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