The Royle Family: The Queen Of Sheba

While Ricky Tomlinson was a guest on The New Paul O'Grady Show tonight, he revealed that he had just finished filming the new Christmas special of The Royle Family called 'The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba' last week, and that the BBC will be airing it towards the end of October. The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba will also be released on DVD on 23rd October 2006 (Source - Amazon.co.uk and Sendit.com), although according to Play.com, it wont be released on DVD until 13th November 2006. Play.com also has a photo of the cover art for the DVD, which shows what the family look like now (Baby David is a bit older). Extras and special features on the DVD include:

Commentaries from Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash and Ralf Little
Outtakes
Deleted scenes
making of: featurette
Family tree: featurette

You can view the cover art at http://www.play.com.

The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba DVD at Sendit.com - http://sendit.com/dvd/item/7001000126627

The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba DVD at Amazon.co.uk - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Royle-Family-Special-Liz-Smith/dp/B000H80KKK/sr=1-5/qid=1159383161/ref=sr_1_5/026-7991507-9871644?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

Play.com, Sendit.com and Amazon.co.uk are also taking pre-orders for the The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba DVD.