Miriam Margolyes leaves BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt red faced during cheeky interview By Laura Parkin For Mailonline Published: 08:42 EDT, 25 July 2024 | Updated: 08:44 EDT, 25 July 2024 e-mail View comments Miriam Margolyes left BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt red faced during a cheeky interview on Thursday morning. The actress, 83, joined the programme to discuss her upcoming live comedy show when things took a cheeky turn. Addressing her famously outspoken nature, Charlie said: 'I love that you say that the first half is Dickens, the second half is - the first word you used is sex.
I mean that's a pointer!' Miriam explained: 'People are always asking me about it! Even Louis Theroux , who is a very serious and important documentarian. 'When I had an interview with him, he just didn't go above the waist, he was below the waist the whole time. In the end, I had to sort of pull him up a bit.
' Miriam Margolyes left BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt red faced during a cheeky interview on Thursday morning The actress joined the programme to discuss her upcoming live comedy show when things took a cheeky turn 'You do have a reputation, which you may or may not like for being very open and sometimes using language that like on BBC Breakfast we wouldn't normally use,' Charlie replied. Miriam laughed: 'I've always been naughty and I've always used naughty words. Even when I was at school, as soon as I used a naughty word I used it because it made people laugh, bec.