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Which telly family is most like yours, or which one would you like it to be?

(34 Posts)
Floradora9 Sat 30-Apr-16 16:57:35

I really felt we were the family in Butterflies that lovely series with Jeffery Palmer . I could sympathise with Ria over her cooking and her feeling the boys were on a different planet from the parents.

Teetime Sat 30-Apr-16 15:58:41

The Ma Larking in me definitely comes out at Xmas and family parties but we are The Addams Family (sorry movie not TV although we may be heading towards the family in Flowers). I was always Morticia deadly sexy and mysterious but DD1 has taken this over and her DH is definitely Gomez sleezing around her. I am now Mad Nanna in the basement cooking up strange potions with kale etc. DH is Lurch, lugubrious and brooding. My Sister is Debbie the murderous SIL always threatening to kill her DH who is half Hungarian and promises to 'run with creatures of the night'. Shall I go on probably not! grin

When my sisters son was born and I babysat him I returned him to her with a moustache (eye pencil) and a parting ala Pubert the latest Addams baby.

morethan2 Sat 30-Apr-16 14:40:21

A cross between Mrs browns boys and the royal family. I kid you not. It's the Irish and Liverpudlian mix that's done it.wink

BBbevan Sat 30-Apr-16 14:04:11

My daughter always calls us Howard and Hilda after that couple in Ever Decreasing Circles ! !

mollie Sat 30-Apr-16 12:56:30

If we get together with my family at Christmas we are definately the Royle family with everyone lined up on the sofa mindlessly staring at the TV and making daft comments. Otherwise, I think OH and I are more like the couple in One Foot in the Grave - one eye on the TV, the other on a crossword or newspaper and lots of sarcastic comments...lol!

Marelli Sat 30-Apr-16 12:08:09

Perhaps the Simpsons, though....!

Marelli Sat 30-Apr-16 12:06:56

Oor Bodach (like it, Daddima - shades of Lillian Beckwith's books!) resembles Jim Royle in lots of ways... shock!
I don't think there IS a TV family that is like ours, actually ... hmm

carerof123 Sat 30-Apr-16 12:06:12

The Darling Buds of May is a program i can watch over and over again.

Ma Larkin is so like my mum was in her younger days, always in the kitchen feeding everyone, plump, dark haired, beautiful to look at and in her ways, it is very emotive when i watch .

Daddima Sat 30-Apr-16 12:00:58

I was just watching the Darling Buds of May there, and could see myself as Ma Larkin! I like how there's always plenty of food and drink to be had.
I remember how we laughed at the Royle Family when Jim was going through the phone bill, scrutinising every call, as that was one of the Bodach's favourite pastimes when we had a house full of teenagers.

So, which one are you, the Waltons? The Simpsons? The Durrells?