The Mrs. Merton Show (1995)

Name: The Mrs. Merton Show
Genre: Comedy, Talk-Show
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Caroline Aherne

Comedy · Talk-Show

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.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (242 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Caroline Aherne Mrs. Merton

Seasons

Season 1 (1995)

8.20 avg 3 episodes 8.5 → 8.2 29 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	8.5	17
2	Episode #1.2	7.9	8
4	Episode #1.4	8.2	8