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.

Filmography

• 2023Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family — Denise Royle (archive footage)
• 2020The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases — Various Characters (Archive)
• 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves — Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2016Caroline Aherne at the BBC — Archive Material
• Gogglebox — Narrator
• Strange Hill High — Stephanie / Various (voice)
• 2013The Security Men — Writer
• 2012The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring — Denise Best, Writer, Director
• 2010The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers — Denise, Writer, Director
• 2009The Fattest Man in Britain — Writer
• 2009The Golden Egg Cup — Denise Best, Director, Writer
• Sunshine — Donna
• 2008The Royle Family: The New Sofa — Denise Best, Writer, Director
• Dossa and Joe — Director, Writer, Creator
• Mrs Merton and Malcolm
• 1999The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right? — Additional Writing
• The Royle Family — Denise Royle, Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
• TFI Friday
• 1996VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
• The Mrs Merton Show — Mrs. Merton, Creator
• The World of Lee Evans — Daughter
• The Fast Show — Various Characters
• Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show — Mrs Merton
• The Dead Good Show — Various

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2023Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy — Self (archive footage)
• 2023The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa — Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
• 2010The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa — Self
• 2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings — Self
• It's Only TV But I Like It — Self
• Fantasy World Cup — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• Clive Anderson All Talk — Self
• The Frank Skinner Show — Self
• An Audience with... — Self