A great British sit com series that has evolved with the aging of its stars. The series is based on traditional British slapstick humor revolving around the relationship of family members and their close friends and work colleague's. Basically great humor that can be watched as repeats and still enjoyed by the wider family group. One thing to note is how some of the cast members, including family members just suddenly disappear. Nick the eldest son is one of the key characters in the early episodes and plays a brilliant character who drives his father Ben quite insane with his poorly thought out schemes. Nick suddenly disappears as the series progress and unfortunately it is a loss that affects the program as a whole.

When my family first started it was fresh, funny and had good story lines. The characters were Ben a dentist, his wife Susan, his eldest son Nick, daughter Janey and son Michael. The interaction with the family members was strong, Nick had us all laughing with his cheeky grin and crazy schemes, Susan was the overprotective mother and Ben hated everybody.Early episodes were well written and funny but when Nick and Janey left it went downhill. Michael was really funny but didn't get a lot to do and Ben and Susan just became extreme versions of their former selves, there was no funny friction anymore between Ben, Nick and Janey because they had gone and instead we were given a new character; the totally pointless and dull Abi who was just a idiotic copy of Phoebe from 'Friends.With the arrival of Abi, it seemed Susan and Ben became more boring, story lines became predictable and samey and then came Roger, Ben's colleague at the dentist's and he was just pointless too, just like Abi; dumb and uninteresting.A sitcom also needs heart and watching Ben never showing emotion to his kids, never feeling worried or proud of them is annoying, he didn't even show it to susan. i didn't think he should be slushy but one episode where he wasn't a complete grumpy dad would have made his character that bit more three dimensional.

my family has to be one of the best comedy's that the world has ever seen. the cracking story lines and acting given by some of the best performers make this brilliant. Kris Marshall is (i think)one of the greatest comedy actors ever and the role is brilliant for him, its just a shame that he didn't stay around for all 6 season. the Christmas specials are also great to. bringing back previous actors (such as Janey) to give this great comedy an added spark. there are times when the storyline is a bit stupid, but the laughs still come out all the same. I'm glad that they will all be out on DVD by the end of the year, so that i will be able to complete my collection, including all the Christmas special which are coming out in November. its just a shame that the American audience don't get them out on DVD as much as us, because they are missing out on this great British comedy. it stands out with comedy's such as only fools and horses and faulty towers. this is easily one of the best comedy's of the 21st century.

For years I have been trying to find a comedy that is even worth watching. I finally found it. Our local Public Broadcasting Station recently stopped carrying My Family every weeknight for a few months, and I have only seen about ten episodes. However, I was extremely impressed with what I saw. Nick's antics really add a lot to the series, along with Michael's contrasting seriousness. Kris Marshall does a terrific job of delivering Nick's one-line witticisms, which is one of the biggest reasons I tune every evening. I was also very impressed with Robert Lindsay, who plays Ben. He is great at being the father that doesn't really care. To anyone who is looking for a good laugh, try to find "My Family". I would have to say that the show is the best British comedy I have seen, and probably the best comedy worldwide that I have seen.