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British Museum, 6th July 2012
the world premiere 'Blackmail' 6th July 2012

At the premiere of 'Warhorse', London, 8th Jan 2012
Warhorse premiere 8th Jan 2012


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Parades End
Parades End

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Belle
Miranda has joined the cast of this movie to be directed by BAFTA winning director Amma Asante.
The film is based on the true story of a mixed-race girl raised as an aristocratic lady in Blighty at the end of the 18th century. It also stars Tom Wilkinson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sarah Gadon and Sam Claflin.

Maleficent
Miranda has been announced as part of the cast of this Disney movie.
The film, a live-action fantasy that explores the origins of the evil fairy Maleficent and what led her to curse Princess Aurora in Disney's animated classic "Sleeping Beauty," is already set to star Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning. Other cast members announced are Kenneth Cranham, Lesley Manville, Sam Riley and Imelda Staunton. Miranda will play Queen Ulla, a fairy queen who is Maleficent’s aunt -- and dislikes her niece. Maleficent is scheduled to hit US cinemas on March 14, 2014.

A Place of Only Sky
Miranda has been cast in this new movie which is set to be filmed in South Africa. The film is the story of the Aboke kidnappings in Uganda in 1996.

Recent work: -
Parade's End
Miranda is filmed a TV series for BBC2/HBO called 'Parades End'. This five-part series also stars Rupert Everett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall and Anne-Marie Duff. Based on a series of 4 novels by Ford Madox Ford it is adapted by Tom Stoppard for TV. The series is a historical drama, set between the last years of the Edwardian era and the end of the first World War, and centres on a British politician and his political and romantic affairs. The series commenced screening in the UK on August 24th 2012 on BBC2.

World Without End
This 8 part TV series is a sequel to Ken Follett's 'Pillars of the Earth'.
Set in England 200 years after the events in Pillars, World chronicles tough times for ordinary citizens who are being hit with enormous taxes by the King, the Church as England teeters on the brink of a devastating 100-year war with France, and Europe is bracing for a terrible plague, which will wipe out a third of the continent's population. Miranda will play the strong and determined Mother Cecilia.
Filming on the miniseries took five months, beginning July 11 2012 in Hungary, where the producers created a 12,000-square-meter backlot and built a whole medieval town and bridges, with additional location shoots in Slovakia and Austria. The series will commenced screening on October 17th in the US on Reelz and January 2013 on Channel 4 in the UK.
An official website has been launched at
http://www.world-without-end.tv/

Womens Hour 15 Minute Drama - Where'd You Go Bernadette
Miranda starred in this 10 episode radio drama. It ran on weekdays from July 2nd to July 13th on BBC Radio 4 at 10:45am (repeated 7:45pm). Maria Semple's brilliantly comic debut novel about misplaced genius and mother-daughter love, starring Miranda Richardson, Lydia Wilson, Richard Laing and Madeleine Potter.
When 15 year old Bee wins perfect grades, she calls in her parents' promise of a graduation present of 'anything she wants'. This turns out to be a family trip to Antarctica - a prospect that will challenge her mother Bernadette's agoraphobia and social reclusiveness. Miranda has the role of Bernadette

Cheltenham Music Festival
Miranda appeared at the Cheltenham Music Festival to tell the story of music written for royal occasions, in a concert that included music by Handel, Parry, Elgar and Walton. It also included music by royalty itself - Henry VIII and Prince Albert.
Event Details: Royal Music Treasures for the Diamond Jubilee / 6pm, Sunday 8 July / Cheltenham Town Hall / Tickets £12 - £28

Dead Boss
Miranda made a guest appearance in the final (6th) episode of this TV comedy series.
Dead Boss is a new comedy with a little murder mystery thrown in. Written by Sharon Horgan and Holly Walsh, the series stars Sharon as Helen Stephens, who has been falsely imprisoned for murdering her boss.
A stellar cast join Sharon including Jennifer Saunders, Bryony Hannah, Geoff McGivern, Ricky Champ, Tom Goodman-Hill, as well as cameo appearances from Caroline Quentin, Miranda Richardson, John Sessions and Carl Barat.

Stories Before Bedtime - One of a series of readings at the Criterion Theatre on Friday 1st June 2012 10:30pm
Stories Before Bedtime is a series of late-night readings designed to champion the love of reading and stories and to transport the audience back to when being read aloud to before bedtime was a fundamental part of one's daily life.
Miranda Richardson read The New Dress by Virginia Woolf, Sonya Cassidy read an extract from I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, Mathew Horne read extracts from Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith.

Off By Heart - Shakespeare
Miranda was the narrator of this BBC2 show which screened on Saturday May 19th 2012. William Shakespeare is hardly a name that you would expect to thrill Britain's teenagers, but over the last year thousands have taken part in a nationwide competition to learn some of his greatest speeches off by heart.
Now, nine finalists, aged between 13 and 15, and from all over the United Kingdom, are off to Stratford-upon-Avon to take part in a life changing series of workshops with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Over a single week, they learn how to perform some of Shakespeare's greatest soliloquies from Romeo and Juliet, Henry V and Hamlet, before taking part in a dramatically different and closely fought grand final, hosted by Jeremy Paxman, to find the BBC Shakespeare Schools Champion.

Elizabeth Taylor - Auction of a Lifetime
Miranda was the narrator of this Channel 4 documentary which screened on Wednesday April 18th 2012. This feature-length documentary explores Elizabeth Taylor's extraordinary life story through some of her most precious possessions, which feature in landmark auctions in New York and London.



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