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Miranda premiered on BBC Two on November 09, 2009

About the Show:
Miranda is a sitcom broadcast on BBC TWO in the United Kingdom. The series is based on the radio show, Miranda Hart's Joke Shop which is based on Miranda Hart's semi-autobiographical writing. Miranda is a constant let down to her mother and she finds it hard to fit in. Miranda runs a joke shop and employs her old friend Stevie.

Cast:

Actor’s name	Character’s name
Miranda Hart	Miranda
Patricia Hodge	Penny
Sarah Hadland	Stevie
Tom Ellis	Gary
James Holmes	Clive
Sally Phillips	Tilly

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Episode 1: Date (Nov/09/2009)
When Miranda runs into old friend Gary, who ends up being the new chef next door, he asks her out on a date. Miranda decides to have a makeover so that she will look more feminine but everything does not go to plan.

Episode 2: Teacher (Nov/16/2009)
Miranda decides to try an make Gary see her in a sexual way. Miranda decides to learn French after listening to Stevie. Miranda finds out that the teacher is Mr Clayton, an old school teacher. Miranda is shocked he goes out on a date with Stevie.

Episode 3: Job (Nov/23/2009)
Miranda is pressurised by her mother to get a proper job. Miranda decides to apply for the position of a sales manger at a local department store. Miranda signs up at a local gym and then tries to get out of the contract. Gary tries to help out at Gary's restaurant as a waitress but she is not a success.

Episode 4: Holiday (Nov/30/2009)
Miranda decides to book a holiday but ends up checking into local hotel, Hamilton Lodge. After just over a day in the hotel, Miranda has experienced everything the hotel has to offer. Things become wacky though when she is mistaken for the hotel's visiting seminar leader. Gary finds out where Miranda is staying and comes to see her and ends up getting propositioned by a drunken Miranda who then passes out.

Episode 5: Excuse (Dec/07/2009)
Penny is determined to find her daughter a husband after Miranda catches the bouquet at a wedding. She decides to hold a party to find her daughter the perfect man. After Tilly introduces her to Charlie, Miranda sees this as a way as not having to go to the party. The date doesn't go well though and Miranda manages to make a quick exit. Miranda tells her mother she is a lesbian in a last ditch effort to avoid the party.

Episode 6: Dog (Dec/14/2009)
After a handsome man's wallet is found in the joke shop both Miranda and Stevie are determined to win his affections. With Gary leaving for Hong Kong, Miranda has one last chance to tell him how she really feels.

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Episode 1: The New Me (Nov/15/2010)
Stevie attempts to stop Miranda spending all time in her pyjamas eating biscuits following Gary's departure to Hong Kong. Miranda eventually decides that the time is right to move on with her life and she deices to become the new Miranda, getting fit, losing weight and transforming into the type of woman mother and Tilly would be proud of. Miranda takes a shine to Gary's replacement but is surprised when Gary makes a sudden return.

Episode 2: Before I Die (Nov/22/2010)
Miranda begins to be concerned what her life is all about and what people would say about her at her funeral. Tilly and Penny are trying to organise a charity wine-tasting and Miranda thinks that maybe she should start doing some good by volunteering at an old people's home and an attempt at a parachute jump. Things don't go plan though.

Episode 3: Let's Do It (Nov/29/2010)
Miranda and Gary go out on a date and decide to sleep with one another. Miranda and Penny are driven crazy by Tilly with her wedding plans. All Penny really wants is to see her own daughter walk down the isle. Tilly's fiancee Rupert makes a play for Miranda. Gary and Miranda come close to finally sharing a kiss after they go for a walk in the park but they are interrupted by Penny and Tilly. Miranda attempts to show Tilly what Rupert is really like but ends up with more than she bargained for when Charlie makes a play for her too. Gary shows up at the worse possible moment and when Tilly returns and discovers the truth about Rupert.

Episode 4: A New Low (Dec/06/2010)
Miranda and Stevie find it hard to keep up with a new girl on the scene called Tamara who has a frenetic lifestyle. Stevie is jealous of Miranda's friendship with her and they end up competing with each other to prove they are better friends with the unsuspecting Tamara.

Episode 5: Just Act Normal (Dec/13/2010)
Miranda finds it hard to convince her friends that she is not having a breakdown. There then follows an incident in the park with an ice cream van, a handsome jogger, a teacher and a class of six-year-old children that is enough to send anyone crazy. Miranda and Penny end up in the police station, and they both are made to see a therapist for an assessment.

Episode 6: The Perfect Christmas (Dec/20/2010)
Miranda attempts to have the perfect Christmas but with having the parents she does it is not going to be an easy thing to achieve. When she cant take any more she hides away in her flat with Stevie Gary, Clive and Tilly instead. Things still don't go plan though when all the presents she ordered on the Internet fail to show up and she has a run in with some carol singers. After she falls out with her friends she finds herself having to spend Christmas with her parents after all.

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Episode 1: It Was Panning (Dec/26/2012)
Penny threatens to cancel Miranda’s Christmas unless she attempts to sort her life out. She makes her go into detox. Stevie has a new executive job and Miranda decides to try and get an office job as well but it all ends up proving too much.

Episode 2: What A Surprise (Jan/01/2013)
Penny manages to embarrass her daughter after she decides to run for local councillor with Tilly supporting her. Gary decides to join the dating scene and Miranda decides she has to do the same. They both attempt to find dates for Stevie’s birthday party.

Episode 3: The Dinner Party (Jan/07/2013)
Miranda attempts to prove to herself and her friends that she can officially be an adult. She starts by looking after a toddler, but ends up getting stuck inside a kids' tunnel. When she attempts to host a dinner party for eight, it ends in complete chaos.

Episode 4: Je Regret Nothing (Jan/14/2013)
Miranda has been looking for her sick mother for five long days. Being stuck inside her flat being ordered around by her mother, Miranda is forced to think about her life regrets. After she ends up becoming ill as well, Tilly, Gary and Stevie offer no sympathy or help at all.

Episode 5: Three Little Words (Jan/21/2013)
Gary is getting ready for the reopening of the restaurant, and seeing him in his best chef whites leaves Miranda all agog as he he has never looked so good. Stevie's advice is simple as she advises her to tell him how she feels before it's too late.

Episode 6: A Brief Encounter (Jan/28/2013)
Miranda comes to a big life decision as she decides to go travelling. She’s leaving and this time she says it's for good. Stevie is upset and her mother is too wrapped up in renewing her wedding vows to notice. It looks like Gary is the only person who can stop her from leaving.

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