Ugly Betty star praises show's 'warm spirit'

Actress Ashley Jensen has been speaking about her joy at working on Ugly Betty - a show with "such a warm spirit". She says the comedy's appeal is obvious.

"It's a programme that we can all watch, with like your child," she said. "It's colourful, the characters are colourful, the sets and the costumes are colourful, it's got no swearing and things in it. So it's a family show, and I think that there are not many shows that you can actually all sit down as a family and watch."

The Scottish actress explained that everywhere she goes everyone loves Betty.

She said: "The gay community love it, couples are watching it and it's just got such a warm spirit... and America, at the heart of the programme, is just such a fine young actress."

Ashley has nothing but praise for America Ferrera - who plays Betty in the show.

"I really think that she's the real core of the show and for us to have her to just bounce off, it makes our job easy."

Speaking as series one of Ugly Betty is released on DVD in the US, the actress revealed she's enjoyed secretly re-watching the episodes again.

She said: "The nuances of the dialogue are such that you almost miss things the first time around and I think when you kind of watch it again you go 'did I really say that? My god that's even funnier than I thought it was!' and when you're still laughing at that bit there's another little bit coming because it's so quick and it's so on the ball."