The Family (TV series)
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The Family was a 1974 BBC television series made by producer Paul Watson and directed by Franc Roddam. It was a fly-on-the-wall documentary series, seen by many as the precursor to reality television.
It followed the working-class Wilkins family of Reading through their daily lives, warts and all, and culminated in the marriage of one of the daughters, which was plagued by fans and paparazzi alike.
The show was the basis for two parodies: Monty Python's Flying Circus, in their very last episode which aired 5 December 1974, featured a sketch called "The Most Awful Family in Britain 1974"; and Benny Hill, on one of his 1975 specials, did a takeoff called "That Family."
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- The Family (TV series) at the BFI's Screenonline
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