Christmas TV Specials
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- DirectorCaroline AherneStarsRicky TomlinsonSue JohnstonCaroline AherneIt's Christmastime again for Jim and Barbara and there's baiting aplenty in their over-decorated living room. Daughter Denise and her husband Dave arrive on Christmas Eve with aspirations for Christmas morning; meanwhile, Twiggy marches in full of festive spirit.
- DirectorCaroline AherneStarsCaroline AherneCraig CashJoanne FroggattAnother Christmas at the Royles' sees Jim incapacitated after an accident at the supermarket and needing to be carried to his chair. Mary has died, so Joe and Cheryl bring her ashes into the house in an urn which is placed next to Nana's--but unfortunately end up in Barbara's new Dyson. After singing 'Bat Out of Hell,' Joe recalls a bizarre naked wrestling match with Bobby Carter, and Cheryl tells of a romantic encounter in the supermarket car-park. Antony is now a successful businessman whose presents put the Bests' gift to the Royles, a fridge magnet, to shame. He has a new girlfriend, heavily-pregnant nurse Saskia--so heavily pregnant, in fact, that history repeats itself.
- DirectorCaroline AherneStarsCaroline AherneLorraine BruceCraig CashChristmas is coming, but Barbara is not happy: Not only has she lost her wedding ring, but Jim has won on a scratch-card she found down the back of the sofa while looking for the ring and has kept quiet about the 100 pounds he won. Nor is he especially sympathetic about Dave's impotence problem, though the entire Royle family unite to help recently-widowed Joe from next door enjoy a restaurant-style evening in their house with the equally-scatty Philomena, whom he met through a want ad. On Christmas Day Barbara lashes out at Jim for his laziness and juvenile antics--though his description of a busty barmaid cures Dave's problem. However, she is in for a pleasant surprise when she discovers just how he spent his scratch-card winnings.
- DirectorSteve BendelackStarsCaroline AherneCraig CashSue JohnstonDenise's water breaks, and the television doesn't, but miraculously Jim still walks upstairs.
- DirectorCaroline AherneStarsCaroline AherneCraig CashSue JohnstonOn Christmas Day, Darren, Nana, and the Bests--who seem to have raided Baby David's savings for their own presents--turn up at the Royles', but Jim is annoyed: nobody has brought him anything. Later Antony brings Emma and her parents, Valerie and Roger. They are clearly much better off than the Royles--Valerie has had implants and Roger has a boat, a personalized number-plate, and a box at Old Trafford--and, he confides to Jim, a mistress. After they have gone, an embittered Jim rants to Baby David about being a loser. Then he learns that the family has bought him a present after all: a subscription to SkyTV.