Miranda Series 2, Episode 1 - The New Me - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Stevie has her work cut out trying to stop Miranda spending all day in her pyjamas with a packet of biscuits for company, feeling sorry for herself that Gary departed for Hong Kong taking with him her chance of any relationship... no matter how unlikely that was.

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Miranda. Image shows from L to R: Miranda (Miranda Hart), Tilly (Sally Phillips). Copyright: BBC

Miranda Hart returns for a new series of the farcical, affectionate, laugh-out-loud comedy which follows the hapless Miranda's daily quest to fit in and attempt to lead a "normal" life.

There's also the welcome return of Miranda's eccentric mother, Penny, who continues to make embarrassing attempts to marry off her only daughter; plus her old boarding school rival and PR Sloane Tilly and old friend Stevie who runs Miranda's joke shop - mainly by standing back and unhelpfully pointing out where she is going wrong. And she can do with all the support she can get with, among other problems, some serious boy troubles ahead.

This first episode finds Stevie with her work cut out trying to stop Miranda spending all day in her pyjamas with a packet of biscuits for company - since Gary departed for Hong Kong taking with him her chance of any relationship, no matter how unlikely that was.

Eventually, Miranda decides to move on and become the new her - getting fit, losing weight and transforming into the type of woman her nemesis, Tilly, and hard-to-please mother, Penny, would be proud of. First, however, there's lunch with the girls to negotiate - and with the combination of Miranda and a sushi restaurant anything could happen.

Broadcast details

Date

Monday 15th November 2010

Time

8:30pm

Channel

BBC Two

Length

30 minutes

Upcoming repeats

  1. Saturday 28th September 2024 at 7:00pm on U&W
  2. Sunday 29th September 2024 at 1:00pm on U&W

Cast & crew

Cast

Miranda Hart Miranda
Sarah Hadland Stevie
Patricia Hodge Penny
Tom Ellis Gary
Sally Phillips Tilly
James Holmes Clive

Guest cast

Ben Forster Delivery Man
Belinda Stewart-Wilson Stinky
Sophie Pelham Posh Girl
Mel Giedroyc Life Coach
Tom Parry Ryan (Bed Shop Salesman)
Vicki Hopps Bed Shop Customer
John Voce Bed Shop Boss
Kerry Godliman Michelle (Bed Shop Worker)
James Doherty PC Davis
Karen Seacombe Sandy (Bedshop Worker)
Michael Landes Danny (New American Chef)

Writing team

Miranda Hart Writer
Richard Hurst Writer
James Cary Writer
Georgia Pritchett Writer
Paul Powell Writer
Paul Kerensa Writer
Jon Brown Script Editor
Tony Roche Writer

Production team

Juliet May Director
Emma Strain Producer
Jo Sargent Executive Producer
Mark Freeland Executive Producer
Jake Bernard Editor
Harry Banks Production Designer

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