Question: who plays jim royle in the royal family
Answer: It centres on the lives of a scruffy television - fixated Manchester family , the Royles , comprising family patriarch Jim Royle ( Ricky Tomlinson ) , his wife Barbara ( Sue Johnston ) , their daughter Denise ( Caroline Aherne ) , their son Antony ( Ralf Little ) and Denise 's fiancé ( later husband ) David ( Craig Cash ) .