The Mrs Merton Show

Feb 10, 1995 (en) Comedy, Talk [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Feb 10, 1995
  • Production
    Granada Television
  • Rotten tomato
    62.86%
  • Original title
    The Mrs Merton Show
  • Release
    Feb 10, 1995
  • en
    -

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Mark Gorton

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Caroline Aherne

    Mrs. Merton

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 1 / Crews : 2

Specials ( 1993-12-05)

Pilot aka That Nice Mrs. Merton

Episode: 1

Christmas Special: Johnny Briggs & Amanda Barrie, Glenys Kinnock, Gary Rhodes

Episode: 2

Christmas Special: Clive James, Noddy Holder, Daniel O'Donnell

Episode: 3

Christmas Special: Edwina Currie, Max Bygraves

Episode: 4

Season 1 ( 1995-02-10)

Steve Coogan, Debbie McGee, Kriss Akabusi

Episode: 1

Ken Livingstone, Mandy Smith, Kevin Kennedy

Episode: 2

Cynthia Payne, Jilly Goolden, Dave Lee Travis

Episode: 3

Dale Winton, Mary Whitehouse, Derek Jameson

Episode: 4

Russell Grant, Countess Sokolow, Fred Talbot

Episode: 5

Mr. Motivator, Ned Sherrin, Nick Owen

Episode: 6

Carol Thatcher, Dr Mark Porter, Terry Christian and Steve Halliwell

Episode: 7

Season 2 ( 1995-11-12)

Jo Brand, Lorraine Kelly, Chris Eubank

Episode: 1

Matthew Kelly, Reeves & Mortimer, George Best

Episode: 2

Germaine Greer, Ant & Dec, Michael Parkinson

Episode: 3

Jimmy Hill, Andrew Neil, Paul Daniels

Episode: 4

Peter Stringfellow, Desmond Lynam, Rolf Harris

Episode: 5

Lord Litchfield, Carol Vorderman, Barbara Windsor

Episode: 6

Series 2, Christmas Special

Episode: 7

Children in Need Special

Episode: 8

Season 3 ( 1997-02-14)

Jonathan Ross, Jeff Banks

Episode: 1

Michael Winner, Teresa Gorman

Episode: 2

Sacha Distel, Jeremy Clarkson

Episode: 3

Boy George, Vinnie Jones

Episode: 4

Keith Chegwin, Ian Botham

Episode: 5

Joanna Lumley, Martin Clunes

Episode: 6

Mrs. Merton in Las Vegas (1)

Episode: 7

Mrs. Merton in Las Vegas (2)

Episode: 8

Mrs. Merton in Las Vegas (3)

Episode: 9

Season 4 ( 1998-02-26)

Keith Floyd, Melinda Messenger

Episode: 1

Shane Richie, Wayne Sleep

Episode: 2

Garry Bushell, Lisa Stansfield

Episode: 3

Richard Wilson, Bernard Manning

Episode: 4

Barry McGuigan, Nigel Kennedy

Episode: 5

Richard Whiteley, Jimmy Tarbuck

Episode: 6
Feb 10, 1995 (en)
Comedy, Talk
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Feb 10, 1995
  • Production
    Granada Television
  • Rotten tomato 62.86%
Original Title The Mrs Merton Show
en

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Mark Gorton

    Producer