Miranda Hart

Miranda Hart tells of her tango-tastic role

Dressed in a low-cut, red-feathered flamenco dress, a giant diamanté necklace and with her face covered in fake tan and bright red lipstick, Miranda Hart is about to transfix us with her tango.

Miranda Hart takes over The Telegraph Weekend section

Where's my soya mocha-frappaccino? The Telegraph's weekend guest editor Miranda Hart is on the warpath as she plans the coverage in Saturday's weekend section.

Miranda Hart interview

Miranda Hart is set to become queen of television as she appears in two of the festive season's biggest shows - a Call the Midwife Christmas special and a 60-minute comedy drama called Gangsta Granny.

He split opinion down the middle but, to our minds, Count Arthur Strong was the comedy hero of the year. So it's good to see the BBC Two sitcom and its star, Steve Delaney, up for three awards in the Comedy Awards. One of those is best new comedy programme, the winner of which is announced live in tonight's programme, ahead of next week's awards proper. Count Arthur is up against Plebs, Psychobitches and Cuckoo. Jonathan Ross is on hand for gong duties and to give a rundown of the other 14 prizes on offer. Familiar names abound, including Ant & Dec, Graham Norton, Miranda Hart and David Mitchell, plus there's welcome recognition for the genius of Getting On.

Miranda Hart lands entry in Who's Who 2014

Comedian and sitcom star Miranda Hart is among the new entries in Who's Who 2014.

Eric and Ernie have never gone out of fashion, especially around Christmas. But as last year's Bring Me Morecambe and Wise on G.O.L.D. and a BBC tribute by Miranda Hart in March both proved, there's almost a yearning for the Sunshine boys' celebratory, good-natured humour in today's world of cynicism-driven comedy - even among today's funny men and women.

The first of two in-depth programmes charts the origins of the partnership, when John Eric Bartholomew and Ernest Wiseman first trod the boards, the moment they met and their early days in television that were almost as hairy as Ern's legs. Using archive interviews, family memories and superb black-and-white stills, this thoroughly researched programme explains the chemistry that would lead to 28 million watching the twinkly twosome.

Double-act profiles tend to focus, unkindly, on the funny man over the straight man. This one doesn't. As comedy guru Barry Cryer once said, "Eric and Ernie were a four-legged animal - they needed each other."

See the dance routines, hear the catchphrase "[cough] Arsenal!" in context and learn how far back their association went with unwanted harmonica player Arthur Tolcher. "Not not, Arthur... not now."

'Tis the season to buy jolly DVDs

It was Super Monday this week - the comedy industry's equivalent to Super Thursday, when publishers flood the bookshops with celebrity memoirs and other sure-sellers for the festive market. So on Monday DVDs by Miranda Hart, Reginald D. Hunter, Micky Flanagan, Jack Dee, Eddie Izzard, Jimmy Carr, Bill Bailey, Seann Walsh, Keith Lemon and others hit the shelves.

Miranda Hart: slapstick queen is back

The second series of Miranda is being shown again on BBC One tonight at 8.30pm. Read Chris Harvey's interview with the queen of comedy.