Dawn French
- 67 years old
- Welsh
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Red Nose Day for Comic Relief 2021, review
James Bond and Catherine Tate's Nan shine on hit-and-miss night.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 19th March 2021Dawn French among Women's Prize In Fiction longlist
Comedian turned novelist Dawn French was picked for her "warm, compassionate, funny" look at motherhood, Because Of You. Also nominated is Torrey Peters, the first transwoman to be nominated for the prize for Detransition, Baby, "a modern comedy of manners".
Alison Flood, The Guardian, 10th March 2021Red Nose Day 2021 highlights revealed
Sir Lenny Henry, Dawn French, Jack Whitehall, Mel Giedroyc, Tim Vine and Phoebe Waller-Bridge are amongst those who have created sketches for Comic Relief 2021, on BBC One on Friday 19th March from 7pm.
British Comedy Guide, 9th March 2021Dawn French and Peter Serafinowicz record Timewaster Letters
Audible have recorded an audio version of Robert Popper's hit prank books The Timewaster Letters and Return Of The Timewaster Letters. The letters are read by Popper, Dawn French and Peter Serafinowicz.
British Comedy Guide, 4th February 2021Red Nose Day 2021 is on Friday 19th March
Red Nose Day 2021 has been confirmed for Friday 19th March. Highlights of the Comic Relief fundraising day will include Dawn French as the Vicar of Dibley and a new instalment of the sitcom Staged.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd February 2021French & Saunders to film Funny Women documentary special
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are filming French And Saunders: Funny Women, a new documentary for Gold celebrating women in comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 29th January 2021'The Vicar Of Dibley: Inside Out' tribute documentary to air on Gold
Gold is to broadcast a two-hour documentary celebrating hit sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley, with all its surviving key stars and creatives taking part.
British Comedy Guide, 14th January 2021Need a laugh? It's French and Saunders to the rescue
When the days are cold and dark and the times are bleak, you have to take the laughs where you can get them. So thank goodness for Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, charging to the rescue like knights on a white stallion - or perhaps more like two drunk aunties on a pantomime horse.
Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph, 6th January 2021Dawn French blagged £17,000 Concorde tickets
Dawn French once bagged £17,000 of Concorde tickets by dressing up as a priest as she cashed in on her Vicar Of Dibley fame.
She revealed British Airways gave her the gift for posing as her character, Geraldine Granger, at a leaving party for a member of their cabin crew.
Clemmie Moodie, The Sun, 27th December 2020Review: Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse
Twinkly tale for troubled times.
Joseph Walsh, The Arts Desk, 24th December 2020