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.
2023Caroline Aherne: Queen of ComedyMovieas Self (archive footage)
2023Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle FamilyMovieas Denise Royle (archive footage)
2023The Royle Family - Down the Back of the SofaMovieas Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
2020The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming CatchphrasesMovieas Various Characters (Archive)
2016Caroline Aherne at the BBCMovieas Archive Material
2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesMovieas Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)2013Strange Hill HighTV showas Stephanie / Various (voice) · 26 episodes
2013The Security MenMovieWriter2013GoggleboxTV showas Narrator · 86 episodes2012The Royle Family: Barbara's Old RingMovieas Denise Best · Writer · Director2010The Royle Family: Joe's CrackersMovieas Denise · Writer · Director2010The Royle Family: Behind the SofaMovieas Self
2009The Golden Egg CupMovieas Denise Best · Director · Writer
2009The Fattest Man in BritainMovieWriter2008The Royle Family: The New SofaMovieas Denise Best · Writer · Director2008SunshineTV showas Donna · 3 episodes2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsMovieas Self
1999The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?MovieAdditional Writing1999Mrs Merton and MalcolmTV show6 episodes1998The Royle FamilyTV showas Denise Royle · Writer · Producer · Director · Creator · 20 episodes
1998ParkinsonTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1996VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue HoneymoonMovie1996TFI FridayTV show1 episodes1995The Frank Skinner ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes1995The World of Lee EvansTV showas Daughter · 1 episodes1995The Mrs Merton ShowTV showas Mrs. Merton · Creator · 30 episodes1994The Fast ShowTV showas Various Characters · 34 episodes
1992The Dead Good ShowTV showas Various · 1 episodes
1992Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed ShowTV showas Mrs Merton · 7 episodes1988Comic ReliefTV show2 episodes1978An Audience with...TV showas Self · 1 episodes