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No Christmas special this year


Aww :(

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I'm not sad about it. The last two have been terrible.

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I agree with Gobiastia. Im a massive Royle Family fan but apart from The Queen of Sheba, the one off's have all been dreadful. Best left alone IMO.

"What, you don't like rice? Tell me Michael, how could a billion Chinese people be wrong?"

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You think the 2010 one was bad? It was great!

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What was so great about it?

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The writing. If you've gone off it, why not just give the next one a miss?

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I'm hoping it's because the script wasn't up to much, and they had the good sense to give it the axe.

The Golden Egg Cup was on last night and I had forgotten just how bad it was.

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Good news. Hopefully they won't make any more. I think it's reached the point where there is very little chance of it ever returning to what it used to be and I'd expect that any future specials will be in the style of the last three. The last three were nothing like 'The Royle Family' in it's prime and it's a pity they didn't end it with The Queen of Sheba.

I wonder if the people who enjoyed the last three specials also enjoy the early episodes. There's very little similarity between them and the early episodes other than the character's names being the same.

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I wonder if the people who enjoyed the last three specials also enjoy the early episodes. There's very little similarity between them and the early episodes other than the character's names being the same.


I agree, it's like watching two different shows. I think the last three specials were just cash cows because The Queen of Sheba was such a success. So they kept milking these spin offs.

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