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Thank you for telling me about the show, clivex, but as I said, I'd given the original run a few goes, during which I had enough time to note the characterisations.  I didn't say it was 'like' Little Britain.  It's a comedy sitcom, for a start.  It has a set number of characters, second.  I said I thought it would've done as a sketch in part of a series like Little Britain, not that it was itself like Little Britain.  Little Britain does make fun of its characters, but then so did and do Harry Enfield,  Paul Whitehouse, Rob Brydon, Ricky Gervais et al.  I don't think that they sneered about them, they just exaggerate (since comedy is the art of exaggerating for comedic effect) the types they're portraying. 

I didn't see The Royle Family  as much different in genre to Alf Garnett and his household, or even 'Bread', several years ago.  More politically correct, different accents, but the Gran has to be half-barmy (because she's old, see) and there has to be a layabout, a glamour puss, and a loud head of the house, and so on.  It didn't appeal to me, but it obviously has its appeal, so there it is.  I'm not telling anyone off for enjoying it, it just wasn't up my street.