Cast & creator
Caroline Aherne
Best known for Parkinson, An Audience with..., TFI Friday
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.
25
film credits
25
television credits
31
1978–2023 · acting roles
7.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (50)
Showing 50 of 50 credits
Parkinson
Self
1998
An Audience with...
Self
1978
TFI Friday
1996
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
The Fast Show
Various Characters
1994
The Royle Family
Denise Royle
1998The Royle Family
Producer
1998The Royle Family
Writer
1998The Royle Family
Director
1998The Royle Family
Creator
1998It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
1999
The Mrs Merton Show
Mrs. Merton
1995The Mrs Merton Show
Creator
1995
Gogglebox
Narrator
2013Clive Anderson All Talk
Self
1996
Strange Hill High
Stephanie / Various (voice)
2013Fantasy World Cup
Self
1998
Sunshine
Donna
2008
Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show
Mrs Merton
1992
The World of Lee Evans
Daughter
1995
The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
1999The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
Additional Writing
1999
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
The Fattest Man in Britain
Writer
2009
Mrs Merton and Malcolm
1999
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Denise
2010The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Writer
2010The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Director
2010
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Denise Best
2008The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Writer
2008The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Director
2008Dossa and Joe
Director
2002Dossa and Joe
Writer
2002Dossa and Joe
Creator
2002
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
2010
The Dead Good Show
Various
1992
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Self
2000
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
Various Characters (Archive)
2020
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
2023
The Security Men
Writer
2013
VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
1996
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
2023
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Denise Royle (archive footage)
2023
The Golden Egg Cup
Denise Best
2009The Golden Egg Cup
Director
2009The Golden Egg Cup
Writer
2009
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Denise Best
2012The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Writer
2012The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Director
2012
Caroline Aherne at the BBC
Archive Material
2016