Can't wait for the 'Royle Family' special on Sunday!!

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It's good to see Caroline Aherne back, she's fab!!

I struggled to sleep aswell happymumof2 and you should have seen how puffy my eyes were this morning!!

The scenes between Barbara and Nana reminded me so so much of my Mum and late Nana. And when she said she had wished not to go into a home

I miss my nana so much, and I worry what my mum and dad will be like when theyre older, the whole programme just ruined me!!

And the baby thing aswell, most programmes with newborns in make me cry these days

Love the 'awwww' no matter what has been said.

love Cheryl!

thought this was pure comedy genius last night, had me laughing and crying all at the same time.

nanna's lines: 'dont do it too curly Barbara last time i looked like jeremy clarkson' and 'they had soup of the day, it was friday' ....classic

cheryl changing the catheter bag!! Tee hee!

bleurgh down the sink and then wiping drips with tea-towel

"They had A-la-carte"

"What is a-la-carte Barbara?"

"Dunno, but i'd love a-la-carte, I'm fed up with chops"

clicked on this thread thinking that it means next Sunday, really pissed off I missed this!

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i was a bit watching that one?? was like a tribute to nana or woman playing her????

But the whole concept was based around family co-dependency and farty intimacy.

Though it was a perfect continuation.

Was still upset thinking about my Grandma this morning.

Caroline Aherne is a National Treasure.

is the "Royale family"the posher version of The Royal family"-sorry!!

or royle even

When they had the bit when the two boys where doing a show, it made me smile, my dc's and their cousins are always doing that, dh said 'Why are we watching this? It's like being round your mum's on a Sunday afternoon!!'

at the boys show
at Nanna (especially the wish not to go in a home)
LOl at Cheryls 'dates'
Anthony as a 'professional' going to a conference in MIlton Keynes

so what happened with nana?
did she go into a home?
missed it

ok, brace yourself ssd: Nana died. It was really sad & funny all at once.

ssd - she died in the end.

I taped it hoping for a laugh and ended up weeping buckets - luckily had a friend staying with me.

did she need to go into a home or did she stay with Barbara?

if she stayed where was she, eg.was there room?!?

She stayed with Barbara til the end

In the living room!!

Was touching and funny

only asked as I read somewhere nana was saying she didn't want to go into a home, was that a really sad bit?

I have loved The Royle Family for years but was very, very disappointed by the trite and sentimental episode on Sunday

still really wished I'd seen it.

I didn't find it overly sentimental at all, just very poignant. I also thought the programme afterwards quite funny with celebs giving their opinion on the Royales.

I suppose maybe it is for people north of the Watford gap including us here in Scotland who can relate better to those circumstances and those kinds of people. The humour is subtle enough to be missed.

I'm from well north of Watford gap and found the original Royle Family stuff very poignant and funny. But I think they missed a trick - the strengths were based on the static nature of the living room setting and there was too much flitting about, but in a sort of rigid "oh we've tried this before, let's do it again" kind of way (the laminate flooring bum wiggling dance springs to mind) when it's the subtler stuff which has made it stand apart from other dramas in the past. also it used to be much more about what wasn't said as much as what was, and nana's speech was a bit heavy handed.