British Comedy Guide
Dawn French
Dawn French

Dawn French

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

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This new comedy drama written by and starring James Corden and Horrible Histories' Mathew Baynton is quite good. What's remarkable is the wealth of on-screen talent involved, and I don't just mean Dawn French, Rebecca Front, Nick Moran, Homeland's David Harewood and Him & Her's Sarah Solemani. When you can employ Paul Higgins (The Thick of It) and Twenty Twelve's Vincent Franklin in the seemingly throwaway roles of traffic cops, then that is casting in depth. Taking its title from Hitchcock's 1956 thriller of mistaken identity, The Wrong Man, it stars Baynton as a Berkshire County Council office drudge accidentally mixed up in a criminal conspiracy. Corden is on his best form as his excitable colleague.

Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 20th September 2013

Spoofing action-filled, big budget American TV series, The Wrong Mans is both sitcom and thriller. Created by and starring James Corden and Matthew Bayton, as a luckless duo working for Berkshire County Council whose blue-collar lives are turned upside down by a chance phone call. Mistaken identities prompt comic mishap as they are drawn into a murky world of international espionage. The supporting cast includes Dawn French, Sarah Solemani, Rebecca Front, Dougray Scott, Emilia Fox, Nick Moran, Stephen Campbell Moore and Tom Basden - the very Best of British.

Holly Williams, The Independent, 15th September 2013

Dawn French says people don't like her to be thin

Dawn French thinks people take her more seriously as a comic since she put her weight back on.

STV, 31st August 2013

Dawn French poses as an angel

Dawn French has said that she loves watching the Kardashians on their reality TV shows.

Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 4th July 2013

Dawn French interview

Dawn French, who is now married to charity director Mark Bignell, has admitted in a new interview that she found the dating world more than a little daunting - particularly the purchasing of sexy underwear.

Sarah Bull, Daily Mail, 2nd July 2013

Dawn French interview

The comedian and author talks about new love, how to look self-assured, and her weakness for talent shows.

Viv Groskop, The Observer, 16th June 2013

Dawn French pictured for 1st time since secret wedding

Dawn French has been keeping a low profile since she wed for the second time last week. There was no sign of her new husband, charity boss Mark Bignell, as she popped out to run some errands near their Cornish home in Fowey.

Daily Mail, 29th April 2013

Dawn French marries partner in secret ceremony

They've been dating for just over a year but Dawn French said she knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with Mark Bignell. Now that wish has come true after the couple married in an intimate - and lavish - ceremony on the Cornish coast.

Daily Mail, 22nd April 2013

Dawn French joins Australia's Got Talent

Dawn French and former Spice Girl Melanie Brown are to appear as judges on the new series of Australia's Got Talent.

Radio Times, 18th March 2013

Comedian, Maestro winner, Celebrity Big Brother housemate, Great British Bake Off presenter and possible future Doctor Who, Sue Perkins has somehow managed to neglect writing and starring in her very own sitcom until now.

Here she plays Sara, a vet who's too afraid to tell her parents she's gay. But as her 40th birthday approaches, Sara's loyal band of friends, which includes Nicola Walker from Spooks, have a plan to give her the courage to tell her folks.

Perhaps they could show them the spread from Tatler magazine that hailed Sue as one of Britain's coolest lesbians.

Some exciting guests are lined up for the series including Dawn French and Sue's comedy partner Mel Giedroyc. Tonight the fabulous Mark Heap drops in.

Jane Simon, The Mirror, 26th February 2013

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