Written by and starring dawn french and jennifer saunders, this show features one of the most successful comedy duos in britain. Tonight homage is paid to the film director federico fellini and indie group the cranberries. French and saunders, series 5, franco e sandro bbc one. Find out when french and saunders is on tv, including series 5episode 5. Behind the scenes in the office, dawn is feeling ignored and wonders why she hasnt been invited to the palace to meet t. French and saunders series 5 episode guide british. French and saunders perfect gogglebox parody 300 years of french and saunders. More laughs, as the comedy duo put their own spin on tarantinos kill bill and tvs. French and saunders series 5 episode guide british comedy guide. The following is a list of episodes for the british sketch comedy series french and.
Oct 14, 2008 series 1, episode 5 6 april,1987 guests. This set contains all the classic film pastiches, ridiculous dance routines, and fast and funny sketches that made them household names. The comic duo uncork one of their hollywood sendups as a rather senile katherine hepburn and ginger rogers pay tribute to fred astaire. She also fulfills her dream of singing on top of the pops with anastasia, and the movie troy gets a makeover, with jennifer saunders as brad pitts achilles and dawn as the ethereal helen. French and saunders series 5 episodes episode guide. French and saunders season 6 episode 1 by french and saunders. Buy series 3 french and saunders complete series 1 6 dvd. French and saunders series 6 episode guide british comedy guide. Britbox celebrates its first birthday in march with a brand new french and saunders comedy special and the riveting drama trauma during its first year, the streaming service launched by bbc and itv brought u. Episode 3 dawn and jennifer reach for the padding and prosthetics as the infamous fat men make their first appearance on the spoof variety show. The comic duo uncork one of their hollywood sendups as a rather senile. Find out when french and saunders is on tv, including series 5 episode 4. The series, written by and starring comedy duo and namesake dawn french and jennifer saunders, lasted for six series and nine specials, airing a total of 48 episodes between 1987 and 2005. French and saunders series 3 episode guide british comedy guide.
Despite having a new series to write, dawn french is preoccupied with the fact she has been invited to go on fit farm bu. French and saunders series and episode guides tv from. A guide to episode 7 from series 3 of french and saunders. This bbc comedy skit show is the brainchild of longtime comedy duo dawn french and jennifer saunders. French and saunders series 3 episode guide british. Jennifer saunders becomes scarlett and dawn french is mammy in the alternative gone with the wind.
Episode one of the series is, apparently, drafted by the pair. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act. French and saunders series 5, episode 4 british comedy guide. Buy series 5 french and saunders complete series 1 6 dvd. Comedy sketch show starring dawn french and jennifer saunders, with guests including joanna lumley, the spice girls, adrian edmondson and helen mirren.
Bbc one and bbc two sketch show starring dawn french and jennifer saunders. Here you fint both the broadcast episodes as the next episodes. Find out when french and saunders is on tv, including series 5episode 4. Dawn and jennifer star in the very first series of their fast and funny sketch show. Each episode featured satire on british life, television, and parodies on big boxoffice movies such as batman forever 1995 and pulp fiction 1994.
Find out when french and saunders is on tv, including series 5 episode 5. The extras wreak havoc on the set of a first world war movie and. Series 5, edina and patsy surround themselves with a constellation of stars, including kristin scott thomas the english patient, gosford park, former spice girl emma bunton, hollywood star minnie driver good will hunting, gross pointe blank, fashionista jeanpaul gaultier, and the oneandonly elton john. Dawn french and jennifer saunders round off their 1990 series with more sketches lampooning the great and the not so good. All episodes of french and saunders are available on bbc iplayer as of april 2020. Otherwise they will be shown using the series origin language. French and saunders have to take their ideas to offers, they have nothing. French and saunders franco e sandro tv episode 1996 imdb. Written by and starring dawn french and jennifer saunders, this show features one of the most successful comedy duos in britain in this massively popular series, dawn and jennifer present curious film classics, ridiculous dance routines, and fast and funny sketches. The following is a list of episodes for the british sketch comedy series french and saunders, which first broadcast on bbc two on 9 march 1987. French and saunders series 3, episode 7 british comedy guide. A guide to episode 4 from series 5 of french and saunders. May 22, 2012 200 videos play all popular videos french and saunders french and saunders topic french and saunders 2.
French and saunders series 6 episode guide british. Absolutely fabulous, also known as ab fab, is an awardwinning british television sitcom created by and written by jennifer saunders who also stars as one of the main characters alongside joanna lumley and julia sawalha. With dawn french, jennifer saunders, sue barker, kate moss. Widely popular in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, the show was given one of the highest. The duo also have an encounter behind bars, and the star test subject appears to be provocative singer wendy james, of transvision vamp. French and saunders is a british sketch comedy television series written by. Comedy with dawn french and jennifer saunders, including the sketch that inspired absolutely fabulous, with dawn playing the younger, wiser saffron. Graduating from the comic strip group of performers in the early 1980s, dawn french and jennifer saunders went on to become one of the most successful british comedy duos of all time. Theyve got a swanky new office at bbc tv centre and their very own agent maggie steed, but a distinct lack of ideas for their latest show. Dawn french and jennifer saunders present a series of new comedy sketch shows.
Darren day hams it up in a parody of cold mountain as dawn french and jennifer saunders return for their first new comedy sketch series together in eight years. Find out when french and saunders is on tv, including series 5 episode 7. Targets tonight include mel gibsons film braveheart, the luxurious lifestyle enjoyed by jackie onassis, and singer bjork. Episode 3 broadcast on 18 march 1988 trains and boats and. Bbc one french and saunders, series 5 episode guide. Dawn fulfils her dream of singing on top of the pops. Despite having a new series to write, dawn french is preoccupied with the fact she has been invited to go on fit farm but doesnt really know why. Featuring the duos irreverent tribute to irish family group, the corrs, and a spoof on the making of the film titanic. Find out when french and saunders is on tv, including series 5episode 7. Dawn and jennifer present a parody of federico fellinis movies. French and saunders is a british sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo dawn french and jennifer saunders. Raw sex rowland rivron and simon brint provided accompaniment. Dawn french and jennifer saunders pay homage to the film director.