History Series / MyFamily

* BannedEpisode: Although the BBC haven't officially released a statement about it, it's unlikely that the episode "Mary Christmas" will ever be rebroadcast thanks to guest star Rolf Harris being convicted for child sex offences in 2014.

* ActorAllusion:
** One episode centres around Susan being stuck in a foreign airport because her flight is cancelled, and meeting a mysterious traveller known as [[Series/DoctorWho "The Doctor"]], played by John Barrowman.
** In one episode, Nick gets a [[Film/HarryPotter Madam Hooch]] trading card, which is a role of Zoe Wanamaker's.
** In the 2009 Christmas special, Michael (played by Gabriel Thomson) tells Kenzo how to pronounce the angel Gabriel's name.

* DawsonCasting: In the first series, 18-year-old Nick was played by 27-year-old Kris Marshall; and 15-year-old Janey by 21-year-old Daniela Denby-Ashe. Marshall has stated in interviews that the fact that he is much older than Nick made it harder to play the character.

** Abi and Roer:

* MissingEpisode:
** The episode "Blind Justice", in which Susan is temporarily blinded from shock after catching Michael in bed with a girlfriend, is no longer broadcast because it is considered offensive to blind people. It's still available on the Series Six DVD.
** The two episodes from the 2010 series which the BBC didn't broadcast until the next series (see Screwed By The Network, below), although they were present on the DVD.
** The first episode of series 5 was not present on the DVD, presumably because it was largely a clip show, although there were some new scenes.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The 2010 series ended early, with the last two episodes never shown, for no reason and with no indication of when they'll be shown.
** One was shown as the opener for the 2011 series, with the other airing later in the run.
** The 2011 run has suffered from this; it missed a week due to tennis and the order of the episodes has been moved about consequently. The result is that the final episode was originally meant to be shown second and aired half an hour earlier (with the prime slot given over to the new series of ''{{Outnumbered}}'').

* TheOtherDarrin: Susan's mother and Ben's cousin Richard have both had changes of actor throughout the show's run

A British DomCom made by TheBBC. It feels somewhat more like an American series than most other {{Brit Com}}s, because it was created by an American, Fred "''Series/CarolineInTheCity''" Barron, and was produced by the more American styled "team of writers" format (British {{sitcom}}s usually only have one or two writers).

A British DomCom made by TheBBC. It feels somewhat more like an American series than most other {{Brit Com}}s, because it was created by an American, Fred "''CarolineInTheCity''" Barron, and was produced by the more American styled "team of writers" format (British {{sitcom}}s usually only have one or two writers).

* ActorAllusion: One episode centres around Susan being stuck in a foreign airport because her flight is cancelled, and meeting a mysterious traveller known as [[Series/DoctorWho "The Doctor"]], played by John Barrowman.

* BrainlessBeauty: Janey. It's also implied that Susan's mother Grace was one

* DumbBlonde: Janey and Abi both count, although Abi is more of a CloudCuckoolander variety.

* [[LittleMissSnarker Little Mr Snarker]]: Michael, in earlier series. More recently Kenzo.

* OperationJealousy: Susan's friend Megan finds out her husband has a young lover. She and Susan schemes that Ben will play Megan's lover at the same restaurant where the husband and his girl-friend are having dinner. It looks hopeless, but it turns out it worked and he returns to Megan.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Abi, in an episode where she applies for a job in a library and memorises an entire dictionary to help her prepare for the interview. Michael was like this in earlier series, though the trait was dropped as he grew older.

* WorldOfSnark

-->Janey: Well, I wish I was dead!
-->Susan: Janey! How can you say that? I wish I ''were'' dead, the subjunctive.

* MissingEpisode: The episode "Blind Justice", in which Susan is temporarily blinded from shock after catching Michael in bed with a girlfriend, is no longer broadcast because it is considered offensive to blind people. It's still available on the Series Six DVD.

* RunningGag: Nick's rapid career changes, usually after he cocks up the previous job.
** Also, if Ben has hold of a camera, there's a safe bet the flash will go off in his face at close range.

* TheUnfairSex: Subverted. This is one of the few sitcoms where the females are just as bad as the males and not depicted as being in the right for it.

* PunnyName: Janey became [[JaneEyre Jane Rochester]] after her extremely brief marriage, but later changed her name back to Harper after asking for a divorce on the wedding day.

* BasementDweller: Nick, Janey and Michael all live at home well into their twenties and maintain much the same kind of lifestyle as when they were teenagers, although Nick does eventually move out. Janey briefly went to university but dropped out and returned home.

* HeadTiltinglyKinky: Michael and Alfie, when they look up who has occupied the homepage name ''Welsh boys''.

** The two episodes from the 2010 series which the BBC didn't broadcast (see Screwed By The Network, below), although they are present on the DVD.