A Royle Family Christmas special turned into a farce as the BBC were forced to fork out £100,000 due to an error 04:00, Sat, Jun 7, 2025 The Royle Family cost the ...

Episode 1 Christmas with the Royle Family The Queen of Sheba This video can not be played The opening scene of the pilot episode of The Royle Family Although TV bosses were not convinced about the ...

A beloved episode of The Royle Family almost never aired after a costly blunder left producers and the cast scrambling. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The 2009 BBC Christmas special was ...

The Royle Family fans were left in floods of tears during the 2006 Christmas special, The Queen of Sheba, when character Norma 'Nana' Speakman, played by the late actress Liz Smith, died.

The late Liz Smith didn’t get into acting until the age of 49, when she was spotted selling Christmas toys at Hamleys. She took on the role of matriarch Norma (“Nana”) in The Royle Family ...

Fans of British sitcom The Royle Family were delighted as members of ... the mum of Sue’s character Barbara, died aged 95 on Christmas Eve in 2016. Peter Martin, who starred as drowsy neighbour ...

Ricky Tomlinson is hoping for a Royle Family Christmas special. And he says he will try to persuade creator Caroline Aherne to return to the screen, even though she vowed not to because of the effect ...

7. Christmas with the Royle Family - It's Christmas Day at the Royle Family household.The family sit around the front room watching telly. Denise is heavily pregnant. Dave takes Nana home and ...

Ricky Tomlinson, a star of The Royle Family, had a life filled with drama before he settled into Jim Royle's armchair. The actor, born in Blackpool, celebrated his 85th birthday last month, 12 ...

The Royle Family will return to TV this autumn with a special documentary to celebrate the show's 25th anniversary. Co-created by Craig Cash and the late Caroline Aherne, the programme focused ...

The Royle Family has been a British ... it to “the ‘Real’ Royal Family” and recording an exclusive Slade cover version for one of the Christmas specials. It also turned out that Craig ...

The pair went on to share stories of their time working together on The Royle Family and Brookside ... died aged 95 on Christmas Eve in 2016. Peter Martin, who starred as drowsy neighbour Joe ...