The Abbey is a British television situation comedy produced by Baby Cow Productions for ITV, about dysfunctional celebrities with various vices that seek sanctuary at The Abbey to overcome their problems.
It is written by Morwenna Banks, directed by Johnny Campbell and executive produced by Henry Normal.
Miranda Hart plays the suicidal wife of a disgraced MP, obsessed with cleaning, cooking and being lovely to everyone in the most obtuse way!
The show also stars Reece Shearsmith as a 'doctor' and counsellor and Marti Pellow as Marianne Banks estranged husband.
The show was broadcast on 14 February 2007 on ITV and served as a pilot, with a view to a series if the one-off was popular enough.