Miranda was recommended to me by a friend and I have not been disappointed. Miranda is just hilarious! The DVD features six episodes from the first series first shown on BBC1, and has a running time of 175 minutes. The DVD costs around £8 from Amazon which I believe is quite a reasonable price for a comedy DVD. It also features outtakes, the set tour, a section introducing the cast and behind the scenes footage.

Miranda, played by Miranda Hart is a really likeable character who makes you laugh and empathise with her situation. Through the series she tries to find love along with running her Joke shop. Her mother (Patricia Hodge) is hilarious, along with her sidekick, friend and shop manager Stevie (Sarah Hadland). There is also the will they/won't they scenario with Gary (Tom Ellis) and Miranda's posh friends from boarding school also appear regulary including Tilly (Sally Phillps). Throughout the series, you get to know the characters, along with their personality and sayings which makes them familiar; this also means you can sometimes predict what is going to be said or what is going to happen which adds to the comedy value in my opinion. For example Miranda's mother will always say "Such fun" and "What I call..." which is really funny.

In each episode, Miranda talks to you/the audience giving an update on her life before the title credits. Also at the end, all the characters smile and pose at the camera which is funny. Throughout the show, Miranda also talks directly to you to try and escape situations which I find really comical and entertaining. Miranda gets herself into amusing situations and makes them worse by the way she deals with them, for example stating her sons are called Cliff and Richard Richards in one episode! The episodes are very well written and great to cheer you up if you are having a down day or just generally for good evening viewing with friends or family.

Miranda is a 15 due to some naughty language and topics discussed but it is all very light hearted as this is the nature of the show.

I find that watching the show really brightens up my day and makes me laugh everytime. I find it really uplifting and if you haven't seen Miranda yet I would recommend buying it. I can't wait for series two to be released on DVD!