Miranda Hart - Television and Film

Television and Film

Hart starred as "Teal" in two series of the BBC television comedy sci-fi series Hyperdrive, which ran from January 2006 to August 2007. She has also appeared in French & Saunders, My Family and Other Animals, Nighty Night, Absolutely Fabulous where she played a 'Japanese' woman called Yoko, The Vicar of Dibley, Lead Balloon, William and Mary, Smack the Pony (for which she wrote and performed in a couple of sketches and a number of video diaries), Not Going Out and Stupid! She appeared in the third series of Comic Relief does Fame Academy in 2007 and became the second contestant to be voted off the show. In 2009, she appeared in the last ever sketch from French and Saunders, also in aid of Comic Relief. She also has her own show known as "Miranda" including Miranda Hart, Tom Ellis, Patricia Hodge and more.

Hart appeared in a short film by Tim Plester, World of Wrestling, in which she played "Klondyke Kate", a wrestler billed as 'hell in boots'. The film was released in late 2007 alongside its companion shorts Blakes Junction 7 and Ant Muzak.

In 2006, she appeared with Lee Mack in an episode of Not Going Out as an acupuncturist. Her performance impressed the producers so much that they wrote a regular role for her in the next series as Barbara, a clumsy cleaner, a part she continued to play until 2009. However, due to a busy filming schedule, the character did not return for the fourth series, aired in 2011.

In 2007 Miranda played the part of Shelley, a minicab driver, in the Channel 5 Comedy Angelos, which ran for 6 episodes

In 2008, she recorded the pilot episode of Miranda for BBC Two. The sitcom is based on her semi-autobiographical writing which went on to become a radio series, Miranda Hart's Joke Shop on BBC Radio 2. On 9 November 2009 Miranda, nominated "one of the top 10 forthcoming TV shows for Autumn 2009" by The Sunday Times, began transmission on BBC Two. She appeared as guest host of Have I Got News for You in October 2009 and again in December 2011. She also presented a BBC spoof programme looking back over 2009 called 2009 Unwrapped with Miranda Hart. A similar show looking back over 2010 was also broadcast in December 2010.

Hart has also appeared twice on Strictly Come Dancing:It Takes Two. She is a fan of the series Strictly Come Dancing.

Miranda Hart has appeared in the TV series Monday Monday starring Fay Ripley: Miranda played the role of "Tall Karen". She appeared in a TV advert for Alpen.

In the final quarter of 2009, Heather Small's back catalogue sales increased by 73% as a result of frequent references to her hit single "Proud" in Miranda'.

The second series of Miranda began on BBC2 in November 2010. The series ended with a viewing high of 4.1m and was recommissioned by the BBC for another two series to air in 2011 and 2012. Hart was described in the FT as "the most original and farcically hilarious female clown since Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders". In February 2011 the BBC announced that the sitcom would move to BBC One for its third series. The first two series of Miranda were repeated on BBC One in Summer 2011.

A Miranda mini-episode set in the world of Pineapple Dance Studios was filmed and broadcast on 18 March as part of Comic Relief. Miranda Hart also took part in a Red Nose Day edition of MasterChef, which she won. Also for Comic Relief 2011, Hart starred as a judge for the finale of Let's Dance for Comic Relief, alongside Rufus Hound and Louie Spence. She also donated a signed Miranda script to be auctioned in aid of Comic Relief. On Boxing Day 2011, she appeared in an episode of Bear Grylls' Wild Weekend. The following day, 27 December, she was a team member on Big Fat Quiz 2011, a quiz about the events of that year presented by Jimmy Carr, appearing alongside David Walliams (team blue). The other two teams were David Mitchell and Eddie Izzard (team purple) and Jonathan Ross and Jamie Oliver (team red).

Hart has appeared as a guest panelist on series two and series three of the BBC fundraising show Let's Dance for Comic Relief in 2010 and 2011. She has appeared alongside other guest judges including Louie Spence and Kelly Brook.

In 2012, Hart began to appear in the BBC One drama, Call the Midwife, playing the character of "Camilla 'Chummy' Fortescue-Cholmeley-Browne".

As part as the 60 year Diamond Jubilee celebrations, Hart co-presented at the Diamond Jubilee Concert.

She is currently the voice of the 'Müller Corners' adverts.