Geoffrey Hughes, who played Twiggy in The Royle Family, has landed a new role with the real royal family.

65 year old Geoffrey has been appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant for the Isle of Wight, which according to the Press Association makes him “the official link between the island and royalty at formal engagements.”

An Isle of Wight Council spokesman told the PA, “Mr Hughes, who lives near Newport, was a regular visitor to the island before moving here with his wife Susan in 2003… Read more & comment »

A report in The Mirror claims that Caroline Aherne has signed up to write and produce two more Royle Family specials.

According to the newspaper, Caroline and co-writer Craig Cash have agreed “in principle” to two more episodes but they may consider more. Read more & comment »

Well, ok, this episode wasn’t the best ever but nonetheless, it was still pretty funny. It’s had a pretty bad slating all in all which I personally think is harsh; there were some very good moments in it such as David Snr describing how Jocelyn gagged when removing the excrement from his exhaust pipe and Dave using a variety of power tools on the turkey.

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The BBC have now released a few more details about The Royle Family Christmas special, oh joy!

Two years after The Queen Of Sheba, the last Royle Family Christmas special, Jim, Barbara, Denise and Dave return to our screens for their latest festive episode.

The last time we saw Jim, Barbara, Denise and Dave, viewers – and primarily me – were moved to tears – and me, a near nervous breakdown made worse by the effects of Advocaat – as they witnessed the moving and compassionate passing of Nana. The Bafta-winning writers promise that nobody dies in this episode, but the family is on form in a programme packed with laughs as they treat the festive holiday with their usual irreverence.

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I was so thrilled to see that it’s been confirmed that The Royle Family will be back for a Christmas special on BBC this year. It’s one of my all time favourite shows and there are many reasons why I love it, but I think the main one is that there’s someone we all know in that living room isn’t there? At least one someone.

I can’t name names because it would cause pandemonium but I know someone who’s just like Jim, someone who I swear Caroline Aherne based Barbara on and our Anthony is in fact someone in my immediate family, I’m sure of it! Quite literally, there’s some aspect of someone I know in every one of the characters, which I suspect is something that everybody finds and is one of the reasons this show has been so successful.

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