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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\|name = Caroline Aherne		\|name = Caroline Aherne
	\|image = ~~Caroline_Aherne_2001~~.~~jpg~~		\|image = Caroline Aherne.webp
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	\|caption = ~~Aherne in 2001~~
	\|birth_date = {{birth date\|1963\|12\|24\|df=y}}		\|birth_date = {{birth date\|1963\|12\|24\|df=y}}
	\|birth_place = [[Ealing]], [[London]], England		\|birth_place = [[w:Ealing\|Ealing]], [[w:London\|London]], England
	\|death_date = {{death date and age\|2016\|7\|2\|1963\|12\|24\|df=y}}		\|death_date = {{death date and age\|2016\|07\|02\|1963\|12\|24\|df=y}}
	\|death_place = [[Timperley]], [[Greater Manchester]], England		\|death_place = [[w:Timperley\|Timperley]], [[w:Greater Manchester\|Greater Manchester]], England
	\|alma_mater = [[Liverpool John Moores University\|Liverpool Polytechnic]]		\|alma_mater = [[w:Liverpool John Moores University\|Liverpool Polytechnic]]
	\|occupation = Actress, comedian, writer		\|occupation = Actress, comedian, writer
	\|years_active = 1990–2016		\|years_active = 1990–2016
	\|notable_works ={{Flat list \|''[[The Fast Show]]'' (1994–2014)<br/>''[[The Mrs Merton Show]]'' (1995–1998)<br/>''[[The Royle Family]]'' (1998–2000, 2006–2012)<br/>''[[Gogglebox]]'' (2013–2016)		\|notable_works ={{Flat list \|''[[The Fast Show]]'' (1994–2014)<br/>''[[The Mrs Merton Show]]'' (1995–1998)<br/>''[[The Royle Family]]'' (1998–2000, 2006–2012)<br/>''[[w:Gogglebox\|Gogglebox]]'' (2013–2016)
	}}		}}
	\|spouse = {{marriage\|[[Peter Hook]]\|1994\|1997\|end=div}}		\|spouse = {{marriage\|[[w:Peter Hook\|Peter Hook]]\|1994\|1997\|end=div}}
	}}		}}
	'''Caroline Mary Aherne'''<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=caroline&lastname=aherne&eventyear=1964&eventyear_offset=2&county=london\|title=findmypast.co.uk}}</ref> (24 December 1963 – 2 July 2016) was an English actress, comedian and writer. She was best known for performing as the acerbic chat show host ''[[The Mrs Merton Show\|Mrs Merton]]'', in various roles in ''[[The Fast Show]]'', and as Denise in ''[[The Royle Family]]'', a series which she co-wrote. She won [[BAFTA]] awards for her work on ''The Mrs Merton Show'' and ''The Royle Family''.		'''Caroline Mary Aherne'''<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=caroline&lastname=aherne&eventyear=1964&eventyear_offset=2&county=london\|title=findmypast.co.uk}}</ref> (24 December 1963 – 2 July 2016) was an English actress, comedian and writer. She was best known for performing as the acerbic chat show host ''[[The Mrs Merton Show\|Mrs Merton]]'', in various roles in ''[[The Fast Show]]'', and as Denise in ''[[The Royle Family]]'', a series which she co-wrote. She won [[BAFTA]] awards for her work on ''The Mrs Merton Show'' and ''The Royle Family''.

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{{short description|English actress, comedian and writer (1963–2016)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Caroline Aherne
|image = Caroline_Aherne_2001.jpg
|image_size = 175px
|caption = Aherne in 2001
|birth_date = {{birth date|1963|12|24|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Ealing]], [[London]], England
|death_date = {{death date and age|2016|7|2|1963|12|24|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Timperley]], [[Greater Manchester]], England
|alma_mater = [[Liverpool John Moores University|Liverpool Polytechnic]]
|occupation = Actress, comedian, writer
|years_active = 1990–2016
|notable_works ={{Flat list |''[[The Fast Show]]'' (1994–2014) ''[[The Mrs Merton Show]]'' (1995–1998) ''[[The Royle Family]]'' (1998–2000, 2006–2012) ''[[Gogglebox]]'' (2013–2016)
}}
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Peter Hook]]|1994|1997|end=div}}
}}
'''Caroline Mary Aherne'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=caroline&lastname=aherne&eventyear=1964&eventyear_offset=2&county=london|title=findmypast.co.uk}}</ref> (24 December 1963 – 2 July 2016) was an English actress, comedian and writer. She was best known for performing as the acerbic chat show host ''[[The Mrs Merton Show|Mrs Merton]]'', in various roles in ''[[The Fast Show]]'', and as Denise in ''[[The Royle Family]]'', a series which she co-wrote. She won [[BAFTA]] awards for her work on ''The Mrs Merton Show'' and ''The Royle Family''.

Aherne narrated the [[Channel 4]] reality television series ''[[Gogglebox]]'' from its inception in 2013 until 8 April 2016. Aherne died of cancer at the age of 52.

==Early life==
Aherne was born in [[Ealing]], [[London]], on 24 December 1963, the second child of Irish parents Bartholomew Edmond "Bert" Aherne, a railwayman with [[London Transport Board|London Transport]], and Mary Frances "Maureen" Aherne (''née'' Regan).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Aherne, Caroline Mary (1963–2016), comedian, actress, and writer|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-111392|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2020|language=en|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111392|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|last1=Evans|first1=Jeff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=RnS6GxLscVPNA4DpLd872A&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=19 July 2020|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref><ref name="manchester2002-uk1">{{cite web |url=http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/broadcasters1.html |title=Manchester Television Broadcasters and Film Actors including Caroline Aherne... |publisher=Manchester2002-uk.com |access-date=27 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719071036/http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/broadcasters1.html |archive-date=19 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From the age of two, Aherne was brought up in [[Wythenshawe]], [[Manchester]].<ref name="screenonline">Rinaldi, Graham. "[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/458572/index.html Aherne, Caroline (1963–)]". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved on 25 August 2007.</ref> Like her brother, Patrick, Aherne had [[retinoblastoma]] in childhood, which left her partially sighted in one eye.<ref name="screenonline.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/458572/ |title=BFI Screenonline: Aherne, Caroline (1963–) Biography |publisher=Screenonline.org.uk |date=24 December 1963 |access-date=22 April 2013}}</ref>

She attended the [[Hollies Convent FCJ School]] in [[West Didsbury]] and then studied drama at [[Liverpool John Moores University|Liverpool Polytechnic]].<ref name="manchester2002-uk1" />

==Career==
===Early career===
Aherne began performing on the Manchester comedy circuit as characters such as Mitzi Goldberg, lead singer of the comedy country and western act the Mitzi Goldberg Experience, and Sister Mary Immaculate, an Irish nun.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Belcher|first1=David|title=Behind the laughter lines|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/behind-the-laughter-lines-1.256807|access-date=27 January 2015|work=Herald Scotland|publisher=Herald & Times Group|date=18 December 1999}}</ref>

The Mrs Merton character originated as a voice on the 1988 [[Frank Sidebottom]] album titled ''5:9:88'', after Aherne worked as a receptionist for his show on [[Piccadilly Radio]].<ref name="kelner">{{cite news|author= Kelner, Martin|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/a-warm-and-gentle-kicking-1572047.html|title= A warm and gentle kicking|work= [[The Independent]]|date= 8 February 1995|access-date = 27 September 2021}}</ref> Aherne was then invited by DJ [[Martin Kelner]] to develop the character on his show, where she would spend many years appearing as a comedy [[Advice column|agony aunt]] across the north of England on the [[BBC Night Network]].<ref name="kelner" />

In 1990 Aherne became a late night radio presenter on [[KFM Radio (104.9)|KFM Radio]] in Stockport, joining a line-up which included [[Craig Cash]] as well as [[Jon Ronson]], Spence MacDonnald and [[The Word (TV series)|''The Word'']]'s [[Terry Christian]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/themrsmertonshow/ | title=The MRS Merton Show }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/raw-northern-and-working-class-no-wonder-so-many-tv-luvvies-didn-t-get-caroline-aherne-a7116876.html | title=Terry Christian: Raw and northern – no wonder TV's luvvies didn't get Caroline Aherne | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=3 July 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.kfmradio.co.uk/about-us/ | title=KFM Radio | About Us }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jul/02/caroline-aherne | title=Caroline Aherne obituary | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=2 July 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thepiratearchive.net/kfm-stockport/ | title=KFM - Stockport | date=25 July 2020 }}</ref>

Aherne's first TV appearances were as Mrs Merton in a semi-regular spot on the [[Granada TV]] discussion show ''Upfront'' in 1990. After that Mrs Merton became the regular celebrity interviewer on Granada's Saturday morning show ''Express!'', a youth TV programme presented by [[I Am Kloot]]'s [[John Bramwell|John 'Johnny Dangerously' Bramwell]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/04/i-am-kloot-feature | title=I Am Kloot: 'I hope we're going to reach people who have never heard us' | Music feature | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=3 July 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Preview%3B+JOHN+BRAMWELLThe+Kazimier.-a0366318872 | title=Preview; JOHN BRAMWELLThe Kazimier. - Free Online Library }}</ref> and Sumy Kuraishe from a number of random locations in the north west. In 1992, Aherne appeared as Mrs Merton in the local [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] series, ''Frank’s Fantastic Shed Show'', with Chris Sievey in his Frank Sidebottom persona.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/jul/13/mrs-merton-caroline-aherne-comic | title=MRS Merton and the naughty nun: Caroline Aherne's first comedy gigs | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=13 July 2021 }}</ref> For this Leeds-based ITV station Aherne had recorded a pilot of ''Mrs Murton's Nightcap'',<ref>"[http://theafterword.co.uk/mrs-murtons-nightcap/ Mrs Murton's Nightcap]". theafterword.co.uk. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017</ref> but they had not pursued the concept. In 1993, she made brief appearances in ''[[The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer]]'' and alongside [[Steve Coogan]] and [[John Thomson (comedian)|John Thomson]] in a Granada TV pilot entitled ''The Dead Good Show''.

She rose to prominence in 1994 as her created character Mrs Merton on the mock chat show ''[[The Mrs Merton Show]]'' under her married name of Caroline Hook.<ref name="kelner" /> The guests were real-life celebrities, not actors, who found themselves the subject of outrageous ''faux-naïf'' questions – in one memorable example the wife of magician [[Paul Daniels]], [[Debbie McGee]], was asked "So, what first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4788517.stm |title=Entertainment | Kay dishes up best TV one-liner |work=BBC News |date=13 August 2006 |access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> - while a regular audience of pensioners were used each week for Mrs Merton to bounce questions off.

Another episode featured comedian [[Bernard Manning]] and actor [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]]. Manning clashed with Wilson and Aherne as she asked him about his racist attitudes at one point saying, “Who do you vote for now [[Hitler]]'s dead?”, although he acknowledged that ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' was funny. The series ran in various formats from 1994 to 1997, winning a [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA for Best Talk Show]] in 1997.<ref name="Guardian"/> The success of the show was partly attributed to the "round vowel sounds of the North West accent" which "naturally sound safe and unthreatening" and which allowed the character "to ask the most outrageous, below-the-belt questions of her guest stars".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series7/comedy_accents.shtml|title=BBC Inside Out – North West comedy|publisher=bbc.co.uk |date=17 January 2005 |access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>

The Mrs Merton character was given a sitcom, ''[[Mrs Merton and Malcolm]]'', which depicted her home life with her "mummy's boy" son (played by co-writer Craig Cash). This aspect of Malcolm's character was exaggerated to the point that many complained the series ridiculed those with learning difficulties.<ref name="Learning Difficulties Criticism">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27392549 | title=Obituary: Caroline Aherne | publisher=BBC | date=2 July 2016 | access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref> ''Mrs Merton and Malcolm'' lasted one series, and was released on DVD in 2008.

Between 1994 and 1997 she appeared in and wrote for the BBC comedy series ''[[The Fast Show]]''. One of her most notable characters was the "Chanel 9 Neus" meteorologist Poula Fisch, who invariably reported a temperature for all locations of 45 °C (113 °F) while exclaiming "Scorchio!" with apparent surprise. Other characters included the endlessly chattering [[Northern England|northern]] Renée, wife of submissive husband Roy and supermarket Checkout Girl who, by way of conversation, would comment nosily and judgementally on each item a customer had bought.

===''The Royle Family''===
Aherne's most popular creation is the situation comedy ''[[The Royle Family]]'', which she co-created and wrote with Cash, and directed in its third series. The programme ran for three series from 1998 to 2000. Aherne starred alongside [[Ricky Tomlinson]] and [[Sue Johnston]], as their daughter Denise Royle. The show was a commercial and critical success, and ran for three series with a total of 20 episodes as well as five one-offs made for showing at Christmas. After a 2000 spoof documentary with Cash entitled ''Back Passage to India'', Aherne said ''The Royle Family'' would end in December 2000 after a [[Christmas special]], and that she would not appear on television again, although she would continue to write. Aherne received [[British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy|BAFTAs for Best Sitcom]] in 2000 and 2007,<ref name="Guardian"/> and she won the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance|BAFTA for Best Comedy Performance]] in 2000. She was nominated for directing in 2001.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/02/caroline-aherne-actor-comedian-dies-52-royle-family|title=Caroline Aherne, actor and comedian, dies aged 52|first1=David|last1=Batty|first2=Chris|last2=Johnston|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 July 2016|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>

===Later career===
Following a disagreement with Cash, Aherne moved to [[Australia]], retreating from the press. She wrote ''[[Dossa and Joe]]'' which was screened on [[BBC Two]] in 2002. Although critics applauded it, the show failed to attract viewers and did not return for a second series. Returning to Britain, she began work on another sitcom with Cash, but pulled out, after which Cash wrote ''[[Early Doors]]'' with [[Phil Mealey]]; Aherne was listed in the credits in the "Thanks To" section.

After ''Dossa and Joe'', Aherne avoided media attention. When ''The Fast Show'' was featured on the [[BBC One]] show ''[[Comedy Connections]]'', Aherne was the only cast member not interviewed. In April 2006, the BBC said Aherne and Cash were developing a script for a one-off special of ''The Royle Family''. ''The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba'' was broadcast on 29 October 2006, to an audience of 7.8 million. Aherne subsequently made few TV appearances. On 14 October 2008, she appeared in the BBC comedy drama ''[[Sunshine (UK TV series)|Sunshine]]'', written by Cash and Phil Mealey, as a barmaid. She appeared in ''The Royle Family'' special "The New Sofa" on Christmas Day 2008. In 2009, she appeared in another special for [[Comic Relief]], as well as another Christmas Day special entitled "The Golden Eggcup".

She co-wrote the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] comedy-drama ''[[The Fattest Man in Britain]]'', which was broadcast in December 2009. In November 2010, Aherne appeared in the special ''The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa'' shown on [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]], featuring clips of ''The Royle Family'' and interviews with Aherne, Cash and the cast, which was followed by another Christmas Day special, "Joe's Crackers". She narrated a BBC1 documentary series ''[[Pound Shop Wars]]'' broadcast in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nts9x |title=BBC One – Pound Shop Wars |publisher=BBC.co.uk |date=5 December 2012 |access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> She also appeared in ''The Fast Show'' internet specials, sponsored by the lager brand [[Foster's Group|Fosters]], which reunited most of the original principal cast; only [[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]] was unable to participate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fosters.co.uk/tagged/The_Fast_Show |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105230039/http://fosters.co.uk/tagged/The_Fast_Show |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 November 2011 |title=Foster's – The Fast Show |publisher=Fosters.co.uk |access-date=22 April 2013 }}</ref>

Aherne wrote the 2013 one-off sitcom ''[[The Security Men]]'', along with [[Jeff Pope]] for ITV. The episode starred [[Paddy McGuinness]], [[Brendan O'Carroll]], [[Dean Andrews]], [[Bobby Ball]] and [[Peter Wight (actor)|Peter Wight]].

Aherne's final major role was as narrator of the [[Channel 4]] comedy reality series ''[[Gogglebox]]'', reflecting her character in ''The Royle Family'', who would frequently be watching TV and commenting on it. Cash filled in when she was unavailable and took over the role permanently in April 2016.

Aherne's final on-screen appearance came in the [[Sky One]] show ''[[After Hours (2015 British TV series)|After Hours]]'', where she was reunited with Cash who produced and directed the show. She played the role of Sheila.

==Personal life, illness and death==
Aherne was married to [[Peter Hook]] of the bands [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] from 1994 until 1997. During their marriage, he appeared in her TV series ''The Mrs Merton Show'' as leader of Hooky & the Boys, the show's house band.<ref name="screenonline.org.uk"/> After her death, Hook said that he was repeatedly physically abused by Aherne during their marriage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/02/shes-going-to-stab-me-peter-hook-reveals-details-of-turbulent-ma/|title='She's Going to Stab Me': Peter Hook Reveals Details of Turbulent Marriage to Caroline Aherne|work=The Telegraph|date=2 October 2016|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Halliday|first=Josh|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/oct/03/peter-hook-caroline-aherne-physically-abusive-during-marriage|title=Peter Hook says Caroline Aherne was physically abusive during marriage|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=3 October 2016|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref>

Aherne struggled with [[Depression (mood)|depression]] and [[alcoholism]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27392549|title=Obituary: Caroline Aherne|work=BBC News|date=2 July 2016|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> Before ''[[The Royle Family]]'' began, she suffered from depression and attempted suicide in July 1998 after the death of her former boyfriend, BBC technician Matt Bowers, from [[stomach cancer]] in 1997 and the end of a relationship with American actor, [[Alexis Denisof]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MRS+MERTON+SUICIDE+ATTEMPT%3B+Caroline+takes+pills+overdose.-a060667554 MRS MERTON SUICIDE ATTEMPT; Caroline takes pills overdose], ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', 7 July 1998</ref> She checked in to the [[Priory Hospital|Priory]], where she was diagnosed as a [[binge drinking|binge alcoholic]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/02/caroline-aherne-comedienne--obituary/|title=Caroline Aherne, comedian – obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 July 2016|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref>

She suffered from [[bladder cancer]] and a rare cancer of the [[retina]].<ref name="Viner">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/profile-caroline-ahern-the-queen-of-comedy-1133097.html | title=Profile: Caroline Aherne, the queen of comedy | work=[[The Independent]] | date=18 December 1999 | access-date=13 May 2014 |last=Viner|first=Brian}}</ref> In 2014, she embarked on a programme of treatment for [[lung cancer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Caroline Aherne, Royle Family star, has lung cancer|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27389409|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref> In June 2014, Aherne appeared in Manchester at the launch of the [[Macmillan Cancer Support|Macmillan Cancer Improvement Partnership]] (MCIP), a £3.4m scheme to co-ordinate cancer care in the city. She spoke about how a sense of humour had helped her cope with the disease.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28032961 |title=Caroline Aherne: Humour helps deal with cancer |work =[[BBC News]] |date=26 June 2014|access-date = 27 September 2021}}</ref> In 2016, Aherne became the voice behind the UK government's "One You" health campaign, to persuade people to cut down on cigarettes and alcohol.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/caroline-aherne-voice-new-health-11219060|title=Caroline Aherne to voice new health campaign urging people to cut down on smoking and booze|last=Qureshi|first=Yakub|date=21 April 2016|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|access-date=22 April 2016}}</ref>

On the morning of 2 July 2016, Aherne died of lung cancer at her home in [[Timperley]] at the age of 52.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36694598|title=Comedian Caroline Aherne dies at 52|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/02/breaking-actress-caroline-aherne-dies-after-brave-battle-with-ca/|title=Caroline Aherne, comedian, actress and creator of The Royle Family, dies after 'brave' battle with cancer|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2 July 2016 |access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref> Aherne had told family and close friends in May that she was terminally ill.<ref>{{cite work|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/04/caroline-aherne-was-alone-when-she-died-at-home-5983547/|title=Caroline Aherne was alone when she died at home|last=Lee|first=Ann|date=4 July 2016|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]}}</ref> Her funeral took place on 14 July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Percival|first1=Ash|title=Caroline Aherne Funeral: 'Royle Family' Actress Laid To Rest After Private Ceremony|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/caroline-aherne-funeral_uk_5788a9f1e4b08078d6e87283|work=Huffpost UK|access-date=16 August 2017|date=15 July 2016}}</ref> Many friends and co-stars were also in attendance.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2016071532427/caroline-aherne-funeral/|title= Friends and family gather for Caroline Aherne's funeral|publisher=www.hellomagazine.com|date= 15 July 2016}}</ref>

In October 2016, [[Steve Coogan]] paid tribute to Aherne at the [[Stand Up to Cancer UK|Stand Up to Cancer 2016]] event, speaking about her before a video was played of her TV moments, and then [[Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds]] performed ''The Royle Family'' theme tune "[[Half the World Away]]".

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Actor
! scope="col" | Writer
! scope="col" | Acting role
! scope="col" | Additional information
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1992
| style="text-align:center;" |''Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show''
| {{yes}}
| {{N/a|No}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Mrs Merton
| 3 episodes
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1992
| style="text-align:center;" |''The Dead Good Show''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Various characters
| Unknown episode(s)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1993
| style="text-align:center;" |''It's a Mad World, World, World, World''
| {{yes}}
| {{N/a|No}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Various characters
| TV Special
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1993
| style="text-align:center;" |''Comic Timing''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Mrs Merton
| 1 episode
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1994–2014
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[The Fast Show]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Various characters
| 25 episodes (acting) 10 episodes (writing)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1995
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[The World of Lee Evans]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{N/a|No}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Daughter
| 1 episode
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1995
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{N/a|No}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Woman with Dog / Flatulent Mother
| 2 episodes
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1995–1998
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[The Mrs Merton Show]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Mrs Merton
| Leading role – 4 series (29 episodes)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1996
| style="text-align:center;" |''Auntie's All-Time Greats''
| {{yes}}
| {{N/a|No}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Mrs Merton
| TV special
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1998–2000, 2006–2012
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[The Royle Family]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Denise Royle
| Leading role – 3 series & 7 specials (25 episodes) 11 episodes (director) 8 episodes (associate producer)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1999
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Mrs Merton and Malcolm]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Mrs Merton
| 1 series (6 episodes) Additional served as associate producer
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2002
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Dossa and Joe]]''
| {{N/a|No}}
| {{N/a|No}}
| {{N/a}}
| Director & executive producer (6 episodes)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2008
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Sunshine (UK TV series)|Sunshine]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{N/a|No}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Donna
| Miniseries (episode 2)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2009
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[The Fattest Man in Britain]]''
| {{N/a|No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{N/a}}
| Television film
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2013
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[The Security Men]]''
| {{N/a|No}}
| {{N/a|No}}
| {{N/a}}
| Television drama – executive producer
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2013–2014
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Strange Hill High]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{N/a|No}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Stephanie
| 2 series (26 episodes) Additional voice roles
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2015
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[After Hours (2015 British TV series)|After Hours]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{N/a|No}}
| style="text-align:center;" |Sheila
| 2 episodes
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan=4| 1997
| [[1997 British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA Awards]]
| Best Talk Show
| rowspan=4|''[[The Mrs Merton Show]]''
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Guardian"/>
|-
| rowspan=2| [[British Comedy Awards#1997|British Comedy Awards]]
| Best BBC1 Personality
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedyawards.com/past-winners/1996.aspx|title=Past winners 1996|publisher=British Comedy Awards|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Best Female Comedy Performer
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedyawards.com/past-winners/1997.aspx|title=Past Winners 1997|publisher=British Comedy Awards|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[TRIC Awards]]
| New TV Talent of the Year
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I'll+never+marry+again+but+I+hope+Hooky+and+I+can+be+friends+one+day%3B...-a061129809|title=I'll never marry again but I hope Hooky and I can be friends one day; Mrs Merton exclusive|last=Hughes|first=Chris|date=13 March 1997|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=4| 1999
| rowspan=2| [[1999 British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA Awards]]
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series)|Best Comedy Series]]
| rowspan=2| ''[[The Royle Family]]''
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1999/television/comedy-programme-or-series|title=Television Comedy – Programme or Series in 1999|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance|Best Comedy Performance]]
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1999/television/comedy-performance|title=Television Comedy Performance in 1999|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[British Comedy Awards#1999|British Comedy Awards]]
| Best TV Comedy Actress
| ''The Royle Family'' and ''Mrs Merton and Malcolm''
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedyawards.com/past-winners/1999.aspx|title=Past Winners 1999|publisher=British Comedy Awards|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Broadcasting Press Guild Awards]]
| Writer's Award
| rowspan=8| ''The Royle Family''
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/bpgawards/1999-2/|title=1999 Presented at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane| date=31 December 2007 |publisher=[[Broadcasting Press Guild]]|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=4| 2000
| rowspan=2| [[2000 British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA Awards]]
| Best Comedy Performance
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Guardian"/>
|-
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy|Best Situation Comedy]]
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Guardian"/>
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Royal Television Society Awards]]
| Best Sitcom
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/686583.stm|title=Dame Thora's awards double|date=22 March 2000|work=BBC News|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Best Writer
| {{Won}}
|-
| rowspan=3| 2001
| TRIC Awards
| Comedy Programme
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|<ref>{{Cite news|date=2001-03-13|title=Robinson booed at awards|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1218732.stm|access-date=2022-06-07}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3| BAFTA Awards
| Best Comedy Performance
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1280122.stm|title=The Bafta TV nominations|date=16 April 2001|work=BBC News|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Best Situation Comedy
| {{Nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2| 2007
| Best Situation Comedy
| rowspan=2| ''The Royle Family'': "Queen of Sheba"
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Guardian"/>
|-
| Royal Television Society Awards
| Best Comedy Writer
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2007/03/14/royal-television-society-programme-award-winners-189387/|title=Royal Television Society Programme Award winners|date=14 March 2007|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0013930}}
*[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/458572/index.html Caroline Aherne biography and credits at BFI Screenonline]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081229160117/http://universalsearch.com.au/image/Caroline%20Aherne Caroline Aherne pictures at Universal Search]
*[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27392549 Obituary: Caroline Aherne], ''[[BBC News]]'', 2 July 2016
*{{British Comedy Guide|people|caroline_aherne}}

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