Jennifer Saunders

Slapstick Festival starts opening up its archives

Bristol's annual Slapstick festival of classic screen comedy has begun sharing previously unreleased footage of its events. The first session to be released under its Laughter In Lockdown banner is what is believed to be the last on-stage appearance by Eric Sykes, when he was interviewed by Graeme Garden in 2009 about his long career.

Blithe Spirit, Duke of York's Theatre review

Even Saunders's performance is more fussy than funny. Sure, she has great stage presence, with her swirling windmill arms and her frantic drumming on the furniture, her school teacher mien and her high-pitched invocations of the spirit world. It's a great character study, but for all its eccentric glee it struggles to raise a smile.

Blithe Spirit is more Ham Dram than Ab Fab

Seventy years on from its record-breaking wartime run, Noel Coward's light comedy Blithe Spirit haunts the West End again.

Jennifer Saunders does well with the dated script to bring out the humour and despite director Richard Eyre allegedly asking her to tone down the physical comedy from the tour in Bath -- still camps it up too far otherwise. Overall more ham dram than Ab Fab, her over-the-top style of acting does little to endear us to one of the play's more sympathetic characters.

My Comedy Hero: Sarah Keyworth on Jennifer Saunders

As the rising stand-up star takes Pacific across the UK, she picks the comic writer and actress as her funny favourite.

French & Saunders join Death on the Nile cast

While some of us (me) don't believe in Poirot productions that don't involve David Suchet, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have confirmed they do by joining in the cast of the new Death On The Nile film.