Diane Morgan: ‘If I was middle-class and I’d been to Cambridge, people would have had more confidence in me’

‘I’m lucky to get comedy made – it could move completely to social media’ - (Getty)

Diane Morgan is undoubtedly one of the most recognisable faces in British comedy. With the big, blue eyes of a Tim Burton character and a shiny auburn mane (where’s her Claudia Winkleman-esque shampoo deal?), it’s no surprise that she’s regularly recognised by fans in the street – and depending on the demographic, she can usually guess where they know her from.

Men in their forties, apparently, know her as the idiotic interviewer Philomena Cunk from Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe. For mums, it’s usually Motherland, where she starred as sardonic single parent Liz. “And if it’s a gay man, it’ll be Mandy,” she chuckles, referring to the calamitous beehived job seeker in her eponymous sitcom. “I’ve got such nice fans. They’re always really lovely.”