Miranda (2009)

Directed by

Juliet May

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 18 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 162 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Miranda is a socially awkward woman who runs a joke shop. She often gets into embarrassing situations with her friends and her mother.

lightheartedawkwardsillywarmfunnyrelatableupbeatself-deprecating

What happens

Miranda is a British television sitcom written by and starring the eponymous 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. The series has since been regularly repeated on British television and is available in the United States through Hulu. 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 and 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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