BBC axed My Family because it was too middle class says Zoe Wanamaker Miss Wanamaker said she was angry at the way the corporation had handled the cancellation of the programme - which was at one time the UK's most popular sitcom - after 121 episodes. Executives were believed to have worried that BBC output had become too focused on one social group, with shows such as My Family and Outnumbered, and were searching for working-class comedy, the Daily Mail reported. Miss Wanamaker said the BBC had "shot itself in the foot" - since it was continuing to promote middle-class sitcom Miranda, starring Miranda Hart. Interviewed on BBC4's Mark Lawson Talks To..., she said: "I was angry at how they handled it, really more than anything. All I got told was that the BBC didn't want to have any more middle-class sitcoms, which was kind of shooting yourself in the foot really, as a statement, because along comes Miranda Hart, who is the most wonderful... and she is not exactly working class. In My Family, Miss Wanamaker, 62, played Susan Harper, long-suffering wife of dentist Ben Harper. The programme was axed last year after 11 series. At the peak of its popularity, the sitcom was watched by more than ten million viewers but by the end of its run was struggling to reach audience figures of five million. Announcing its cancellation, BBC1 controller Danny Cohen said: "We feel it's time to make room for new comedies." At the same time Miranda was being promoted from BBC2 to BBC1 because of its popularity.