French & Saunders (1987)
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act.
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Episode 1 - Decades
Release Date: 1988-03-04Joan Bakewell presents a documentary about two modern artists, Muriel and Maddie. Also Squeeze sing a great song called "853-9537".
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Episode 2 - Cable TV
Release Date: 1988-03-11The Fat Men get somewhat over-excited while watching the Miss World contest on TV, and there's a sparse audience at a Kilroy spoof.
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Episode 3 - Removals
Release Date: 1988-03-18The comic duo uncork one of their Hollywood send-ups as a rather senile Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers pay tribute to Fred Astaire.
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Episode 4 - Languages
Release Date: 1988-03-25Light entertainment from French and Saunders, with the regular helping of Raw Sex and Ben Elton.
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Episode 5 - Potholing
Release Date: 1988-04-08Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star in their very own light entertainment variety show, with special guests including The Proclaimers, Raw Sex, Brian Conway, Sarah Greene, Stephanie Beacham, Adrian Edmondson and Lenny Henry.
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Episode 6 - Nose
Release Date: 1988-04-15Dawn and Jennifer round off the series with more fantastic sketches and a medley of hilarious silver screen send-ups.