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Craig Cash

Craig Cash

Actor, writer, director and producer · Born September 11, 1960 (66) · Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK

Craig Cash (born 11 September 1960) is an English comedian, actor, voice actor, director and BAFTA award-winning writer and producer. His best-known works are in the television shows The Royle Family, The Fast Show, The Mrs Merton Show, Early Doors, Sunshine and most recently The Café, Rovers and After Hours. Cash took over from his Royle Family co-star Caroline Aherne as the narrator of Channel 4's Gogglebox after she died in 2016. Cash won two BAFTA Television awards for his work on The Royle Family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Craig Cash, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 11, 1960 (66)
From
Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK
Works as
Actor, writer, director and producer
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 35% in 30 days

What are Craig Cash's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
42%
Bonds
30%
Ideas
15%
Power
8%
Self
5%
Community3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
4
Contemplative
2
Absurd
1
Joyful
1
Melancholic
1

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Craig Cash's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Craig Cash's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

20 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as David "Dave" Best (archive footage)

  • Ralph & Katie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Brian Denton

  • Early Doors - Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Writer · as Joe

  • Dog Loves Books (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 52 episodes · as Pug (voice)

  • Celebrity Gogglebox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 54 episodes · as Narrator

  • British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves(2016)

    as Dave Best (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Rovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · as Pete

  • Gogglebox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 280 episodes · as Narrator

  • The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Writer · as Dave Best

  • The Cafe(2011)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Writer · as David

  • The Golden Egg Cup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Writer · as Dave Best

  • The Royle Family: The New Sofa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Writer · as Dave Best

  • Sunshine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer · as Bob

  • Early Doors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer · as Joe

  • The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Additional Writing

  • Mrs Merton and Malcolm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • The Royle Family(1998)

    Show 20 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer · as Dave Best

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Gogglesprogs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

  • Untitled Caroline Aherne Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 75th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles, 18 of them dated from 1998 to 2023.

Highest rated

The Royle Family (1998)

Midcredits 91st

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting17 of 20: 8 only acting, 9 with another roleDirecting4 of 20: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting8 of 20: 0 only writing, 8 with another roleProducing3 of 20: 1 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew5 of 20: 1 only other crew, 4 with another role

20 titles, 9 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · 2 acting · 2 crew2000s4 · 4 acting · 4 crew2010s7 · 6 acting · 4 crew2020s4 · 4 acting · 1 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does Craig Cash work with?

People who share at least 2 of Craig Cash's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Caroline Aherne shares the most, 3.

Actors

Editors

Producers