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Mandy is back. A new series of Diane Morgan's hilarious comedy starts Monday 21 July at 10pm on 蜜芽传媒 Two, with all episodes available on iPlayer from 6am.

The fourth series continues the heart-rending saga of the gritty life and times of Mandy Carter 鈥� a statistic on a government chart.

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Interview with Diane Morgan

What can you tell us about the new series?

More of the same Mandy madness really, with perhaps less gurning but more sheer bloody violence and catastrophe. Mandy is still being forced to do jobs that she doesn鈥檛 like and isn鈥檛 any good at. Which I think everyone can relate to.

The series is now in its fourth series - did you think audiences would take Mandy into their heart as much as they have?

No, it鈥檚 complete surprise to me I think it would just be a pilot that would disappear without trace 鈥� Some viewers have reacted to it in unusual ways. I鈥檝e heard that at least four of them have turned vegetarian after watching an episode of the last series where Mandy gets a job in an abattoir, so that鈥檚 good. Especially for cows.

And what is it, do you think, that keeps them coming back for more? There鈥檚 nothing else on?

I suppose it鈥檚 always nice, after a hard day鈥檚 work, to see someone have a worse time that you and still come through without serious mental health issues or HR getting involved.

Will Mandy ever be capable to hold down a permanent job?

I think that would ruin the whole premise of the series, if she suddenly could do a job realisably well? Nothing would happen! It would just be Mandy sat at a desk.

How do you think Mandy evolved as a person through the past four series?

She hasn鈥檛 evolved at all, that鈥檚 what makes her charming. She鈥檚 learned nothing. Just keeps making the same mistakes, like all of us.

Will you ever have a use for Mandy鈥檚 leopard print outfit?

I wear it whenever I do a big shop.

Where does the inspiration come from, for the most obscure situations that Mandy finds herself in?

They鈥檙e all based on absolute fact. A lot of them are inspired by things that have happened to me. I鈥檝e had a number of jobs that I鈥檝e been fired from. Some I haven鈥檛 even lasted an hour in. Acting鈥檚 about the only job I鈥檝e lasted more than a week in. So I have to stick with it.

Which episode for you is the standout for this series -or is it too hard to pick?

There鈥檚 bits of all the episodes that I think are great. But I can鈥檛 tell you what they are because they鈥檒l spoil it. And also I can鈥檛 remember them clearly.

You made this series a cruelty-free production 鈥� what can you tell us about that?

We decided to use only cruelty-free make-up products that haven鈥檛 been tested on animals. We warned all the actors what we were doing and none of them had a problem with it. I think there should be a special logo at the end of the show to prove it. Most of the actors were amazed that some products aren鈥檛 cruelty-free. Some, well-known brands still test on animals and most people aren鈥檛 aware of that.

Have you ever passed your driving test? If not, good luck finding a driving instructor.

No, I haven鈥檛 passed my driving test. Although I have done 1000s of hours of lessons. I just don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 one of nature鈥檚 natural drivers. I鈥檓 waiting for the self-driving cars to kick in now.

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