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.
Known for
- Parkinson (1998)
- An Audience with... (1978)
- TFI Friday (1996)
- The Frank Skinner Show (1995)
- The Fast Show (1994)
- The Royle Family (1998)
- Gogglebox (2013)
- Comic Relief (1988)
- The Mrs Merton Show (1995)
- Strange Hill High (2013)
- Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show (1992)
- The World of Lee Evans (1995)
- Sunshine (2008)
- Mrs Merton and Malcolm (1999)
- The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa (2010)
- The Royle Family: The New Sofa (2008)
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000)
- The Golden Egg Cup (2009)
- The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases (2020)
- British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)