The Mrs Merton Show

Overview

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.

Series details

First air date

1995

Last air date

1998

Status

Ended

Seasons

4

Episodes

30

Episode runtime

30 min

Genres

Comedy, Talk

Original language

EN

Origin country

GB

Networks

BBC Two, BBC One

Created by

Caroline Aherne

Production

Granada Television

Cast

Caroline Aherne

Mrs. Merton

Jeremy Clarkson

Self

Carol Vorderman

Self

Joanna Lumley

Self

Sacha Distel

Self

Michael Winner

Self