Shaun Keaveny picks Caroline Aherne

Podcast: Great Lives · BBC Radio 4

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

Caroline Aherne was born in London on Christmas eve, but her family moved north when she was a toddler. With an IQ of 176, school was easy, so she kept herself busy, mimicking the nuns for the entertainment of her peers. After school, stand-up proved to be too nerve-wracking for her, but following a stint touch-typing for Janet Street Porter at the BBC, she met Craig Cash at a pirate radio station and the rest as they say, is history. Craig and Caroline's professional relationship lasted longer than their romantic one - they went on to write both...