Caroline Aherne
- English
- Actor, writer and producer
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'A light that didn't shine long enough' - new unseen photos of Caroline Aherne
Personal and family photographs of the comedy performer, Caroline Aherne - best known for her character, Mrs Merton, and for playing Denise in the sitcom, The Royle Family - help to tell the story of her complex life in a new documentary.
Lucy Wallis, BBC, 17th December 2023Caroline Aherne tributes lead BBC Two schedule on Christmas Day
BBC Two is dedicating Christmas Day to Caroline Aherne, with a series of programmes through the evening.
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2023The Royle Family at 25
25 years after it first aired, The Royle Family is a landmark of popular working-class culture on screen - the inventive masterpiece of its brilliant but troubled creator, Caroline Aherne.
Fergal Kinney, Tribune, 7th September 2023Gold to celebrate 25 years of The Royle Family
Gold is re-editing its 2010 documentary about The Royle Family to mark the forthcoming 25th anniversary of the sitcom.
British Comedy Guide, 1st August 2023Charlie Higson & Paul Whitehouse considering The Fast Show memoir
The Fast Show team have been approached about writing a "posh coffee table" memoir about the classic sketch show but creators Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse disagree about how truthful it should be, Higson has revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd February 2023Mrs Merton And Malcolm revisited
The show that stunned the nation.
Anthony C Green, Counter Culture UK, 26th January 2023BBC Comedy Collective and BBC Comedy Grants launched
The BBC has launched the BBC Comedy Collective, a collection of bursary schemes for writers, producers and directors. It has also announced BBC Comedy Grants, funding to increase access opportunity in comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 19th December 2022The Royle Family's finest hour: The Queen of Sheba
On the 15th anniversary of The Royle Family's landmark episode, its cast remember making TV's funniest, most emotional hour.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 2nd November 2021Five women TV comedians and their BBC stories
A feature looking at five women who've made a mark in comedy at the BBC, marking 85 years of the corporation's formal television services.
BBC, 26th August 2021Caroline Aherne's first comedy gigs
She sometimes said she'd rather be a hairdresser but Aherne's cheeky early appearances in the pubs and clubs of Manchester led her to TV fame.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 13th July 2021