History Trivia / MyFamily

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

* BannedEpisode: Although Creator/TheBBC 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.

** 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 4 DVD, and as of 2022 has been broadcast on [[Creator/{{UKTV}} W]].

* TheWikiRule: [[http://myfamily.wikia.com/wiki/ My Family Wiki]]

** 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 4 DVD, and as of 2022 has been broadcast on [[Creator/UKTV W]].

** 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 4 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 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 ''Series/{{Outnumbered}}'').
* TheOtherDarrin: Susan's mother and Ben's cousin Richard have both had changes of actor throughout the show's run.

* 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.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/RobertLindsay and Zoë Wanamaker reportedly flat-out refused to shoot one episode because they thought the script was just that awful. Lindsay even publicly referred to the show as "dross" while it was in production.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kris Marshall wanted Nick to be killed off, but the writers decided it would be better for him to have moved away.

** "Blind Juistice" as mentioned below.

** 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.

** "Blind Juistice" as mentioned below.

* 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 Creator/JohnBarrowman.
** In one episode, Nick gets a [[Film/HarryPotter Madam Hooch]] trading card, which is a role of Zoë Wanamaker's.
** In the 2009 Christmas special, Michael (played by Gabriel Thomson) tells Kenzo how to pronounce the angel Gabriel's name.

* MoneyDearBoy: Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker repeatedly said that they were fed up with the poor quality of the show's writing and that whichever series was being filmed at the time would be their last series, until they finally called it quits after series 11; this trope is almost certainly the reason why they kept coming back.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kris Marshall wanted Nick to be killed off, but the writers decided it would be better for him to have moved away.

** 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}}'').

* MoneyDearBoy: Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker have repeatedly said that they are fed up with the poor quality of the show's writing and that whichever series was being filmed at the time would be their last series, until they finally called it quits after series 11; this trope is almost certainly the reason why they kept coming back.

* YouLookFamiliar: As mentioned above, [[Series/TheYoungOnes Chris Ryan]] appears in Series 2 and 4 as separate characters.

** 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.

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Comedian Kevin Bishop has a recurring role in Series 2 as Janey's boyfriend Stupid Brian.
** The jury in the Series 4 episode "Blind Justice" includes [[Series/GavinAndStacey Doris]]/[[Series/GameOfThrones Old Nan]], and [[Series/PhoneShop Jerwayne]]
** In Series 4's "Canary Cage", one of the Spanish policemen is [[Series/GameOfThrones Syrio Forel]].
** Vanessa, the poetry student who becomes obsessed with Ben, in Series 4's "Owed To Susan" is [[Series/DoctorWho Madame Kovarian]].
** Roy, one of the attendees at the parenting class in Series 4's "Loco Parentis" is [[Film/FourLions Barry]] and [[Theatre/ShrekTheMusical Shrek]].

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Nick's actor now portrays a [[PlayingAgainstType soon-to-be stepfather]] in BT's broadband service adverts.
** People who live outside of the UK may recognise Susan as a certain [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone professor in a magical school]].
** Guest stars have included [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Giles]] as Ben's cousin Richard, [[Series/DoctorWho Captain Jack Harkness]] as a mysterious stranger Susan meets in an airport, and [[FourWeddingsAndAFuneral Duckface]] as a fortune teller Ben visits.
** [[PeepShow Jez]] (Robert Webb) appears as an Estonian man on the London Underground.
** [[CitizenSmith POWER TO THE PEOPLE, CITIZEN HARPER!]]
** The hotelier in episode 1.04 is Stan from Series/{{Dinnerladies}}, and Ben's darts team member Martin in the last ever episode (in DVD order) is Tony.
** [[Series/RedDwarf Captain Hollister]] is Susan's obnoxious American boss in Series 2's "The Last Supper".
** [[Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker Tracy Beaker]] is one of the trick-or-treaters who terrorise the Harpers in Series 4's "Friday The 31st".
** [[Series/TheYoungOnes Mike "The Cool Person"]] appears in Series 2 as a Mr Hilliard (a prospective dental assistant dressed as Hitler), and in Series 4 as Rod Baxter (an angry holidaymaker in a Spanish hotel).
** In the Series 8 episode "Let's Not Be Heisty"; Ben is held hostage at the bank by [[Series/BirdsOfAFeather Sharon Theodopalopadous]], while [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter the Doctor's Daughter]] is the police family liaison officer sent to comfort Michael.

** The hotelier in episode 1.04 is Stan from {{Dinnerladies}}, and Ben's darts team member Martin in the last ever episode (in DVD order) is Tony.

** In one episode, Nick gets a [[Film/HarryPotter Madam Hooch]] trading card, which is a role of Zoe Wanamaker's.

* MoneyDearBoy: Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker have repeatedly said that they are fed up with the poor quality of the show's writing and that whichever series was being filmed at the time would be their last series, until they finally called it quits after series 11; this trope is almost certainly the reason why they kept coming back.

* MoneyDearBoy: Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker have repeatedly said that they are fed up with the poor quality of the show's writing and that whichever series was being filmed at the time would be their last series, until they finally called it quits after series 11; this trope is almost certainly the reason why they kept coming back.

** People who live outside of the UK may recognise Susan as a certain [[HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone professor in a magical school]].

* MoneyDearBoy: Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker have repeatedly said that they are fed up with the poor quality of the show's writing and that whichever series was being filmed at the time would be their last series, until they finally called it quits after series 11; this trope is almost certainly the reason why.

** Guest stars have included [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Giles]] as Ben's cousin Richard, [[Series/DoctorWho Captain Jack Harkness]] as a mysterious stranger Susan meets in an airport, and [[FourWeddingsAndAFuneral Duckface]] as a fortune teller Ben visits.

** Nick's actor now portrays a [[PlayingAgainstType soon-to-be stepfather]] in BT's broadband service adverts. People that live out of the UK and have the luck to see this series once may recognise Susan as a certain [[HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone professor in a magical school]].

** [[PeepShow Jez]] appears as an Estonian man on the London Underground.