Craig Cash (born 11 September 1960)
Retrieved 4 July 2016 is an English comedian, actor, voice actor, director and

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award-winning writer and producer. His best known works are in the television shows '' The Royle Family'', ''

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'', '' The Mrs Merton Show'', '' Early Doors'', ''

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'' and most recently '' The Café'', '' Rovers'' and '' After Hours''. Cash took over from his ''Royle Family'' co-star

Caroline Aherne Caroline Mary Aherne (24 December 1963 – 2 July 2016) was an English actress, comedian, writer and director. She was best known for performing as the acerbic chat show host '' Mrs Merton'', in various roles in '' The Fast Show'', and as Denise ...

as the narrator of Channel 4's ''

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'' after her death in 2016. Cash won two BAFTA Television awards for his work on ''The Royle Family''.

Biography

Career

Cash's father worked as a joiner and he grew up in

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. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s/early 1990s as a music radio DJ on south

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station KFM, where he worked with

who had previously developed an Irish nun character, Sister Mary Immaculate. During this period he was also the manager of the band That Uncertain Feeling. In 1999 Cash performed uncredited duties as script editor on '' That Peter Kay Thing'', a fact only revealed in 2004 when he moderated the DVD commentary. As an actor Cash is best known for playing slightly dim-witted and affable

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northern men, particularly Dave Best in the

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sitcom '' The Royle Family'', which he co-wrote with Caroline Aherne. He has also written for ''

'' and for Aherne on '' The Mrs Merton Show''. With Phil Mealey he wrote the BBC sitcom '' Early Doors''. They went on to write the drama ''

'', filmed in Marple, and first broadcast on

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in 2008. They founded the independent production company Jelly Legs, which produced later ''The Royle Family'' specials, "The New Sofa" and "The Golden Egg Cup", as well as ''Sunshine''. In 2011 Cash directed all six episodes of '' The Café'', a show written by and starring his '' Royle Family'' co-star Ralf Little. From November 2013, Cash narrated the Channel 4 reality show ''

'' when regular narrator

was unavailable, and took on the role permanently when Aherne died in July 2016. In 2015 he directed and executive produced the Sky 1 comedy-drama '' After Hours'', starring

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and

Ardal O'Hanlon Ardal O'Hanlon (; born 8 October 1965) is an Irish comedian, actor, and author. He played Father Dougal McGuire in ''Father Ted'' (1995–1998), George Sunday/Thermoman in ''My Hero (British TV series), My Hero'' (2000–2006), and DI Jack Moone ...

and written by

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and Molly Naylor. From 2013 to 2017, Cash narrated adverts for sofa company Sofaworks (and its successor Sofology) which featured a

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named Neal. Cash won two BAFTA Television Awards for Best Situation Comedy for his work on the ''Royle Family'' in

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and

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Filmography

Personal life

Cash currently lives in

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. He is married to Stephanie Davies and the couple have two sons, Harry and Billy, who appeared in the episode of ''The Royle Family'' entitled "The Queen of Sheba". He is a lifelong supporter of

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but also follows Stockport County.

References

External links

*
Craig Cash
at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cash, Craig 1960 births Living people BAFTA winners (people) Comedians from Cheshire English male comedians English male television actors English male voice actors English radio DJs English television directors Male actors from Stockport British television show creators