Video taking off 22x its usual first day

Miranda Hart meets the "Mr Darcy" who missed her crush

BBC Comedy's Big Show clip turns a recognition game into a confession about a school-age crush.

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BBC Comedy Story of October 21, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 271,404 views a day, 22 times a normal first day on this channel (12,126).

He was her Mr Darcy 🥹 - BBC Comedy

Miranda Hart's old school nickname is the clue that gives him away. Faced with a man from her past on Michael McIntyre's Big Show, she remembers an embarrassing game involving the names of boys she fancied. Her name in that game was Vera. His is Vere.

BBC Comedy's Short of the reunion reached roughly 230,000 views in 17 hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for Shorts. The exchange comes from the show's "Remember Me?" segment, with Hart seated in a theater box while McIntyre and her mystery acquaintance stand onstage.

Recognition takes a little work. Hart remembers long hair and cigarettes; Vere volunteers that he used to be thinner, earning a request from McIntyre to stop giving away clues. Then the nickname clicks into place, and Hart starts laughing at the memory she has to explain.

The recognition game becomes something more personal when Hart admits she fancied him. "You were like my Mr Darcy," she tells Vere, borrowing Jane Austen's romantic hero for her teenage recollection.

Vere, it turns out, hadn't understood his role in the story at all. "It didn't even occur to me that you fancied me, my love," he says.

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What viewers say

They are both so charming to each other. ❤
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I love when people are capable of being funny while staying well mannered, kind and galant.
Truly the best classy English behavior.
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The facts

Channel: BBC Comedy
Subscribers: 118,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 2,507,064
Channel views, pace per day: 323,548 (on a normal day: 410,141)
Video published: October 20, 2026
Video views so far: 233,519 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 271,404

The numbers

The reunion clip drew an unusually large early audience for BBC Comedy's Shorts. Its comments also passed the channel's usual first-day total before a full day had elapsed.

the video's first day

usual first day here

12,126

this video

271,404

subscribers

118,000

▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days

total views

36,713,850

views per day

323,548