Cast:
Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston, Ralf Little, Jessica Hynes, Helen Fraser, Craig Cash, Sheridan Smith, Anne Kirkbride (a.f.), Liz Smith, Steve Huison (more)Plots(1)
The Royle home has no palace. Space is cramped and the walls are stained yellow by nicotine. Brain-dead conversation is set against the continuous drone of the television.
In charge of the remote control is the skinflint patriarch, Jim Royle, a slob who sounds off while his long-suffering wife, Barbara, runs around after him. Daughter Denise, an aspiring hairdresser, lazes around the house obsessing about her appearance and worrying that her fiancé Dave doesn't appreciate her. The only moving part of the household is the youngest Royle, Anthony, a surly teenager and general dogsbody who is constantly dispatched to buy more cigarettes, which the rest of the family smokes as quickly as he can carry them.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Ricky Tomlinson
UK
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Sue Johnston
UK
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Ralf Little
UK
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Jessica Hynes
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Helen Fraser
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Craig Cash
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Sheridan Smith
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Anne Kirkbride (a.f.)
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Liz Smith
UK
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Steve Huison
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Caroline Aherne
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Sharon Duce
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Geoffrey Hughes
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John Savident (a.f.)
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Mary Healey
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Jim Whelan
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Sally Lindsay
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