Series 1 poster

Series 1

(2009)

Overview

Miranda finds it impossible to stand up to her eccentric mother Penny who makes embarrassing and desperate attempts to marry her off. Her rivalry with boarding school chum and PR Sloane Tilly gets her in to all sorts of trouble as she can’t help but lie to impress her; and worst of all her hapless pursuits of long-term crush Gary means she always ends up flat on her face-- literally in most cases. All her old friend Stevie does is stand back, laugh and unhelpfully point out where she is going w…

Cast

Miranda Hart as Miranda
Miranda Hart

as Miranda

Tom Ellis as Gary Preston
Tom Ellis

as Gary Preston

Patricia Hodge as Penny
Patricia Hodge

as Penny

Sarah Hadland as Stevie
Sarah Hadland

as Stevie

James Holmes as Clive
James Holmes

as Clive

Sally Phillips as Tilly
Sally Phillips

as Tilly

Luke Pasqualino as Jason
Luke Pasqualino

as Jason

Episodes

Date poster

Date 5.7

November 9, 2009

Miranda gets overexcited by the prospect of her first real date and decides it's time to try to be more girly, but her …

Teacher poster

Teacher 8.7

November 16, 2009

Miranda takes French class and Tango lessons so Gary will see her in a sexual light. Things don't quite go to plan.

Job poster

Job 8.0

November 23, 2009

Miranda's mother is ashamed of her joke shop job, so Miranda decides to find a new career.

Holiday poster

Holiday 9.0

November 30, 2009

Being young, free and single has its advantages, like jetting off to Thailand on holiday for a few days. Miranda howeve…

Excuse poster

Excuse 7.5

December 7, 2009

An old school insists on throwing Miranda a party to introduce her to a suitable man. Miranda is notoriously bad at com…

Dog poster

Dog 9.0

December 14, 2009

When a handsome guy leaves his wallet in the shop, Miranda and Stevie argue over who he'd prefer to take to dinner if h…