Overview

• Margolyes spoke out after newspapers suggested her health forced her withdrawal from public events, saying she was furious over claims she was close to death.
• The 84-year-old actress told the BBC “we all know we’re dying, but not yet” in a pointed dismissal of unverified speculation.
• Her new documentary, Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand, debuts on BBC Two at 9 pm on Friday, August 22.
• The two-part series follows her North Island journey from Wellington through Māori cultural sites and includes her first-ever rugby match among 30,000 fans.
• The trip also doubles as on-camera preparation for Margolyes’s first film role in New Zealand, in which she will portray a nun.