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Dawn French
Dawn French

Dawn French

  • 67 years old
  • Welsh
  • Actor, writer and comedian

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Dawn French not amused: slapped with parking fine

Crestfallen Dawn French was far from amused when she returned from shopping to find a parking ticket slapped on her windscreen.

Michael Knowles, The Daily Express, 8th September 2017

French & Saunders to reunite for new TV special

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are reuniting to film a new television special this autumn.

British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2017

Dawn French is writing a book about turning 60

Dawn French is writing a new book called Me. You: A Diary. The non-fiction title, which will be released in October, is described as a "unique shared diary".

British Comedy Guide, 12th July 2017

French & Saunders receive Comedy Legend Award

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have been awarded the Aardman Slapstick Comedy Legend Award at a special ceremony in Bristol.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd June 2017

Why don't the Olivier Awards have a stand-up category?

I was very honoured to be nominated for The Oliviers, and I'm absolutely sure The Red Shoes is a worthy winner of that category. But the reason I think my show was crowbarred into that category is: The Olivier Awards don't have a category for comedy. Well. They do. But it's comedy plays. There is no category for stand-up. Or, if you want to make that broader, one man/woman shows. So that means, for example, no category for Dawn French's beautiful Thirty Million Minutes, which played at The Vaudeville Theatre for ages.

David Baddiel, Beyond The Joke, 11th April 2017

The stage of the O2 in Greenwich is the new home for the Comic Relief charity fundraising extravaganza. Here the hosts include Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross and Sally Phillips, while those doing a turn include Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and Ed Sheeran. We can also look forward to James Corden's Car Pool Karaoke with Take That, Greg Davies over on BBC2 and the cast of Love Actually in Red Nose Day Actually. Dig deep.

Jonathan Wright, The Guardian, 24th March 2017

French & Saunders turned down millions to host Bake Off

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders were offered £2.5million to become the new hosts of Great British Bake but turned the offer down.

Lauren Franklin, The Sun, 19th March 2017

Dawn French on her jealousy towards Jennifer Saunders

Actress and comedian Dawn French has opened up about being jealous of her French & Saunders comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, who went on to find further success with Absolutely Fabulous in 1992 after French left their joint sketch show to focus on her newly adopted daughter.

Rebecca Hawkes, The Telegraph, 7th March 2017

Rewind: Psychoville revisited

A third season of Inside No. 9 arrives on our TV screens this month, so let's take a look back at its creators' previous comedy venture, Psychoville.

Sophie Davies, Cult Box, 15th February 2017

Red Nose Day 2017 plans revealed

Comic Relief's plans for Red Nose Day 2017 include a TV show involving stars including French & Saunders and Vic & Bob, plus a series of online comedy sketches, and much more.

British Comedy Guide, 31st January 2017

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