Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12105 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-11-13
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 576 minutes

Synopsis

This four disc box set features all episodes from the complete series of The Royle Family, a show which revolves around the sitting room of Jim Royle and his wife Barbara.

Customer Reviews

5 stars, My Arse!
Everyone should watch this series, it is, without doubt, the best comedy of the last 25 years.
If you haven't seen it before, let me just say it's the distillation of lifetimes of north-western family feuds, fun, fights, festivity, farts and fig-rolls in half-hour slots: all from one sofa.
This collection includes the recent finale episode which had me laughing until I cried and crying until I laughed.

Piece of class!
Excellent series - don't do as Amazon recommends and buy it with the Queen of Sheba, as this is IN this edition, so you'd only end up with it twice. We watched this over Christmas, and by New Year felt like honorary members of the Royle family! It's feelgood (because we all know someone like Jim, even though we might not say it to the person in question!), homely (to have so much go on around a TV is just amazing - and the only time we feel as if we're missing out is when we miss out on seeing Denise's wedding...) - and just a pure piece of comedy genius. The only downside, if I had to find any, was that the only DVD bonus features come with the Queen of Sheba programme, they're hilarious, but I would have ADORED to have seen some of the other out-takes from the other three series.

A Window to Society Or a Great Comedy?
I love this television show but sometimes I watch it and think "my god people really are like this and live like this". Other times, more often than not, I watch it and think "what a great piece of writing and acting". To think of it as a window to society only complements the programmes writers and actors, which is what I certainly do.
I don`t think I`m a snob but in real life this is a trap I would not like to fall into.
Great series that has a beginning, a middle and end. The last show breaks your heart but be prepared to have your heart broken again when you watch the deleted scenes.