Miranda (TV series) 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 Miranda (Miranda Hart) gets herself into. She is tall and, sometimes mistaken for a man, is addressed as 'Sir'. She has never fit 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
Miranda Hart appreciates if their presentation wasn't to everyone's liking, but feels it's important to be able to bring new talent to its output and hopes its audience understands the importance of maintaining a breadth of content on the network." Avoiding the normal stand-up circuit for more character-based comedy, including an appearance in the Edinburgh and touring show "The Sitcom Trials", Hart has written her own theatre material for the Edinburgh Fringe. Her one-woman shows include "Miranda Hart – Throbs", "It's All About Me" and "Miranda Hart's House Party". She also performed in Alecky Blythe's 2006 play "Cruising" at the Bush Theatre.