Caroline Aherne
Three new Arena films and an extraordinary range of films from the Arena archive are coming to the BBC across November and December.
The unique life and talent of Caroline Aherne is celebrated this Christmas in a new Arena film Caroline Aherne: Comedy Queen, featuring unseen photographs and contributions from a cast of her lifelong friends and colleagues, including Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Craig Cash, Sue Johnston and producer Andy Harries.
I can remember the first time I sw Caroline Aherne. It wasn't in a stand-up club, it was on television, which feels appropriate. Aherne was very much a television comedy star rather than a live stand-up comedy star. As far as I can remember she never did any major live solo tours once she made her name on the small screen.
The inaugural bursary scheme in the memory of the late Caroline Aherne was launched last year at the Salford Sitcom Showcase.
For me, and maybe for many others, Caroline Aherne will always be inextricably linked with the north. The umpteen obituaries and tributes have quite rightly placed her in lineage tying together Victoria Wood, Alan Bennett and a plethora of great often working class northern stand-up comedians. Aherne had a way with language that was both heightened and naturalistic. And, of course, while she had those ties with the north she was universally loved. The Royle Family changed the sitcom landscape.
Tributes to Caroline Aherne, whose death from cancer was announced today, have been flooding in.
Tania Alexander, who created C4's Gogglebox, which Aherne narrated, tweeted: "Beyond sad about the loss of my dear pal Caroline Aherne - she was funny, clever and a huge inspiration to me."
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