The Royle Family has had the nation in stitches for over two decades - but it sounds like it would have been even funnier watching the cats make the show.
After meeting at a Manchester pirate radio station in the early 80s, Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash became best friends. They went on to write one of the greatest ever British sitcoms, while playing lethargic on-screen couple Denise and Dave.
The original series ran from 1998 to 2000 - with five special episodes airing from 2006 until 2012 - and a sixth was in the works before Caroline tragically passed away in 2016.
Caroline was not your ordinary boss, pranking the rest of the cast and supplying them with booze during filming. "There's a million stories but you can't tell them on the air
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