“By the age of 13, I knew I wanted to be a comedian like Morecambe and Wise. So, obviously, I thought I'd better start practising my interviews for Parkinson. Don't look shocked - I wasn't the only teenager to imagine that. Though I may have been the only one to have chosen T'Pau as my walk-on music.”

English actress, comedian and writer

Miranda Hart is an English actress, comedian and writer, known for her BBC sitcom Miranda, which ran from 2009 to 2015. She was born Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke. Her series is described as semi-autobiographical and self-driven, and it brought her three Royal Television Society awards, four British Comedy Awards, and four BAFTA nominations. Her work is closely associated with television comedy and with writing material drawn from her own life.