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Jim is annoyed when the latest telephone bill arrives just before Dave and Denise's wedding.

Bills, Bills, Bills

Jim Royle is getting more and more worried about finding the money to pay for his daughter's wedding.

Making Ends Meet!

It's Sunday afternoon and Nana is visiting. Everyone is more interested in the television.

Sunday Afternoon

Jim Royle is trying to ignore the fact that it's his birthday. His family refuse to let him go on ignoring it.

Jim's Birthday

Denise is upset after Dave is accused of chatting up another woman.

Another Woman?

The morning of Dave and Denise's wedding arrives. Will everything go as planned?

The Wedding Day

Denise announces that she's pregnant. Jim thinks that Antony may be a "gay boy".

Pregnancy

Nana and Twiggy come round for Sunday dinner. Barbara loses her temper during lunch. She's feeling the onset of "the change".

Sunday Lunch

Jim isn't best pleased when he learns that Barbara has invited Nana to come and stay with the Royles after her cataract operation. Antony announces that he's become the manager of a band called 'Exit'.

Nana's Coming to Stay

Nana has had her cataract operation, so she comes to stay with the Royles. Jim is even less pleased now that she's arrived. Antony's band has split up.

Nana Comes to Stay

Barbara loses patience with Jim and storms out of the house. Jim tries to show that he's concerned about Barbara by offering to make her a cup of tea!

Barbara's Finally Had Enough

It's Antony's 18th birthday and the Royles are planning a family party. They finally get to meet Antony's girlfriend Emma.

Antony's Birthday

It's Christmas Day. The family have just finished a big Christmas dinner. Barbara learns her turkey wasn't up to scratch, and Dave buys Denise a mobile phone for when the baby is born, even though she uses it to call Barbara on the house phone from upstairs! Antony goes to Emma's shortly afterwards, and Dave takes Nana home. Soon after Dave and Nana have left, Denise goes into labour upstairs in the bathroom, and Jim is left to comfort her. Denise reveals the baby isn't due until 3 weeks. Will the baby and Denise be alright?

Christmas with the Royle Family

Baby David finally arrives at the Royle's House, dressed from head to toe in the 'latest Gear', that is obviously Manchester slang for complete tack, but it seems that Denise is taking a back seat and letting Dave do all the work, will it continue?

Baby

The Royles decide that it's time for a pint, but who will be left babysitting?

Babysitting

Twiggy and Jim are redecorating the dining room for the Christening, but because Jim is so tight they don't have a steamer. The pair, and later Dave, use kitchen utensils to remove the wallpaper, whilst Dancing to Mambo No. 5! They don't get very far ...

Decorating

Nana's dear old neighbour Elsie dies, and today is the funeral. It's full of the usual admiration of her house, and Nana has also been taking stuff from Elsie's since she has passed on, so Jim gets one back for her!  Nana is also hinting that she wants to move in:  "I would never ever think of asking you to let me stay here, but well that back bedroom is free now!"

Funeral

Antony declares that he and Darren, the managers of their band 'Exit', are going to London to find a record deal, of course they get the usual barrage of insults from Jim and Dave, and Nana makes a small contribution to the fund!

London

The day of the christening is finally here, but the decorating is still not finished in the background. Everyone is there for a buffet, including Twiggy's 'bird'.

Christening

Baby David's first birthday comes around and the Royles sit down as they did last Christmas. This time they are joined by Darren and Emma, including her parents. Emma's father, Roger can't seem to stop boasting which annoys Jim. When they leave, an unhappy and mad Jim gets the best present of them all.

The Royle Family at Christmas

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.

The Best Seasons of The Royle Family

The Best Seasons of The Royle Family

Season 2

Season 3

Season 1