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There's one big problem with this delightful portrait of a relationship between an oddball son and his recently divorced mum: three episodes just isn't enough.

Midwinter Mondays have been fluffed up considerably for the past six weeks, but make the most of Miranda Hart's vegetepals and aghast looks to camera, because this is the last in the present series.

Our lanky protagonist is a bit down after last week's spat with Gary (Tom Ellis) and her inability to resolve her feelings for Mike (Bo Poraj), so she's bought six kittens to cheer herself up. The prospect of her parents renewing their vows and Tilly's surprise boyfriend (an old face from the show) do little to lift Miranda's spirits, so it's time for a big life decision.

This third series, which has turned procrastination into an art form, was given a real boost by the channel switch from BBC2: around 7 million now watch it as opposed to 3 million for the first series. The US-style audience involvement really shouldn't work but does, and the high laugh count over half an hour is, as Tilly would say, "totes amazeballs". No word as RT went to press on a fourth series... but let's just say the door is open.

Bo Poraj - Why Miranda's new man wanted to be dumped

There are not many actors who enter a popular show as the love interest hoping their romance will fail, but Bo Poraj admits to being one of them.

Our cack-handed heroine is still together with Mike (Bo Poraj), and tells us she's every inch the sophisticated girlfriend (she now owns a pashmina). But is the strain getting to her? Miranda's inappropriateness reaches new heights during a chaotic dinner party, ending with what seems like a hefty broadside at her critics. You go girl!

It's a riotous episode, and many of the best lines fall to Patricia Hodge. Thanks to her role as Miranda's eccentric mother, Hodge is fast approaching national-treasure status. Such fun.