The way The Royle Family keeps popping up at Christmas, it's almost as if the show never went away. It can be a mixed blessing: the 2008 special was good but the 2009 one was light-on for laughs.

There was devastation on the set of The Royle Family Christmas special in 2009. After days of hard work filming integral scenes, there was horror when the footage came back from the processing lab.

Craig Cash has confirmed to Digital Spy that there will be another Royle Family special later this year ... "We're going to do another episode at Christmas. We think that the characters still ...

Plot details for this year’s Royle Family festive special have been unveiled as fans eagerly await the Christmas episode. The Royle Family is set to return to our screens this Christmas (Picture ...

VETERAN actor Tom Courtenay (pictured) and Bad Girls star Helen Fraser will appear in the Royle Family Christmas special. The two will play Dave’s mother and father for the first appearance of ...