When the founding members of The Fast Show reunited to celebrate the cult comedy’s anniversary, there was one very sad absence.
Caroline Aherne – an integral part of the show with her characters including “checkout girl” and Poula “scorchio” Fisch the weathergirl – died four years ago aged just 52.
But the team wanted to include her in their upcoming programme The Fast Show: Just A Load of Blooming Catchphrases, which includes interviews and new sketches.
So Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, John Thomson, Arabella Weir, Mark Williams and Simon Day kick off the show on Gold by acknowledging their late co-star, who died of cancer, by raising a glass to her.
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