Trivia

She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1989 for her services to the television industry.

She returned the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2002 for protest of a C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) being awarded to the managing director of Huntingdon Life Sciences, because of the company's testing on animals.

Carla is a good friend of Lynsey de Paul.

Made an O.B.E. for services to writing in 1989 but returned it to Tony Blair in 2002 in disgust at animal cruelty.

In 1995 she was awarded the Royal Television Society for her Outstanding Contribution to British Television.

Mother to two sons, Nigel and Carl.

Had the Liverpool based Carla Lane Animals in Need Sanctuary, in Melliing, Merseyside, named after her.

Born Romana Barrack.

Enjoyed the term "situation tragedies" applied to her writing.

She was a share holder of Radio City, Liverpool.

She was a lifelong vegetarian who inherited her interest in animal welfare from her grandfather, an RSPCA supervisor.