Royle Family....worst yet?

[Clawdy]

The last Christmas specials have been dire. The remaining four main characters are caricatures of themselves,and the complete absence of Denise and Dave's two children (even at their Christmas dinner!!) is ridiculous. It's become crude and embarassing,and Caroline Aherne should have stopped after The Queen Of Sheba,and just left us with fond memories.....

It needed to be watched to the end - jim hid a new wedding ring for barbara in the christmas puddings he'd won. I took it to mean that he was an old softie really. Perhaps it was because I'd had a few drinks but I almost cried at the end!. As to Denise's children - who knows? She forgot to pick them up from school one day so they had been taken into care for their own safety.

Oops that last sentence didn't make sense - I meant to say that they could have been taken into care for their own safety.

I thought it was absolutely woeful but I've thought that about all the episodes after The Queen of Sheba.

Jokes are laboured and just go on and on. It's become like some awful sitcom. I used to love it and I could still watch earlier episodes over and over but she's just lost it IMO.

Crude & awful not Xmas fare IMHO but it takes all sorts.

i missed the ending to what happened wrt dave's problem - can anyone tell me?

barbara said right at the very start that she had got all the presents from poundland and been in there for two hours

Different take I liked it. Them dressing up as waiters etc was totally not the norm slightly darker and more theatrical

It seems to have become more slapstick as opposed to when it first started it was more subtle and realistic. I used to think it was like my own family Barbara was my favourite character but she seems to have become more stupid but I suppose that can happen. She showed glimpses of her old spirit coming back last night. Perhaps I will like it more if I watched again. I think I felt a bit like that with the ashes one.

I would rather stick pins in my eyes than watch another episode of that. Absolutely boring and rubbish storyline

I found some of the jokes quite funny, but usually the ones where they sit on the sofa chatting, like the original series.

The waiter scene was a bit surreal.

I enjoyed the caravan one, and Joe's crackers. I was hoping Twiggy might make an appearance though at least.

The actor who played Twiggy died recently.

I agree with whoever said its moved from lovable working class to jezzer Kyle fodder so lost its humour. I have never noticed the filth either. Greas on walls etc it made me feel sick nothing endearing about minging ness

Oh how sad, I loved Twiggy, and Eddie Yates.

I quite liked the Philomena character she was sweet and reminded me of Mary.

Didn't like cadging Carol or whatever she was called.

It was shocking.
Denise especially.

Oh god the Philomena character with Joe mispronouncing her name time after time.

Philadelphia.... Filet o'fish.... Really? I mean REALLY??

Lazy, lazy writing.

I don't think its lazy writing in fact it might be more funny to read the script as the subtler jokes you sometimes miss on first watch. Even at its worst I find the Royles a 1000 times more funny than outnumbered. I actually watched outnumbered the other day without cringing possibly because the children had grown up a bit.

Didn't see any subtle jokes...seemed to be all about earwaxy Qtips and skirts tucked in knickers....

And Dave's erection problems and Jim's bowels Clawdy.

I have always detested the Royle family, it honestly makes me feel sick to look at them, they give me the total boak. Never been funny.

I felt like all the characters have become horribly unpleasant and totally unlikable.

this is what I thought they were filthy dirty not just scruffy, barb looked worn down and jim was just disgusting not the usually warm Royale family doesn't caroline ahern like them anymore or something , It was grim , I did watch and when she got her wedding ring it was nice i suppose, but...

Was there any explanation as to why Denise's kids weren't at Xmas dinner?

they go to daves parents because denise thinks christmas isnt for kids, she said it a few specials ago, and denise is a terrible parent it was funny before but god she is terrible

I think they don't want any child actors in it TBH *mrsj. But they could be upstairs/round at Cheryls as an explanation. How old are they supposed to be? I lose track. Was Anthony mentioned at all?

I think baby david is about 10/12 and norma about 5/6 no anthony wasn't mentioned, it was all really rubbish and grim,