‘Bread’ Writer Carla Lane Has Sadly Passed Away

Tributes have been pouring in for television writer, Carla Lane, who sadly passed away at the age of 87.

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Her family confirmed that she died in a Liverpool nursing home on Tuesday.

Carla was best known for writing hit comedy series Bread, Butterflies and The Liver Birds.

She was revolutionary in that most of her comedy centred around women and she was one of the first writers that made women funny on screen.

Carla’s biggest hit was Bread which focused on a working class family in Liverpool. It ran from 1986-1991 and addressed many of the social talking points of the time, such as high levels of poverty and unemployment.

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Friend and comedian Ken Dodd led the tributes, saying that Carla was lovely. He said: “She was a wonderful, a true modern comedienne writer, but as well as that, you know, she left a wonderful legacy of happiness and proving that once again ladies can be just as funny as men.”

Comedy writer and radio DJ Danny Baker tweeted a “real comedy mind and force” had left the planet.

Carla was also renowned for her strong belief in animal rights. She was awarded and OBE in 1989 for services to writing but returned it in 2002 to the Prime Minister of the time, Tony Blair, due to her disgust at animal cruelty.

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She ran an animal sanctuary in her Sussex home later in her life, taking in hundreds of mistreated animals.

In 1995 she was awarded a Royal Television Society award for her outstanding achievements in writing.