In April 2011 , she appeared in the BBC television comedy drama series '' Candy Cabs '' and in November , appeared in the fantasy series '' Merlin '' as Mary Howden . In April that year , she also appeared as Cissie Charlton , mother of footballers Jack and Bobby Charlton , in the BBC drama '' United '' , which was centred on the 1958 Munich air disaster involving Manchester United and in which Cissie 's younger son Bobby was involved but survived
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
Melanie Hill