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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Caroline aherne - You Need To See This

‘There’s a loneliness that creeps in when you’re old and on your own’: Sue Johnston on isolation and how it informs her unmissable new TV show Ann Droid

Along with Diane Morgan, the actress stars in a new BBC comedy about a widowed lady who hires a robot to ease her loneliness

Woman & Home

‘Suddenly I was a celebrity. I didn’t want to be!’ Sue Johnston on fame, loneliness and her new robot pal

She’s been a soap icon, a Royle and even a zombie pensioner. Now the actor is starring in Ann Droid, Diane Morgan’s madcap comedy about an elderly woman and her cybernetic companion

The Guardian - UK

From Mrs Merton to Scorchio! It’s Caroline Aherne’s 10 best moments

She radiated love as the narrator of Gogglebox, created one of the most emotional sitcom moments of all time and asked Debbie McGee a question she’ll never forget. Ten years on from her untimely death, we remember the TV legend

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Caroline Aherne by David Scott review – portrait of a comedy maverick

A biography of the creative force behind Mrs Merton and The Royle Family focuses on the stories behind her work

The Guardian - UK

An Evening With The Fast Show at the Palladium review: a glorious, waist-deep nostalgia wallow

4/5 All the greats popped up during this lengthy gig celebrating 31 years since the show first aired

Evening Standard

Noel Gallagher questions Oasis fans booing song dedication at homecoming gig

The band made a triumphant return to their hometown, playing their first gig in the city in 16 years

The Independent UK

From sweary Brit Awards chaos to uniting a mourning city: TV’s top 12 Oasis moments

Comedy, profanity, calling their mum live on air … the Gallagher brothers never failed to make for arresting television. As they reunite, here are their finest appearances

The Guardian - UK

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Stephen Graham is right. Television has forgotten how funny working-class people are

COMMENT: The British actor has said that TV needs to stop making working-class families look miserable. Chris Harvey, who couldn’t agree more, argues that if you don’t have a broad enough spread of writers, stereotypes begin to take hold

The Independent UK

‘We wrote “Suit you, sir!” for Harry Enfield – he didn’t like it’: an oral history of The Fast Show

Thirty years after it first aired, the stars of the hit BBC sketch show tell all – from wowing Johnny Depp to inter-office tension that left one of the cast in tears

The Guardian - UK

Sophie Willan is a genius — it was a case of love at first sight for Alma and me!

Alma's Not Normal is back baby!

WhatToWatch

Gogglebox viewers DIVIDED over a rare move from producers

Gogglebox fans are unsure about the latest couch commentators to join the show

WhatToWatch

Sophie Willan — things you didn't know about the actress

Sophie is the creator and lead star in award-winning sitcom Alma's Not Normal and is in Ludwig, but what else is there to know about her?

WhatToWatch

An Evening With The Fast Show review – chummy chat and catchphrase classics

Ted and Ralph, the ‘Suit you!’ tailors and the rest of the gang’s most fondly remembered characters reconvene for a 30th-anniversary greatest hits sketch show, interspersed with the cast’s reminiscences about their creation

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Jack Rooke’s cultural highlights

The comedian and Big Boys writer picks a coming of age film, the queen of British comedy and the one musical he can stand

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Nice! Cast of The Fast Show to reunite for a UK stage tour

The comedy series’ originators Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse will lead a 30th anniversary live show due to begin in March

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Doctor Who; Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy; Murder Is Easy; The Castaways – review

The new Doctor dazzles, a tribute to Manchester’s comedy queen is unexpectedly emotional, and a Christie adaptation brings a fresh eye to murder

The Guardian - UK

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy review – an unforgettable celebration of comedy brilliance

Craig Cash and other friends and collaborators look back at the phenomenal, but sadly all-too short, career of a woman who insisted comedy didn’t need jokes, only people

The Guardian - UK

Christmas Day TV: grab some tissues for the last ever episode of Ghosts

The festive special will have the whole family in tears. Plus: Ncuti Gatwa takes over the Tardis. Here’s what to watch on Christmas Day

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The Independent UK

‘I’d never seen anything like it’: How Caroline Aherne changed comedy

A new BBC Arena film exploring the work of the co-creator and star of ‘The Royle Family’ will air on Christmas Day, seven years after her death. Katie Rosseinsky speaks to the filmmakers about her comedy legacy

The Guardian - UK

‘She was sharp as a tack but daft as a brush’: friends and colleagues remember the genius of the Royle Family’s Caroline Aherne

Shy, intelligent, prone to a drink and generous to a fault. The people closest to the star remember a comedy legend hounded by the press and racked by depression

The Independent UK

Sue Johnston couldn’t bear to watch The Royle Family after four of its stars died

The veteran actress, who spent 14 years playing downtrodden wife Barbara on the beloved sitcom, found it “very hard” to watch The Royle Family after it was hit by a string of its stars deaths

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Christmas TV schedule 2023: Festive highlights to look forward to from BBC, ITV and Channel 4

Christmas TV schedule 2023: Here are all the festive specials from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, to look forward to over the holiday period.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: celebrating 25 years of The Royle Family!

This revisited documentary features creators Craig Cash and the late Caroline Aherne. Plus: Mrs Hinch helps Stacey Solomon. Here’s what to watch this evening

Evening Standard

Stars of beloved BBC sitcom The Royle Family set to reunite on Celebrity Gogglebox after 11 years

Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston, of the sitcom that served as inspiration for the Channel 4 show, will appear on the new series

Daily Mirror

The Royle Family reunites as Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston sign up for Gogglebox

It is more than a decade since their much-loved characters Jim and Barbara last settled down in front of a telly for the BBC comedy, and now the pair will now be among celebs who judge TV shows on Channel 4 hit

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