Miranda (TV series)

Miranda
Genre
Created byMiranda Hart
Written byMiranda Hart
Directed byJuliet May
Mandie Fletcher
Starring
Theme music composerAlex Eckford
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerJo Sargent
Producers
  • Nerys Evans (2009)
  • Emma Strain (2010–2013)
  • Sarah Fraser (2014–2015)
Production locationsBBC Television Centre (2009–2013)
The London Studios (2014–2015 specials)
Camera setupMulti-camera
Video (2009–2015)
HD video (on location 2014–2015)
Running time30 minutes
35 minutes (2014–2015 specials)
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release9 November 2009 (2009-11-09) –
20 December 2010 (2010-12-20)
NetworkBBC One
Release26 December 2012 (2012-12-26) –
1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)
Related
Call Me Kat
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Miranda is a British television sitcom written by and starring comedian Miranda Hart. It originally aired on BBC Two from 9 November 2009, and later on BBC One. Developed from Hart's semi-autobiographical BBC Radio 2 comedy Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (2008), the situation comedy revolves around socially inept Miranda, who frequently finds herself in awkward situations. The show features actors Sarah Hadland, Tom Ellis and Patricia Hodge. It was filmed in front of live audiences at the BBC Television Centre and The London Studios.

Receiving positive reviews from television critics, Miranda won a Royal Television Society award and gained several BAFTA TV Award nominations.[6][7][8] The series has since been regularly repeated on British television and is available in the United States through Hulu.[9]

The episodes revolve around the difficulties that Miranda (Miranda Hart) gets herself into. She is 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) tall and sometimes mistaken for a man, is addressed as 'Sir'. She has never fitted in with her old boarding school friends, Tilly (Sally Phillips) and Fanny (Katy Wix) and finds social situations awkward, especially around men. She is a constant disappointment to her mother, Penny (Patricia Hodge), who is desperate for her to get a proper job and a husband. Although Miranda owns and lives above her own joke shop and boutique, she lacks any real capacity for business, so it is managed by her childhood friend Stevie Sutton (Sarah Hadland). The restaurant next door is initially run by Clive Evans (James Holmes), until series three, when the restaurant's chef, Gary Preston (Tom Ellis), purchases it from him. After many failed attempts at dating, Miranda and Gary, a friend from university whom Miranda fancies, decide to be just friends. Nevertheless, when Gary gets a girlfriend called Rose (Naomi Bentley), it prompts Miranda to start a new relationship with Michael 'Mike' Jackford (Bo Poraj), a local reporter whose work soon takes him to Africa. Upon his return he proposes to Miranda, as does Gary when he realises his love for her. Miranda accepts Gary's proposal rather than Mike's and Miranda and Gary get married in the final episode.

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  2. ^ "Q&A with actor Miranda Hart". Financial Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. ^ Rees, Jasper (16 October 2016). "Sarah Hadland: 'Miranda is coming back'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Miranda, Series 1 on iTunes". iTunes Store. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  5. ^ British Comedy Guide. "Miranda shop". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  6. ^ Kinnes, Sally (16 August 2009). "The best television for autumn 2009". Sunday Times. The News International. Retrieved 8 December 2009.[dead link]
  7. ^ Maxwell, Dominic (2 November 2009). "Miranda Hart stands head and shoulders above the rest". The Times. The News International. Retrieved 9 December 2009.[dead link]
  8. ^ Frost, Vicky (24 November 2009). "Miranda: you are awful, but I like you". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  9. ^ "Hulu: Watch Miranda online". Hulu. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.