The programme combined the Royle Family's living room set-up with a reality TV format, showing real-life families and their telly habits - watching the watchers watch.

The Royle Family is a sitcom about an argumentative working class family in Manchester that takes place almost entirely in their front room. They bicker harmlessly, sit, and watch TV.

On the surface, The Royle Family appeared to be humdrum and low on incident - but such ordinary appearances belie the fact that it was a groundbreaking work of exceptional comedy invention.

It's been 25 years since The Royle Family was first broadcast from their living room into ours. Featuring the humdrum world of a TV-loving family from Stockport sitting on their sofa, it seemed ...

They wanted to have bigger, more obvious storylines - Caroline rejected it. And they wanted to take the show out of the Royle's living room and set it in different locations - Caroline rejecting it, ...

The Royle Family star Caroline died at the age of 52 in July 2016 following a two-year battle with lung cancer.. The show has proven to be one of Channel 4's most unlikely hits, and still pulls in ...

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 on ...

Two stars of The Royle Family have reunited (Picture: UKTV) Sue Johnston surprised her former The Royle Family co-star Ricky Tomlinson this week by turning up at his stage show.. From 1998 until ...