The Royle Family (1998)

The Royle Family is a British sitcom created by Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, and produced by Granada Television for BBC Two (series 1) and BBC One (series 2 and 3). It centres on the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, comprising lazy patriarch Jim, his hard-working wife Barbara, their entitled daughter Denise, their put-upon son Antony, and Denise's lad fiancé–later husband–David.

Genres: Comedy

What to watch after The Royle Family

• The League of Gentlemen (1999) — Same subject: northern england
• The Young Ones (1982) — Two steps away in the credits
• Gavin & Stacey (2007)
• Friday Night Dinner (2011) — Steve Bendelack directed both
• Shameless (2004) — Same subject: northern england, working class
• Motherland (2016) — Same feel: realistic, sarcastic