Dawn French
- 67 years old
- Welsh
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Comedy podcasts round-up 1: from home and abroad
Podcasts have got many of us through 2020, starved as we have been for most of it of live comedy to leave the house to see. Here's a selection of some of the best; they are available on all podcast platforms unless stated.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 7th December 2020The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown review
For even in these bite-sized samples, The Vicar of Dibley is a sweet, warm-hearted comedy, living up to Geraldine's stated sentiments to "be gentle and kind... and appreciate every God-given day". But it's a short step to being twee, even trite, which the mild, only fitfully funny, script doesn't always avoid. The slightness of the format and the near absence of a supporting cast only emphasise these shortcomings.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th December 2020Dawn French reacts to criticism over Dibley's BLM scene
Dawn French has appeared to dismiss criticism over The Vicar Of Dibley's forthcoming Black Lives Matter scene.
Alex Green, Yahoo, 7th December 2020The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown review
Dawn French revives the amiable nonsense that graced our screens between 1994 and 2007 - but it's just not the same without all the dearly departed eccentrics.
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 7th December 2020The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown, BBC1, review
A blessed return, but all too brief.
Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 7th December 2020The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown review
Geraldine Granger delivers Zoom sermons to locked-down Dibley parishioners.
Flora Carr, Radio Times, 7th December 2020Review: The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown
A lame lockdown return of Dawn French's amiable parish priest.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 7th December 2020Dawn French takes the knee in The Vicar Of Dibley
Dawn French takes the knee and delivers a Black Lives Matter sermon in The Vicar Of Dibley Christmas episodes.
Jill Robinson, The Sun, 6th December 2020Dawn French reveals struggle to film Chambers tribute
The Vicar Of Dibley actress Dawn French admitted her personal struggles as she filmed a segment dedicated to Alice Tinker - played by the late Emma Chambers - in the show's Christmas Special.
Beth Allcock, The Sun, 4th December 2020French & Saunders to star in Radio 4 comedy
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will star in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?, a one-off festive Radio 4 comedy about two sisters. Radio 4's other festive highlights include new episodes of Ed Reardon's Week and Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!.
British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2020