Caroline Aherne
Caroline Aherne was a BAFTA winning comic writer and actress best known for her comic character Mrs Merton and for her sitcom The Royle Family. In the mid '90s she went by the name Caroline Hook, having taken her husband's name (New Order bassist Peter Hook) but reverted back to Aherne following their divorce. She died from cancer in 2016 at the age of 52.
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Films (16)
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023 · Denise Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 · Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
2020 · Various Characters (Archive)
Caroline Aherne at the BBC
2016 · Archive Material
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Security Men
2013 · Writer
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 · Denise Best, Director, Writer
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010 · Denise, Writer, Director
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Self
The Golden Egg Cup
2009 · Denise Best, Director, Writer
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009 · Writer
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 · Denise Best, Writer, Director
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Self
The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
1999 · Additional Writing
VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
1996
Séries (19)
Strange Hill High
2013 · Stephanie / Various (voice)
Gogglebox
2013 · Narrator
Sunshine
2008 · Donna
Dossa and Joe
2002 · Writer, Director, Creator
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999 · Self
Mrs Merton and Malcolm
1999
The Royle Family
1998 · Denise Royle, Writer, Producer, Director, Creator
Fantasy World Cup
1998 · Self
Parkinson
1998 · Self
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996 · Self
TFI Friday
1996
The Frank Skinner Show
1995 · Self
The World of Lee Evans
1995 · Daughter
The Mrs Merton Show
1995 · Mrs. Merton, Creator
The Fast Show
1994 · Various Characters
The Dead Good Show
1992 · Various
Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show
1992 · Mrs Merton
Comic Relief
1988
An Audience with...
1978 · Self