To mark Mother's Day we revisit some well-known mothers from BBC programmes over the years in this picture blog.
Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders.
Brendan O'Carroll as Mrs Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys.
Lesley Manville as Cathy in BBC Two comedy Mum.
Ronnie Corbett as Timothy Lumsden with Barbara Lott as his mother Phyllis in Sorry!
Catherine Tate as Gran in the Catherine Tate Show.
Sue Johnston as Barbara Royale in The Royale Family.
Mum Ria played by Wendy Craig, with Russell (Andrew Hall), Ben (Geoffrey Palmer) and Adam (Nicholas Lyndhurst), the Parkinson family in Carla Lane's Butterflies.
Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances - likely on the phone to her perpetually absent son Sheridan.
Jean Boht as Nellie Boswell with her brood in Bread.
Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley
Miranda's on-screen mum Penny - actress Patricia Hodge.