at 22:16

Never heard of early doors either.

Watching 'the wedding' now

GreasyDiablo88 · 19 Nov 2013 at 08:08

I was watching Series 3 last night

Dup · 19 Nov 2013 at 16:03

Fun fact. We had the same sofa they had in series 1. We got rid of it then they had a warehouse fire and lost theirs!

They were great, especially the specials. They illustrate a Britain I know and love more than anything has to me.

InertProtocol · 19 Nov 2013 at 16:08

A brilliant series and very well written and carried out.

It's on Gold quite a lot too.

physichull · 19 Nov 2013 at 16:53

GreasyDiablo88 said:
I've never heard of that one. I'll look it up

andy_mk3 said:
Never heard of early doors either.

If you love the Royle Family, you will love this. I highly recommend the purchase. In some ways it is a shame that they never did a third series, but in other ways, I am glad that they didn't, it keeps it special.

GreasyDiablo88 · 19 Nov 2013 at 17:04

I'll get on it ASAP

Jic89 · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:14

Still have the boxset, watch it all the time. Absolutely brilliant!

GreasyDiablo88 · 19 Nov 2013 at 22:16

I'm still watching it now

working my way through the special's

Crizzy · 20 Nov 2013 at 16:50

Me and the Mrs have just recently finished watching this again, we have watched it a good few times now.

It is a masterpiece of TV and I think will only get better with age, especially for the late 20's and older generation. It is a superb snapshot of life just before digital tv, internet and mobile phones (although Dave does get one for Denise at the end of season 2).

Well done Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash.

Oh and whenever I am going to strip wallpaper in the future I will be blasting out Mambo No5!

andy_mk3 · 20 Nov 2013 at 22:23

Got Early Doors

Watched the first 3 or 4 eps last night, quite enjoyed it. Nowhere near as funny as the Royle Family though. Some absolutely cracking quotes from the show!

"Woah-ho, if you lot take my advice, you won't go near that lavatory for at least half an hour and whatever you do don't strike a bloody match."

GreasyDiablo88 · 24 Nov 2013 at 19:10

I've managed to get my hands on season 1 of Early Doors so once I've watched it I'll come back and let you guys know my thoughts