Editing Ruby Wax (section)

===Comedy work===
In 1985, she starred as loud-mouthed American actress Shelley DuPont on the British sitcom ''[[Girls on Top (British TV series)|Girls on Top]]''.

In 1987, Wax was given her own comedy chat show, ''Don't Miss Wax'', on [[Channel 4]]. She was also hired as a radio presenter by [[the Superstation]], an overnight sustaining service for commercial radio in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usp-group.com/record.jsp?type=teamMember&ID=5 |title=Team Member |website=Usp-group.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221164351/http://www.usp-group.com/record.jsp?type=teamMember&ID=5 |archive-date=21 February 2009}}</ref> In December 1989, she appeared in the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "[[Timeslides]]" as the television host Blaize Falconberger of the fictional show "''Lifestyles of the Disgustingly Rich and Famous"''.<ref>{{Citation|last=Bye|first=Ed|title=Timeslides|date=1989-12-12|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0684185/|type=Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi|others=Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Hattie Hayridge|access-date=2021-03-19}}</ref>

Wax began working with the [[BBC]] in 1991, with the show ''The Full Wax'' (1991–94). In 1994, ''Ruby Wax Meets Madonna'' aired on the [[BBC]], followed by the series ''Ruby Wax Meets...'' (1996–98), in which she interviewed public figures such as [[Imelda Marcos]], [[O. J. Simpson]], and [[Pamela Anderson]].<ref name=IMDB>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115340/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title= Ruby Wax Meets... (1996– ): Full Cast & Crew |website=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]}}</ref> ''Ruby Wax Meets...'' was nominated for a 1997 [[BAFTA Award]] (credited to Clive Tulloh and Don Boyd), for an interview with [[Sarah, Duchess of York]], an interview which attracted over 14 million viewers.<ref name="LEStandard">{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/i-thought-you-could-have-it-all-7245967.html |title=I thought you could have it all |first=Emine |last=Saner |date=13 February 2006 |newspaper=[[Evening Standard]] |location=London |access-date=27 December 2014}}</ref> She also made two guest appearances in ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'', a programme on which she served as script editor throughout the run of the series.<ref name="personally"/>

From November 2001 to June 2002, Wax presented a TV quiz show on [[BBC One]], ''[[The Waiting Game (game show)|The Waiting Game]]''.<ref name=IMDB/> Her final BBC interview series aired in 2003. In 2005 Wax appeared as a cleaner in the music video to [[McFly]]'s Comic Relief song ''[[All About You/You've Got a Friend|All About You]]''.