The Mrs Merton Show
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The Mrs Merton Show is a mock chat show starring Caroline Aherne as the elderly host Mrs Merton. It ran from 10 February 1995 to 2 April 1998 and was produced by Granada Television and aired on the BBC. The writers included Aherne, Craig Cash, Dave Gorman and Henry Normal. Prior to TV success, Aherne's Mrs Merton character appeared on Frank Sidebottom's album "5/9/88", then made her TV debut on the 1991 Channel 4 gameshow Remote Control, hosted by Anthony H Wilson. The chat show was followed up by a sitcom, Mrs Merton and Malcolm, based on Mrs Merton and her son Malcolm, who was played by Craig Cash.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 7 epS2 · 8 epS3 · 9 epS4 · 6 ep
1Steve Coogan, Debbie McGee, Kriss Akabusi10 Feb 1995 · 30mMrs Merton's guests are Kriss Akabusi, Debbie McGee, Chris Greener and Steve Coogan.
2Ken Livingstone, Mandy Smith, Kevin Kennedy17 Feb 1995 · 30m- 3Cynthia Payne, Jilly Goolden, Dave Lee Travis24 Feb 1995 · 30m
4Dale Winton, Mary Whitehouse, Derek Jameson3 Mar 1995 · 30mGuests are Dale Winton, Mary Whitehouse, royal butler Peter Russell and Derek Jameson.- 5Russell Grant, Countess Sokolow, Fred Talbot10 Mar 1995 · 30m
- 6Mr. Motivator, Ned Sherrin, Nick Owen24 Mar 1995 · 30m
- 7Carol Thatcher, Dr Mark Porter, Terry Christian and Steve Halliwell5 Dec 1994 · 30m
Details
- Created by
- Caroline Aherne
- First aired
- 10 Feb 1995
- Last aired
- 2 Apr 1998
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Two, BBC One
- Episodes
- 30
- Votes
- 10 on TMDB
Cast
Caroline AherneMrs. Merton
