Caroline Aherne 1963-2016

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Whataday Founding member 2 July 2016 3:58pm

Extremely sad news to have to post. We have lost another comedy great.

BBC News:

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Comedian Caroline Aherne, who wrote and appeared in sitcom The Royle Family, has died at the age of 52.

Aherne, who also starred in Mrs Merton, had suffered from cancer, her publicist said.

The actress said two years ago that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer, having previously had bladder and eye cancer.

Aherne was also the narrator of Gogglebox and appeared in The Fast Show.

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PATV Scunthorpe 2 July 2016 4:00pm

The Royle Family is one of my favourite programmes,

Her comedy was great, she will be sadly missed.

2016 strikes again

JA

JAS84 2 July 2016 4:05pm

She'd already missed some Gogglebox episodes for some reason - because of her illness, I assume. Whoever covered for her will probably now get the job full time.

Yet another one gone too soon... RIP.

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Michael 2 July 2016 4:07pm

The Royle Family wasn't just a great sitcom, it changed sitcoms in this country. Observational comedy without a laughter track, absurdity with pathos, handheld single-camera shooting style.... it was trailblazing. She was naturally funny.

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Whataday Founding member 2 July 2016 4:08pm

JAS84 posted:

She'd already missed some Gogglebox episodes for some reason - because of her illness, I assume. Whoever covered for her will probably now get the job full time.

It was her close friend and Mrs Merton & Royle Family co-writer Craig Cash.

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PATV Scunthorpe 2 July 2016 4:09pm

JAS84 posted:

She'd already missed some Gogglebox episodes for some reason - because of her illness, I assume. Whoever covered for her will probably now get the job full time.

Yet another one gone too soon... RIP.

Craig Cash covers/covered for her, Gogglebox was their idea, they described it as The Royle Family and TV Burp combined.

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Larry the Loafer 2 July 2016 4:10pm

2016 can shove its scythe up its arse.

Extremely sad news, especially considering recent reports that she was recovering. At one point even Ricky Tomlinson said there was talk of The Royle Family coming back because she was feeling better. I do hope she gets the tribute she deserves and not just something tacked on the end of Gogglebox.

Speaking of which, I imagine it'd be very difficult for Craig Cash to continue to work on Gogglebox. It'd be interesting to see how they handle it.

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Brekkie 2 July 2016 4:12pm

Although not completely unexpected it really is sad news, especially as she was very much in the Victoria Wood mould of being one of us.

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London Lite Founding member 2 July 2016 4:54pm

I know she'll be remembered for The Royle Family and Gogglebox, but she was Mrs Merton for me.

I suspect GOLD will strip the schedules next weekend as it's too late for them to do it for Sunday.

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rdobbie 2 July 2016 4:55pm

Terribly sad news.

The scene she wrote for the Royle Family episode "The Queen of Sheba" when Nana sings "Que Sera, Sera" with Barbara shortly before she dies is one of the most moving and beautiful things I've ever seen on television.

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Larry the Loafer 2 July 2016 5:23pm

rdobbie posted:

Terribly sad news.

The scene she wrote for the Royle Family episode "The Queen of Sheba" when Nana sings "Que Sera, Sera" with Barbara shortly before she dies is one of the most moving and beautiful things I've ever seen on television.

I often made the mistake of dismissing The Royle Family as "just people sitting around". I came across the Queen of Sheba about a year after it was first shown, and considering I had no prior knowledge or affection towards the characters, I was completely gone by the end of it. Then I had to venture into the original series and I happened to fall in love with it shortly afterwards. Just a shame the newer specials couldn't live up to the originals.

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steddenm 2 July 2016 10:23pm

The Mrs Merton Show is on BBC One tonight after the news.

Caroline Aherne 1963-2016

(July 2016)