martinwilliamrandall — 11 years ago(November 19, 2014 06:14 AM)

THE BEST OF THE ROYLE FAMILY!
10/10 THE BEST OF ROYLE FAMILY
9/10 CLASSIC ROYLE FAMILY
8/10 VERY ENTERTAINING
7/10 VERY GOOD
6/10 ENTERTAINING
5/10 GOOD
4/10 AVERAGE
3/10 POOR
2/10 BORING
1/10 AWFUL
Season 1
S1, Ep1
14 Sep. 1998
Bills, Bills, Bills
After receiving the phone bill Jim is on the warpath. Who has been calling Aberdeen? Cheryl and Denise are looking in the catalogue for jackets while Jim buys some jeans off Twiggy.
6/10
S1, Ep2
21 Sep. 1998
Making Ends Meet
The family have their tea,discussing mobile hairdressers and Mary from next door's birthday before sitting down in front of the box. Jim is complaining about the expense of the upcoming wedding before going to the toilet and announcing that he has left a big smell. Dave turns up with business cards for his mobile disco and the Royles are fascinated by the fact that neighbour Jacko has bought a new red Sierra.
6/10
S1, Ep3
28 Sep. 1998
Sunday Afternoon
Barbara's mother Norma,known as Nanna,comes for Sunday tea and to see Denise in her wedding dress. Nanna's reminiscing about the old days and long dead friends sends the usually lazy Jim into the kitchen to do the washing-up,where he is joined by the other menfolk for small talk,though they return b68to watch the Antiques Road show on TV and place bets as to the asking prices of the items. Jim agrees to see Nanna home on the bus but makes such a song and dance about it that Dave agrees to take her in his van.
7/10
S1, Ep4
5 Oct. 1998
Dad's Birthday
It's Jim's birthday and the Carrolls from next door come in to help with the celebrations. A family photo is taken though Antony wants to appear in profile as he has a black eye after fighting with the Beswick brothers. Jim annoys Denise by implying that Cheryl is fat and Barbara annoys Jim by talking about an old boyfriend but he is happy to take her to the pub to celebrate - providing she brings her purse.
6/10
S1, Ep5
12 Oct. 1998
Another Woman
Denise and Dave come in from the pub where Dave has had a gig with his mobile disco. Denise is drunk and angry,claiming that Dave has been flirting with the buxom Beverley Macca but Dave takes Jim and Antony into the kitchen,explaining that nothing happened. After speaking to her parents Denise calms down and the family has a sing-song to Jim's banjo playing.
7/10
S1, Ep6
19 Oct. 1998
Wedding Day
Denise and Dave's wedding day arrives and the menfolk are in the back room,Jim practising his speech,Twiggy offering to sell knock-off tracksuits at the reception and Antony being teased about his hair-cut. Nanna is put out because nobody will take her home for her comfortable shoes but she does have thirty-six films in her camera whilst Antony is hoping to move into Denise's room when she moves out. Alone in the house after the others have left for the church Jim is uncharacteristically tender in assuaging Denise's nerves.
6/10
38/60 ENTERTAINING
Season 2
S2, Ep1
23 Sep. 1999
Pregnancy
Denise and Dave turn up and announce that Denise is pregnant with a boy which they will call Dave or Keanu. Barbara is tearful,Jim merely comments on the waste of money for a pregnancy testing kit,though he does send Antony to the shop to buy pomagne. Denise is not happy that Antony has told outsiders her news whilst Barbara and Mary from next door both recall how useless their husbands were when they were giving birth.
6/10
S2, Ep2
30 Sep. 1999
Sunday Lunch
Jim invites Twiggy for Sunday lunch but moans about him accepting after he has left. Nanna turns up and prattles on about illnesses,funerals and Richard 'Branston' to intolerant Jim's annoyance whilst Dave and Denise bicker. He wants her to stop smoking during her pregnancy whilst she is annoyed that he will not move his moped out of the baby's planned room. At least Antony is happy as he has a girlfriend,Emma.
6/10
S2, Ep3
7 Oct. 1999
Nana's Coming to Stay
Dave and Denise arrive to give Jim and Barbara a boring account of their visit to the ante-natalb68 clinic. They all discuss Emma,Antony's girlfriend who may only be seventeen and ' a tiny little thing' but she does have her own car. When Antony comes in he announces that he is part of a rock band called Exit. Jim finds this hilarious. On the other hand he is less amused that Barbara has invited Nanna to stay following the operation to remove her cataracts.
8/10
S2, Ep4
14 Oct. 1999
Nana Comes to Stay
Nanna is now staying with the Royles and Jim,churlish as ever,is making no bones about his animosity to her after she walks off with the remote control and accidentally turns off the video. When Barbara announces that she is staying another week he is not pleased but the last straw is her obsessing about a television show with a man dressed as a chicken. Antony's band has split up and Emma is going to the cinema with a platonic male friend but the entire family turn on Jim when he tries to suggest to Antony that she is two-timing him.
8/10
S2, Ep5
21 Oct. 1999
Barbara Finally Has Enough
Stressed out by the menopause, th