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Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders

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

Press clippings Page 24

The longevity of their working and personal relationship tells in the entirely natural flow of conversation between Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It's like opening the door on two schoolgirls in an unstoppable stream-of-consciousness natter and not being told to get lost. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Dawn French says: "'Tis the season to be jolly, after all, so please do join us. It would be rude and silly not to, wouldn't it?"

So, they might talk about their favourite vegetable or which celebrity is the most adept at snogging. The content is unpredictable because it is not scripted - just ideas springing forth, being nurtured and, if necessary, crushed with the force that only a mother knows how to use. Star guests are guaranteed, not the least being fellow comedian Victoria Wood.

If nothing in this show makes you laugh get a friend or relative to check that you're still alive.

Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 24th December 2013

Jennifer Saunders: Back to black, sweetie darling

No look was too loud, no colour too bright, for Edina Monsoon, but the woman behind the fictional fashionista prefers demure.

Anna Tyzack, The Telegraph, 21st December 2013

Jennifer Saunders close to penning Ab Fab movie

Absolutely Fabulous creator Jennifer Saunders has revealed that she is close to writing the movie of the comedy television series.

Alice Newbold, The Telegraph, 17th December 2013

Stephen Fry and Jennifer Saunders at 2014 Hay Festival

Entertainment heavyweights Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and Jennifer Saunders are among the headline acts for the 2014 Hay Festival in Powys.

BBC News, 17th December 2013

Jennifer Saunders on Ab Fab movie

After much speculation, Jennifer Saunders revealed there will be an Ab Fab movie - as soon as she can make herself sit down and put pen to paper.

STV, 10th December 2013

Joanna Lumley: Ab Fab movie will be 'fabulous'

Joanna Lumley has confirmed that Absolutely Fabulous creator Jennifer Saunders has an idea for a movie version of the cult classic.

Carl Greenwood, The Mirror, 30th November 2013

Hollywood glamour descends on Norton's soft furnishings as Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer chat about playing ex-mafiosos living under witness protection in The Family, Luc Besson's new gangster romp set in France.

Swooping in to join the happy throng are Cher, giving us a taste of new album Closer To The Truth, and home-grown comedy heroine Jennifer Saunders, who's just jotted down her life in a book - Bonkers: My Life In Laughs.

Carol Carter and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 25th October 2013

The Graham Norton Show has real A-list quality tonight

Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Cher and Jennifer Saunders make for a vintage line-up on the BBC One chat show.

Jane Simon, The Mirror, 25th October 2013

You could play a game of consequences with Graham Norton's guests this week. Norton once shared screen time with guest Michelle Pfeiffer in a film called I Could Never Be Your Woman. Pfeiffer was of course in The Witches of Eastwick with Cher. And Jennifer Saunders once did a rather fine Cher impression/parody on her sketch show. Whether the guests will be sharing memories of all this may depend on whether they can stop the famously outgoing Robert De Niro from hogging the conversation.

David Butcher, Radio Times, 25th October 2013

Adrian Edmondson interview

The comedian and musician on winning Celebrity MasterChef, his wife Jennifer Saunders - and breaking up Bottom.

Adrian Edmondson, The Big Issue, 23rd October 2013

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