Miranda Hart?

[LuluBlakey1]

I' m watching tv and been channel surfing. I came across some episodes of Miranda. I'd forgotten all about it.

What happened to her? She was everywhere at one point- on her own show, on game shows, current affairs things, comedy programmes, chat shows. I think she had national tours with a comedian type show and in a play she wrote. Then it's like she just vanished.
I asked DH if I have missed something but he says he has never heard of her- which isn't true but he's obviously forgotten who she is.

Did she just stop doing everything?

I agree @bombastix - the way she was put in a box by the people around her, who claimed to care but kept popping up to put her down again. And all the expectation around marriage and careers. Definitely a mirror to a certain world.

She conveys such warmth and humour through her voice. A gifted woman. I really hope her boarding school experience was happier.

Yes there were some nice touches, almost satire; Miranda works in a shop. Shock horror, how dreadful. And the overtly sexy mother father relationship which actually is all about her mother being inadequate. It's underrated.

I like the leading lady too and I'm surprised to hear Miranda herself is a producer/writer on the show, but I'm not surprised the show is completely different, that always happens with adaptations of British sitcoms to American tv.

And I'm another one who says "Bear with" and "such fun!" 🤭

I loved her as 'Chummy' in CTM. I keep hoping she'll come back to it.

I found myself giggling at the episodes of Miranda I saw last night. It's very observant and gentle.

She’s one of those celebs I feel affection for even if I’m not a massive fan of their work. Her sitcom wasn’t my thing but it sends my mother into hysterics so it’s okay by me.

It sounds like she’s had some personal challenges so it’s great she has the financial resources to be able to just step back and live a quiet life.

There was definitely a lot more to ‘Miranda’ than slapstick comedy as previous posters have stated, it really does highlight the challenges of women who don’t adhere to the norm of marriage and children and who don’t meet societal norms of womanly attractiveness. My favourite episode ever was when she went on holiday to her local hotel, brilliant!. I didn’t realise her dog had died, Peggy I think? I remember reading her book a few years back and she was devoted to her, I can relate to that very much, it’s devastating, I hope she is doing ok.

Thank you for mentioning her audiobooks. I just downloaded one on Audible.

I loved the holiday one @Makemydaypunk! I could really relate to finding the idea of travelling a bit too much like hard work 😄

She lives round the corner from me so I still see quite a lot of her, well every couple of months anyway 😁

That's actually true btw.

@BethDuttonsTwin Next time you see her, send her our (ie collective spirit of mn) love and I hope she’s doing okay.

She's currently on Insta selling stuff from her shop, including this rather fetching sweatshirt 😬

All those of generously proportioned norks please note

She looks very unwell on that last pic.

My daughter saw her by chance in London 2 weeks ago, she was thrilled !

I know this is an old thread now, but thought it worth surfacing up again as she has a book out on Thursday called 'I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You' in which she says she will talk a bit about what's been going on for her these last few years.

I thought some of the folks on here may be interested?

I loved that film and Miranda in it. Jason Statham was also hilarious.

I have her book queued on Audible. I like her, so I’m interested to read it.

But some people think she is.

I loved watching her with my kids. Same with The Vicar of Dibley- just fun and slapstick.

I follow her on Instagram. She's got a book being released soon. She does post stuff quite regularly on Instagram.

She has chronic health conditions that are likely to get worse as she gets older. I don't blame her for taking the money and slowing down a bit.

I’ll be interested to read the book. I hope she’s ok.

Probably because of the arrogance of someone claiming that their subjectivity is objective fact. There's a lot of other unpleasant character traits that usually go along with that crappy attitude.

EDIT: oops didn't look at the dates.

I LOVE Miranda. I regularly watch the Miranda show and laugh out loud. Humour is subjective and I too, find it comfort tv.

I follow her on Instagram and have bought a couple of things from her online shop as some of the funds go to charity. I have ME and Fibro too, so it’s nice to have someone with a presence to ‘advocate’ what it’s like for us. (Not that I’d expect it of anyone).

I’ve got her new book queued too!

I love Miranda, the tv show. It’s one of those shows I can watch time and time again.

I know this is an old thread but anyway… I love Miranda, and loved Chummy. Her silly humour just appeals to me. And some of her wider social observations in Miranda were spot on.