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Miriam Margolyes has been cleared of telling the truth

Confected Twitter outrage at her admission that she briefly hoped Boris Johnson might die has got the Tories off the hook, says David Mitchell.

David Mitchell, The Guardian, 14th June 2020

Miriam Margolyes' PM comment sparks 241 complaints

Miriam Margolyes's admission that she "had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die" while he was battling coronavirus has sparked a wave of complaints to Ofcom.

Roisin O'Connor, The Independent, 11th May 2020

Miriam Margolyes shocks Last Leg with Boris comments

Miriam Margolyes shocks fans after admitting she 'had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die' during coronavirus battle.

The Independent, 9th May 2020

Miriam Margolyes, Julia Deakin and Simon Day join The Windsors

Miriam Margolyes will guest star as Queen Victoria in Series 3 of The Windsors. Meanwhile Julia Deakin and Simon Day will play Carole and Mike Middleton.

British Comedy Guide, 19th February 2020

My bucket list, by Miriam Margolyes

The 75 year-old star of Bucket has her sights set on India and Norway - and fancies a role in a TV detective series.

Michael Hodges, Radio Times, 20th April 2017

Forget Peter Kay. Car share with Miriam Margolyes

Two days after the return of Peter Kay's sitcom-with-seatbelts, Car Share, the BBC decides it's the perfect time to launch another on-the-road comedy starring a bickering couple stuck behind the wheel.

As a piece of scheduling incompetence, it's impressive. But I don't suppose Frog Stone, the writer and co-star of Bucket (BBC4), is applauding. She must feel like a Robin Reliant being bullied off the road by Peter Kay's juggernaut.

The real pity is that Bucket is a much funnier show. It has bawdy jokes, a proper plot and a mother-daughter relationship that isn't so much dysfunctional as dangerously unhinged.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 14th April 2017

Miriam Margolyes to star in new BBC Four comedy Bucket

Miriam Margolyes is to star in Bucket, a new BBC Four comedy by Frog Stone about a history teacher and her mother going on a road trip.

British Comedy Guide, 17th November 2016

Miriam & Ezra Elia's response to Penguin books

Some say I was beggared by an act of corporate vandalism. Others that I have been duped, exploited, and sold into copyright slavery. But the simple fact is that Penguin Books are right. They were right to threaten me with legal action when I first released We Go to the Gallery, and right also to force me to pulp all remaining copies of the first edition. They were right to call my work morally bankrupt (which it is), and infer that it would corrupt the minds of young children (which it certainly has). They were right also to lie about the fact they owned the copyright to the original illustrations, because to do good, sometimes you have to be bad.

Miriam and Ezra Elia, 18th October 2015

Miriam Margolyes interview

Miriam Margolyes on her "hothouse" relationship with her parents, playing around, and "still being fat".

Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 18th November 2014

Miriam Margolyes gets Trollied

Outspoken actress Miriam Margolyes is rarely short of conversation, as Keeley Bolger finds out when she meets the sparkling actress to chat about her new role in Trollied, scrapping with Arnold Schwarzenegger and why she'll never use Twitter.

Keeley Bolger, Hull Daily Mail, 16th November 2014

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