French & Saunders

Épisode 1 - Beauty and the Beast

9 mars 1987

The very first episode of the light entertainment variety show starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, with special guest Alison Moyet performing "Ordinary Girl". Unpaid intern Dawn plots to seize the limelight. In sketches, Steve Rider has the latest in the Sports Report, and Dawn's A-ha pencil case has been stolen at school.

Épisode 2 - Tricks

16 mars 1987

French and Saunders try their best to 'star' as extras in an aeroplane TV commercial and special guest Roy Castle performs a song. Jennifer tries to carry off a series of circus tricks to no avail. Others sketches include parodies of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and The Bangles, and the first appearance of the extras.

Épisode 3 - Julie Walters

23 mars 1987

Dawn and Jennifer reach for the padding and prosthetics as the infamous Fat Men make their first appearance on the spoof variety show. Jennifer mistakes the week's special guest, Julie T. Wallace, for Julie Walters.

Épisode 4 - Ratings

30 mars 1987

With poor ratings threatening their show, Dawn and Jennifer resort to extreme measures and hunt down BBC controller Michael Grade. Sketches include the Menopazzi Sisters and a parody of police procedurals.

Épisode 5 - Blue Peter

6 avril 1987

The show must go on when industrial action and a walk out by Betty Marsden's dance troupe threatens to cause chaos. Musical guest: Jools Holland

Épisode 6 - Killing Time

13 avril 1987

The curtains come down on the first series of French and Saunders' spoof entertainment show with special guest Joan Armatrading. Musical guest: Joan Armatrading performing "Killing Time".

Épisode 1 - Decades

4 mars 1988

The talented comic duo return for a second series with Dawn handing out some muddled contraceptive advice to Jennifer. Musical guest: Squeeze performing "853-5937"

Épisode 2 - Cable TV

11 mars 1988

The Fat Men get somewhat over-excited while watching the Miss World contest on TV, and there's a sparse audience at a Kilroy spoof. Musical guest: Toyah performing "Because the Night"

Épisode 3 - Removals

18 mars 1988

The comic duo uncork one of their Hollywood send-ups as a rather senile Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers pay tribute to Fred Astaire. Musical guest: Kirsty MacColl performing "Trains and Boats and Planes".

Épisode 4 - Languages

25 mars 1988

Dawn and Jennifer attempt to learn new languages, and launch a London tour with Raw Sex; schoolgirls take a field trip; a parody of the Pet Shop Boys; Pear Tree Farm supplies a poorly trained cat for a cat food advert.

Épisode 5 - Potholing

8 avril 1988

Dawn and Jennifer undertake a Journey to the Center of the Earth-style exploration of a cave. Other sketches include inactive teenage athletes, a woman who claims to be Elvis' ex-mistress, and a neurotic housewife. Musical guest: The Proclaimers performing "Make My Heart Fly".

Épisode 6 - Nose

15 avril 1988

Dawn and Jennifer round off the series with more fantastic sketches and a medley of hilarious silver screen send-ups. Jennifer visits Dr. French for a nose job. Other sketches include a parody of Jane Seymour, the extras meeting June Whitfield, and a string of Hollywood parodies. Musical guest: Lulu performing "The Man Who Sold the World". Additional music: Raw Sex performing "Mambo Italiano"; French and Saunders performing "The Way We Were".

Épisode 1 - The Sound of Music

15 mars 1990

The hills are alive with the sound of French and Saunders as Dawn and Jennifer parody The Sound of Music. With special guest Jerry Hall. Other sketches include parodies of ABBA and Sonia, and the first appearance of Pear Tree Farm. Musical guest: Kirsty MacColl performing "Fifteen Minutes".

Épisode 2 - Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn?

22 mars 1990

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay tribute to the American thriller Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? Other sketches include a parody of Bros and two hapless magazine editors. Musical guests: Kirsty MacColl and Raw Sex performing "Somethin' Stupid".

Épisode 3 - The Exorcist

29 mars 1990

French and Saunders with guests including Lynn Faulds Wood and Maggie Philbin perform the sketches 'The Exorcist', 'Girl Bikers', and 'Publishers'. Musical guest: Kirsty MacColl performing "Ride".

Épisode 4 - Gone with the Wind

5 avril 1990

French and Saunders have Gone with the Wind with Jennifer as Scarlett and Dawn as Mammy. Musical guest: Kirsty MacColl performing "Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!"

Épisode 5 - Dangerous Liaisons

12 avril 1990

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders develop Dangerous Liaisons with more outrageous parody. With special guest Joan Bakewell. Other parodies include Birds of a Feather, Tanita Tikaram, and The Factory.

Épisode 6 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

19 avril 1990

Jennifer's Marilyn Monroe and Dawn's Jane Russell spell it out with an outrageous rendition of Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend. Ken and Duane imagine suing the publisher of an "easy" sheet music book; and "Modern Mother and Daughter", the basis for Absolutely Fabulous. Musical guest: Kirsty MacColl performing "Still Life".

Épisode 7 - Casting Agency

26 avril 1990

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders round off their series with more comedy sketches and special guest Jane Asher. Dawn and Jennifer start a casting agency but manage to insult all of their clients. Musical guest: Sarah Walker performing "I Should Be So Lucky".

Épisode 8 - French & Saunders Live 1990

10 septembre 1990

Épisode 1 - Misery

18 février 1993

Featuring a memorable reenactment of the film 'Misery' and an exclusive performance by Dickens Daughters.

Épisode 2 - The Silence of the Lambs

25 février 1993

Dawn and Jennifer pay homage to The Silence of the Lambs, and there's a unique appearance by The Mamas and Papas.

Épisode 3 - The Seventh Seal

4 mars 1993

French and Saunders pay homage to Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman, and also pay tribute to the rock band Guns N' Roses.

Épisode 4 - In Bed with French & Saunders

11 mars 1993

In Bed with French and Saunders reveals what goes on backstage for two familiar Madonnas.

Épisode 5 - Aliens

18 mars 1993

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay comic tribute to Sigourney Weaver in the film Aliens.

Épisode 6 - The House of Idiot

25 mars 1993

French and Saunders pay their own comic tribute to the serial House of Eliott and there are comic takes on Pan's People, Gladiators and the royal family.

Épisode 7 - Thelma and Louise

1 avril 1993

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay comic homage to Thelma and Louise. They are also joined by Royal Ballet star Darcey Bussell.

Épisode 1 - Baywatch

4 janvier 1996

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders return with a spoof of Baywatch and Helen Mirren desperately trying to reinvent herself.

Épisode 2 - Braveheart

11 janvier 1996

Skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer including a parody of Bjork and their unique version of Braveheart.

Épisode 3 - Franco e Sandro

18 janvier 1996

Dawn and Jennifer present a parody of Federico Fellini's movies.

Épisode 4 - Batman

25 janvier 1996

More comedy sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, with special guests the Krankies, Patsy Kensit, Patrick Barlow and Kate Moss.

Épisode 5 - Pulp Fiction

1 février 1996

More skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, including a spoof of Pulp Fiction.

Épisode 6 - The Quick and the Dead

8 février 1996

Skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, featuring a spoof of Western The Quick and the Dead, guest starring Lenny Henry.

Épisode 7 - Dr. Quimn, Mad Woman

29 février 1996

Skits and sketches, including a spoof of Dr Quinn Medicine Woman. Kate Moss guest stars.

Épisode 8 - Still Alive - Behind the Scenes

1 janvier 2008

Épisode 8 - The Making of The Filming of The Making of Titanic

24 décembre 1998

Look out Hollywood! Watch your back, TV-Land! The silver screen will never be the same once it's been processed through the mad minds of Britain's best comediennes, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders (creator and star of Absolutely Fabulous).Celebrate the holidays French & Saunders style as they sink the Titanic, spear Britney Spears, enter The Matrix, and more!

Épisode 9 - Easter Special 1999

2 mai 1999

The nineties crime drama Silent Witness made it into the repertoire, becoming Witless Silence. Jennifer Saunders took the part of the forensic pathologist made famous by Amanda Burton and performed with understated relish. All the ingredients were there: the despondent shrug, that ponderous stare and, since Burton is from the Emerald Isle, the obligatory, "Har are yer?" But despite her skill in the morgue, our heroine can never quite manage to get her relationships together, despite those smugly arched eyebrows. While in the mood for bringing down giants it makes sense to go the whole hog, and next in French & Saunders' sights is the mighty Boyzone. A short, sharp shockingly funny Mickey-take out of the boy band that grew up. Perfect in their roles were Dawn as down-at-heel Steven Gately and Jennifer as frontman Ronan Keating. Together, much as in the real thing, these two singers make up the five-piece band. Alanis Morrisette - a respected artist whose music is memorable and poignant. An ideal candidate, then, for treatment by Jennifer Saunders, although this time as Aimless Morris Minor singing Bless You (formerly Thank You). The said treatment is to remedy over-dependence on a thesaurus. Our spring concert closes with Dawn French (herself born in Holyhead, North Wales) masquerading as Catatonia-cum-Catantonic frontwoman and First Lady of Welsh pop, Cerys Mathews. Not only back to her roots but back to the local pub belting out Cymru Pride in a smoke filled, disco-lit bar. An altogether different kind of Welsh Assembly.

Épisode 10 - The Phantom Millennium

28 décembre 1999

Our contessas of comedy didn't disappoint with this year's Christmas Special. Their movie spoofs are already the stuff of legend but their 'Star Wars' spectacular, subtitled 'The Phantom Millennium', was surely another classic. Jennifer Saunders did an uncanny riposte of Qui-Gon Jinn while Dawn French became Toby Jugs Kenobi. Then there was a fantastic Martine McCutcheon send-up by French, while Jennifer cleverly aped the crazed Melanie C (Sporty Spice). The other sketches which punctuated the show featured French & Saunders' customary surreal living room chat and Dawn as a stroppy 'Diana Ross' aeroplane passenger to Jennifer's airport security officer. But the star of this show was always the movie send-up which with French & Saunders' acute observations, fantastic hair and make-up, surprisingly good special effects (did you check those lightsabres?) and a generous dollop of silliness made 'The Phantom Millennium' a treasure.

Épisode 11 - The Egg

29 mars 2002

Armed with ring and staff, French & Saunders deliver a full complement of Easter funnies. Beginning with a cockle-warming reunion as Grandalf the sage-like wizard is reunited with his young hobbit friend. Some optical disillusionment later, and the quest is underway; the wizard seeks to align himself with a mysterious sorcerer who looks remarkably like Dale Winton, while the mischievous hobbit uses all his ingenuity to escape the murderous Ringwraiths.

Épisode 12 - Celebrity Christmas Puddings

25 décembre 2002

Épisode 13 - Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan

14 mars 2003

Épisode 14 - French & Saunders Actually

26 décembre 2003

French and Saunders skewer female excess like no one else--in a holiday special included as a bonus, French does a devastating version of Catherine Zeta-Jones giddily reveling in her success, giving a Christmas speech as the Queen of Wales. The loopiness of the best bits defies description; their rapport and timing are simply exquisite. It's a pleasure to be in their company again

Épisode 1 - Back at the BBC

15 octobre 2004 - 5/5

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders go behind the scenes at the BBC, with sketches featuring old favourites, new characters and film parodies. Dawn and Jennifer's first day at their new office and they meet their producer. Sketches include Dawn's unusual medical check-up and an homage to the film Cold Mountain.

Épisode 2 - Three-Letter Words

22 octobre 2004

This week, still struggling to come up with ideas, French & Saunders have to meet with the controller of BBC One (Eve Pollard). Plus they pay tribute to Cher through the ages and Catherine Zeta-Jones is in conversation

Épisode 3 - The Queen

29 octobre 2004

Behind the scenes in the office, Dawn is feeling ignored and wonders why she hasn't been invited to the Palace to meet the Queen. Jennifer has been invited and instead of writing scripts is practising her curtsey. Sketches include tributes to Kill Bill, Most Haunted and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Épisode 4 - Offers

5 novembre 2004

In the office, Dawn and Jennifer have to offer their ideas for new programmes to the Controller of BBC ONE. Sketches include a tribute to Madonna and Chris Martin's Mum.

Épisode 5 - Minutes

12 novembre 2004

Despite having a new series to write, Dawn French is preoccupied with the fact she has been invited to go on Fit Farm but doesn't really know why. She also fulfills her dream of singing on Top Of The Pops with Anastasia, and the movie Troy gets a make-over, with Jennifer Saunders as Brad Pitt's Achilles and Dawn as the ethereal Helen.

Épisode 6 - After Show Party

26 novembre 2004

Episode one of the new series starts filming. Dawn and Jennifer delay production, through a combination of laziness and constantly getting lost, but meet with an allegedly ill teenager and his mother. Sketches include retirees who move to Florida, Dawn babysitting for a giant, and Chris Martin's mum.

Épisode 7 - French and Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

27 décembre 2023

Episode of Imagine..., where Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world. This episode profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exploring a brand of comedy based on satire, silliness and, above all, friendship.

Épisode 8 - French and Saunders: I Can't Believe It's Music (2)

7 avril 2005

A Collection of French & Saunders Music Moments From The Past. Featuring their classic takes on Alanis Morissette, Bananarama (a.k.a Laneenaneenoonoo), Bono (a.k.a Bonono), Shakespears Sister (a.k.a Dickens Daughter), The Bangles, Sonia, In Bed With Madonnas and more Second of 2 Specials

Épisode 9 - French and Saunders: Christmas Celebrity Special

27 décembre 2005 - 4/5

In this 2005 Chirstmas special, Dawn and Jennifer are under orders by Dr Tanya Byron, to stop being mean to celebrities. Can they resist tempation to impersonate Boy George, George Micheal, Jackie Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Elton John and Kiki Dee for just 40 minutes? Meanwhile in Albert Square, Kat really wants to talk to Alfie in 'the Vic' but The Extras keep invading the set. On Mastermind, Abigail Wilson's specialist subject is Ceramic Tea Pots. At Beckenham Folk Festival Rufus Wainwirght is upstaged by two over enthusiastic backing singers. The girls on the farm have the next best thing in reality TV - Baby Look-A-Likes Plus film spoofs of the Graduate, Chicago and Vera Drake.