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Stories about peopleYou are in: Hereford and Worcester > People > Stories about people > Funny Families ![]() Little Britain Live comes to London Funny FamiliesA relationship expert looks at some famous dysfunctional families from the world of comedy. Pennie Upton, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Worcester analyses some of the famously dysfunctional families from the world of comedy. In Absolutely Fabulous the usual mother/daughter relationship was completely reversed as Saffron tries (unsuccessfully) to get Edina to behave: Help playing audio/video Kevin the teenager was a classic creation by Harry Enfield - a nightmare child that many parents will recognise only too well: Help playing audio/video In Little Britain Lou selflessly dedicates his life to looking after wheelchair-bound Andy, and Andy selfishly dedicates his life to making things as difficult as possible for Lou: Help playing audio/video The Simpsons brought a whole new meaning to the phrase 'dysfunctional family' - hear what the expert makes of Homer, Bart and the rest of this TV family: Help playing audio/video Vicky Pollard is your common-or-garden teenage delinquent, the sort you can see hanging around any number of off-licences in Britain, trying to persuade people going inside to buy them 10 fags and a bottle of White Lightning: Help playing audio/video last updated: 26/11/2008 at 15:25 You are in: Hereford and Worcester > People > Stories about people > Funny Families |
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