Caroline Aherne
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
1996
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
2020
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010
The Golden Egg Cup
2009
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
Caroline Aherne at the BBC
2016
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023
The Fast Show
1994
The Dead Good Show
1992
The Mrs Merton Show
1995
Gogglebox
2013
The Royle Family
1998
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
Mrs Merton and Malcolm
1999
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
Fantasy World Cup
1998
Strange Hill High
2013
An Audience with...
1978
The World of Lee Evans
1995
Sunshine
2008
Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show
1992
Parkinson
1998