Joe's Crackers
It is Christmas Day in the Royle household and Barbara is up to her eyes in it, as Jim is out of action following an unfortunate incident in the precinct while Dave and Denise are feeling the effects of the recession the most, and worry that Anthony's lavish gifts will eclipse their gift of a fridge magnet.
Main Cast
Ricky Tomlinson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eric Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939), known by his stage name Ricky Tomlinson, is an English actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Bobby Grant in Brookside, DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker and James "Jim" Royle in The Royle Family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ricky Tomlinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sue Johnston
Susan Johnston, OBE (née Wright; born 7 December 1943) is an English actress known for playing Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998–2000, 2006, 2008–2010, 2012), Grace Foley in the BBC drama Waking the Dead (2000–2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2012–2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2014–2015). She won the 2000 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress and was nominated for the 2000 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance for The Royle Family.
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Caroline Aherne
Caroline Aherne was a BAFTA winning comic writer and actress best known for her comic character Mrs Merton and for her sitcom The Royle Family. In the mid '90s she went by the name Caroline Hook, having taken her husband's name (New Order bassist Peter Hook) but reverted back to Aherne following their divorce. She died from cancer in 2016 at the age of 52.
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Craig Cash
Craig Cash is a comic actor writer, producer and director best known for the sitcoms The Royle Family and Early Doors. He is the narrator of the Channel 4 series Gogglebox.
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Ralf Little
Ralf Alastair John Little (born 8 February 1980) is an English actor, writer, presenter, narrator and former semi-professional footballer. He has worked mainly in television comedy, including playing Antony Royle in The Royle Family and Jonny Keogh in the first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. He was the narrator of Channel 5's documentary series Our Yorkshire Farm from 2018 to 2020. Since 2020, he has starred as DI Neville Parker in Death in Paradise.
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Joanne Froggatt
Joanne Froggatt (born 23 August 1980) is a British actress.
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Jessica Hynes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jessica Hynes (née Stevenson; born 30 October 1972) is an English actress and writer. She was known professionally as Jessica Stevenson until 2007. She is possibly best known as one of the creators, writers and stars of the British sitcom Spaced. She lives in London with her husband Adam Hynes, whom she met when she was 18, and married in 2002. They have three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Hynes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Peter Martin
Born 1934, Peter Martin was an English actor best known for playing Joe Carroll in The Royle Family and Len Reynolds in Emmerdale. As well as this, he appeared in many other productions on both screen and stage. He passed away on 19th April 2023.
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Movie Details
Production Info
- Director:
- Caroline Aherne
- Writers:
- Craig Cash, Phil Mealey, Caroline Aherne
- Production:
- ITV Studios, Granada Productions
Key Crew
- Producer:
- John Rushton
Locations and Languages
- Country:
- GB
- Filming:
- GB
- Languages:
- en