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.
★7.0Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Self
2000
★5.7British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
★7.2The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Denise
2010
★8.0The Golden Egg Cup
Denise Best
2009
★8.0Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
2023
★8.4The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
2010
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Denise Royle (archive footage)
2023
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
2023
★7.7The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Denise Best
2008
★7.0The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Denise Best
2012
★6.5The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
Various Characters (Archive)
2020
Caroline Aherne at the BBC
Archive Material
2016
★10.0VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
1996
The royale family - Christmas with the royale family
Denise Best
1999
★5.3An Audience with...
Self
1978
Parkinson
Self
1998
★7.7The Royle Family
Denise Royle
1998
★7.5The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
★7.8The Fast Show
Various Characters
1994
★6.5Strange Hill High
Stephanie / Various (voice)
2013
★7.8Sunshine
Donna
2008
★7.0Gogglebox
Narrator
2013
★6.8The Mrs Merton Show
Mrs. Merton
1995
★7.0The World of Lee Evans
Daughter
1995
★6.0Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show
Mrs Merton
1992
★7.3Mrs Merton and Malcolm
1999
The Dead Good Show
Various
1992
