Miranda Hart Hadland, Tom Ellis, Patricia Hodge, James Holmes, and Sally Phillips. The series is based on Hart's semi-autobiographical writing and followed a television pilot and the BBC Radio 2 comedy "Miranda Hart's Joke Shop". Described as an "old-fashioned" sitcom, it received positive comments from critics and Hart won the 2009 Royal Television Society award for comedy performance for her role in the first series. A second series was commissioned and filming started in mid-2010. The series began airing on BBC Two and BBC HD on 15 November 2010. A third series began broadcasting from 26 December 2012 on BBC One. Repeats
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.