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  • 3 people put their parents into nursing homes:(

  • I'm 18 and my nain is 84 and she is NOT a burden, I love her and will keep looking after her like she did me, and I don't care what anyone says she's not going in a home! Family's should stick together no matter what, that's why i love this show, we need more shows about REAL families and their everyday obstacles!

  • that is a proper family. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • The whole episode is so moving, However apart from the hospital scene this one had me in utter tears

  • my mum died at xmas and this breaks my heart x

  • @portzman40 Im sorry :( i wish you the best

  • i cry every time i watch this.. anyone can relate to this scene.

  • I'm nearly 40 and this makes me cry. This is why I love the Royles so much. I miss Nana, as well my my grandparents.

  • classic stuff! came here while looking for the mambo no 5 wallpaper scene, cant belive thats not on here

  • I am a full time carer for my mum who is 90 years old. This scene is so close to home that when ever I watch it the flood gates open. I have lived this scene.

  • "for starter, Marion had Soup of the day, which was Friday." Love It! :-)

  • So fucking real

  • When Nana grabs Barbara's hand and say "thank you Barbara" - sets me off every time. Liz Smith and Sue Johnston are just such great actresses - this scene could have been mawkish and sentimental, but they make it all so real and true

  • I love this scene. I can't watch it without crying.

  • i know a crew member, he told me the tears were real.most of the scene was improvised and all the crew were in tears too! fantastic performances from a superb cast.Americans simply cant make stuff like this!

  • This is untouchable! Nobody does comedy like the Brits....end of!

  • nana :( i grew up with the royle family this clip made everyone cry

  • this makes me cry everytime <3

  • Both actresses should be Dames.

    Absolutely fantastic!

  • this should be in the dictionary under genius

  • @DerwentIncorporated .. I agree !

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  • this reminds me of when i lost my nana in march

  • So many people can identify with Nana. Rollers, talking about small details and singing old songs. Like they based it on mine.

  • This was the most touching TV moment I have ever seen! I haven't cried for 12 years and I could barely see the screen from tears in my eyes! Still managed to hide it though and act like a tough guy :P

  • One of the best British comedies. It's so good because it manages to be funny and sad at the same time.

  • I was crying when I watched this on tv :'( and just know tears came out again :'(

  • Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash must have lost someone close. You can't know how to write like this without experiencing these emotions yourself. These feelings are deeply personal and almost overwhelming. I lost my young wife to cancer and our steely determination not to break down in front of each other failed when I was helping with her hair. This scene was so beautiful and so painful at the same time and yet its genius is such that I can watch it again and again. Thank you Craig and Caroline.

  • my mom was in hospital, another of a series of illnesses and so we expected her to get better and come home. One day whilst she was barely breathing she whispered to me and then my sister..."I love you". Mom never came out of hospital.

    Its when Nanna says to Barb.....well you know....kills me now, I cry every time

  • I must give it to them British, they're food is absolutely shit :P but they do have some magnificent actresses. <3

  • No words...x

  • this is true amazing acting

  • I'm not a huge fan of this programme in general but this scene is beautiful...really captures real life at its most bitter sweet

  • heartbreakin.

  • I cry every time STILL :'( xx

  • I still cant watch this episode really upset me when i first watched it.

  • She had soup of the day. . . . which was Friday

    fucking amazing

  • @TABITHA18X You've just said exactly what I was saying in a different way.

  • @LordWedgewood Yes it is a comedy and the point of comedies is that you relate to the characters, the Royal family does this really well. Nana in the program reminds me of my Grandma. The actress was getting old and they realised she would have to resign, you simply can't get rid of a character who is old and bedbound by just letting her leave and it was obvious they would have to kill off the character. It would have been an injustice if this scene didn't tug on the heartstrings. Lighten up

  • @TheMooseLord it deals with REAL LIFE in this episode something we all face, there would be something not rea about it if all they did was scenes which were funny, which most are, the whole 'thing' about the royle family is that its incredibly real to life which means that just by watching it it make you laugh, happy, sad, and cry, people feel the emotions in the scene where nana dies because that has touched many peoples lives,losing parents, grandparents, so i really dont see ur point MR!!

  • i crying watching this as have seen it before and i sobbed my heart out.. this is just unbelievable how it gets right to you. i dont know if im speaking for anyone else but this kills me... so emotional i LOVE BARBARA AND NORMA.. they remind me of the bond my mam had with my nana ..and i have with my mam. its truly heartbreaking stuff. thank you so much for uploading xxx

  • I like how The Royle Family doesnt seem like a comedy show. I seems more like a documentry of a funny family :D thats how realistic it is!

  • very sad.u get to like the characters.

  • @LordWedgewood you clearly dont get it! and dont deserve to watch it!

  • @TABITHA18X oh yeah, is that so? well people that appreciate great comedy DO deserve to watch it, and now that they have gone back to making it all about the laughs, then I feel I am fully qualified with 100% distinctions. You however, missy, are so caught up in serious moments that you have forgotten what the show is actually about. I'm baffled, because I was expecting bad press about this one, yet I see everyone saying how brilliant it was and how it made them cry. People need to toughen up!

  • @TABITHA18X Mate, what doesn't she get, and why doesn't she deserve to watch it? All great British comedy (I don't why, but off the top of my head I'm thinking about Only Fools and Horses?!) works because it is real, it's human, it reveals the best and the worst, the strongest and the frailest in people. The best thing about being a Brit is being able to laugh at yourself in even the worst of circumstances, and at the same time knowing when to sit back and cry. This scene is genius.

  • Can't you do a handwash with it?, i don't fancy it being in with Jims y-fronts, their so mucky" lol brilliant

  • Perfect.

  • so sad..means alot xx

  • This song makes me sad, and this episode is the best.. very emotional.

  • liz smith should have won an award for this episode as it is the best peace of acting i've seen

    craig cas and caroline ahern should be proud

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  • So moving!! If you don't cry watching that your not human.

  • @keanesk You dont have to cry, but you can get upset inside and not seem it.

  • always makes me well up. wonderful 

  • i lost my mom a couple of months ago but when she was in hospial and slipping away, she looked at me and mouthed the words I love you. This piece always makes me cry !!

  • how someone can put there mum or dad in a home puzzles me so selfish after everything theyve done for them selfish cunts

  • i wouldn't mind trying alla carte one night i'm sick of chops lmao

  • i wouldn't mind trying alla carte one night i'm sick of chops lmao

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  • Ah this scene always makes me cry ...... Caroline and Craig deserve medals

  • quality writing... makes you laugh... makes you cry, fantastic!

  • I think this scene is so touching! It shows our fears of getting old, i mean no one wants to go into a home, we all hope and wish that our family will care for us in the end. But it also shows how the rolls change as yout parents get older, how u start to take care of them after all the years of taking care of you. Makes me cry everytime!

  • soup of the day which is friday LOL

  • Im only 15 years old, I've seen every episode of the Royle Family, and I'd have a television show like this more than I would all that other crap they show.

    I absolutely love this show, and other shows such as Only Fools & Horses, One Foot in Grave, and Dinnerladies. Living with my grandma means I've watched show's like these for as long as I can remember and I truly appreciate this comedy.

    Great actors, great script, great show!

  • It's rare that a TV sitcom hits genius levels, especially these days - but the Royle Family, and this episode in particular, was just nothing short of genius. Beautifully played by Liz Smith and Sue Johnston and expertly written. Cash and Aherne are both national treasures. If this was in any Hollywood movie, there'd be worldwide acclaim for the quality of acting. In fact, this is too good for Hollywood, I've yet to see an Oscar winner be this....real... in a part. Outstanding.

  • i consider myself a right lads lad but that actually made me cry.

  • my heart was breaking :/

  • i watched this on tv when i was like 12 or something and i cried lol

  • i am a bloke that is 50 , that still visits his mother every night , and the tears are streaming down my face !

  • only clip to ever get me choked, this is golden and under rated by no stretch of the imagination....

  • Oh dont be so rough , your just like sweeny tod with that comb. LOL

  • from the first time this came on the actual tv and still know it , did and does still send shivers down my spine because its acted really well and its very sad , but i just cant cry at it even when it first came on the tv , but i could feel something in my body which felt like i was crying inside but not on the outside. Its exactly the same feelings when she gets rushed to hospital when she is dying , even that song doesn't make me cry at it but i do feel really sorry for nana . :-(

  • Oh god.....*weeps*

  • superb acting!! always makes me cry!

  • Was truly a heartbreaking episode.

    I grew up with this show. Used to love it when I was 11-12 at the back end of the 90s. Then this episode came out of the blue to me in 2007 or whenever it was and it was so nice to see the Royles again. So very sad though.

  • my son bought me this for Christmas and I watched it and was in tears it just is so emotional and the acting is superb

  • absolutely sublime.....real tears too. wriing like this only comes from living it.

  • the genius of this is just how british, particularly northern british it is. i mean the sentiment of nana saying thankyou. we all know they love each other. they rarely say it, rarely show it, but we know it's there, masked in typical british humour. this isn't a family that speaks feelings often. when they do in this way it's almost heartbreaking. you're just there with them :) and 2 of the best actresses england has. <3 sue johnston

  • ricky (jim) sed that wen it came to this scene sue wasn't acting when she was starting to cry coz she knew what was coming and she was devasted that liz (nana)was leaving the show... this makes me well up evry time i see it :(

  • Aw yeah, a pure gem this. If it doesn't stir yer gut yer not livin

  • amazing scene, almost moved me to tears when i first saw it. there's something about the way that aherne writes these characters that just makes you attach to them. greatest british comedy ever IMO

  • Absolutley perfect. This scene is so completetly accurate and true to life.

  • I break down every time I see this, just can't help it.

  • Two of the best actresses this country has. This scene is so beauitifully written and acted!

  • omg this is sad

  • it's the song that helps kill it

  • noo, it helps the mood, makes it sad

  • that was my point :)

  • how on earth did i miss that sweeney todd line so many times haha

  • The London Ambulance Service crews - between themselves - have for years described the calls they attend for old ladies who suddenly get very ill/ are dying - as a 'Nan Down.' Working with the ill and the dying every day doesn't make it easier to bear...

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  • i thought she wrote the other two specials

    i saw ricky tomlinson on something before xmas praising her so i assumed she'd written the last two also

    or perhaps i'm missing the sarcasm :p

  • The Royale Family is a masterpiece of true art....the purpose of art is to translate a sense of life and emotion from the mind of the artist into the mind of the viewer, by stripping down reality into its essentials, just enough to reach the same part of the brain that touched the artist. Aherne and Cash do this so well, they know the inner workings of the emotions intimately and can play them like virtuoso musicians. This is like the TV version of "The Lark Ascending" by Vaughan Williams.

  • @NameNotaNumber bollocks

  • @NameNotaNumber Fair point, well taken. You hit the nail on the head. I'm American and I love this show. There are so many expressions they say that remind me of my childhood. I grew up in the coal regions of PA. I lent the DVD's to two different people, who I thought would really like the show, and they just didn't get it. I have season 1 and 2. I hope I can get the specials. This scene is so profound.

  • SOB SOB SOB SOB SOB

  • the acting in this scene is brilliant and its just so emotional it makes me cry everytime,fantastic !

  • great scene,,laughing my head off one minute,then nealy in tears the next,great acting. r i p nana

  • I didn't cry when this originally aired but when i got it on DVD i cired my eyes out it's so moving and she reminds me of my nan i am sad to see nana die

  • im crying now what a brilliant but very sad episode

  • she reminds me sooooooo much of my gran:(

  • this is so sad.....yet uplifting....nana does,ny want her nightie washed with Jim,s pants....and who can blame her!...plus a bit of Doris Day

  • One of the most touching and moving TV moments of all time.

  • This episode aired about a month after my nan died in similar ways. Got to us all =(

  • i creid so much missing u nana

  • I cried like a baby...just my teenage hormones though! ;)

    Reminds me so much of my great grandma Laura...gets me every time. =(

  • does anyone no where i an get this ?? If anyone has it please let me no and send me it thanks alot

  • I remember crying when this scene originally aired

  • I knew id be in bits watching this again...anyone else crying their eyes out? Its unbearably sad yet also unbelievably sweet. Im no softie either!

  • Always makes me cry - two performances by two incredibly talented women. They don't write like that anymore.

  • This is the best episode of comedy ever!! So sad yet so funny, classic writing, i love nana

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  • I remember watching this with my parents and my mother asked the question of a home, I said never, I would rather walk bare foot

  • im a bloke and i was bloody choking back the tears when this was on tv - so beautiful

  • me too mate,truly shows the genius of caroline

    and craig.if you want something beautiful,poigniant and funny and perfect,find sunshine,written by craig cash and joe meeley.

    alan

  • Sunshine is amazing

  • sm i was almost cryin a went to the toilet lol couple of softes

  • I remember when this aired, hard to forget! October 2006. My dear friend/companion/father figure had just moved into a home, and I'd gone to his previous address & I was going through all his belongings, chucking stuff & packing stuff for the removal men. With his old flat, almost empty, I sat & watched this. Cried to this bit, sobbed to the bit after this when Nana actually dies. Very poignant for me this! Thank you for uploading! :-) .. This is for you Uncle Pete ~ I Love You! Lv Sweetiepie XX

  • So surreal, having left this comment 5/6 months ago, and now Uncle Pete has gone! Over 3 years on and still sat in his old address (sounds weird huh, how is that possible, well, just is). When Nana says 'Thank you .... For everything', OMG, that really gets me, its like Uncle Pete talking to me, yet now its like Im also saying it. We gave each other alot in many ways! Sleep well my angel. Bless you & if spirits exist, please look after me, guide me XXX

  • i cry every time. classic programme from england once again. i agree top notch stuff

  • nana was the best haha!

  • Is there a video up from this episode when Jim and Norma start havin a laugh with each other, and laughing at each others jokes and that. And a johnny cash song comes on (i think) ?

    Anyone know ?

  • has anyone seen the delted sceens on the dvd so sad 100 times worse than this one

  • Complete and utter genius, I love The Royle Family

  • i cried when i saw this scene its just so well acted and very emotional

  • perfectly acted, amazing scene

  • a la carte lol!!!

  • the onli time ever got upset from tv this is amaisingly good who ever directed this is a genuis changing mood in like 5 mins

  • i agree

  • does anyone know where you can watch the full epsiode online?

  • touching

  • The Royale family is such a genius show and has so many tearjerking moments,but this one actually breaks my heart every time. I literally howl everytime I watch it. Fantastic performances.

  • Amazing!!

    The first time I watched this I thought my heart might actually break! My mum did my hair a certain way too! :(

    Such a great show!

  • saddest tv scene ever, but also the greates scene i think i've ever seen.

    did i just rhyme seen with scene ... fuck it.

  • The hospital scene broke me completely

    Fantastic acting, terrible outcome

    WE LOVE NANA!!!

  • I Cried When I Saw This :( Brilliant Royal Family, Laughing One Minute, Crying The Next Love It

  • This show is genius. One of the funniest shows ever, yet it had me in tears three times during it's run. The scene in the bathroom between Denise and her Dad when she's about to go into labour. Then twice in this episode. The sequence in the hospital was almost identical to the way my own Gran went. I would think it's the same for a lot of people.

  • Liz Smith is amazing, I lover her so much, same as Sue Johnston, they have such great chemistry together, a truly great scene!

  • Beautiful.

  • God just watching this reminds me of my Grampies. Granpa passed away, and Granma thought we;d put here into a home, WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT. Sadly she passed away 6 months later so sad :(

  • so true to life and powerful!!!

  • The scene with Jim and nana dancing in the hallway to Johnny Cash's A Thing Caled Love gets me almost as much as this. It showed perfectly that depsite his attitude towards here, Jim realy loved nana

  • omg dat just made me cry :(

  • add &fmt=18 to the url address and the quality will be better plus stereo sound

  • This really is one the most moving scenes I have ever seen. The emotion is so powerful and the actress's are simply excellent!

  • this scene gets me everytime. deeply moving

  • one of the most moving scenes thats ever been on the tv,simply brilliant.

  • You cant help but love Nana,

    Beautifull scene.

  • wot a beautiful scene between liz smith & sue johnston, i'm in tears

  • Oh my God, I am sobbing like a baby; I literally sobbed my heart out watching this:(

  • :( Thats what happened to me the first time I seen it :( Was expecting to have a good laugh at the show and ended up in heaps crying :(

  • im so gald that my family are like the royals and didnt but my folks in a home

  • This is so saddening.

  • Truly a Moving moment. and very true.

  • Thanks I havent had a good old cry in a long time

  • Beautiful scene! Why is Liz Smith not a dame.

    I'm looking forward to the Royle family christmas special this year! Shame Liz has now left the show.

  • Last time it was just like Jeremy Clarkeson! lol! lol!

    It is what real people are about - ended up crying my eyes out towards the end.

  • they had a crepe. i'm not suprised after all they'd eaten lmfao!

  • did this episode win any awards?surely it must have....

  • "Soup of the day... which was Friday..."

    Glorious.

  • Literally the greatest British TV show ever created

  • i never got the chance to see the ending of this episode when it first aired because my mam had to change the channel cause it was too sad for her

  • Caroline Aherne does laughter through to tears so well. Absolutely heartbreaking. This is such a well acted scene. Soup of the day - which is friday! LOL!

  • Its absolutely breathtaking, and the soup thing haha. I also liked "and then they had a crepe", "im not surprised with all what theyd eaten" lol

  • this gets me every time. its what real people are about. true.

  • so fab! x

  • This episode always gets me, absolutely beautiful. I don't think that any other programme has ever captured something so perfectly. *wipes tear*

  • I remember when this came on the tele I was crying for about 3 days afterwards

  • Stunning acting and the best scene of the episode.

  • omg i'm crying like a baby!! lol

    i live with my extended family all the way up to my great grandma and she is nana!

    its so true to life it scares me because i know she will go the same

  • amazing acting

  • omg i cry every time at this

    has anyone uploaded the whole thing ?

  • soup of the day friday lol