[3][4][5][6][7] After that she made a few appearances on local television in the north west including Granada's Saturday morning show Express!

For the following (and final) series back in the UK, Bushell was a guest and got appropriately roasted by Mrs Merton and her studio audience.

In second place was a line from The Mrs Merton Show when she famously asked Debbie McGee, "So, what first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?

"[10] In 2022, the Patrick Trio-era series was acquired by That's TV[11][12] for its comedy line-up which also included repeats of Hale and Pace and Monty Python's Flying Circus[13][14][15] The Mrs Merton Show was a mock chat show which featured real-life celebrities getting outrageous faux-naïf questions from Aherne in her Mrs Merton persona.

"[16] whilst in another episode Aherne asked comedian Bernard Manning, after he had clashed with One Foot in the Grave's Richard Wilson, “Who do you vote for now Hitler's dead?” in regard to his racist attitudes.