French And Saunders
- TV sketch show
- BBC One / BBC Two
- 1987 - 2017
- 49 episodes (6 series)
Long-running popular sketch show starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Also features Betty Marsden, Simon Brint, Rowland Rivron, The Hot Hoofers, Kirsty MacColl and more.
Streaming rank this week: 4,826
Key details
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 1987 - 2017
- Channels
- BBC 1, BBC 2
- Episodes
- 49 (6 series), plus 5 highlights and Comic Relief specials
- Stars
- Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Betty Marsden, Simon Brint, Rowland Rivron, The Hot Hoofers, Kirsty MacColl, Lorna Brown and more
- Writers
- Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders
- Directors
- Ed Bye, Kevin Bishop, Bob Spiers and John Birkin
- Producers
- Geoff Posner, Jon Plowman and Jo Sargent
- Companies
Observations on British life, popular culture parodies, musings and more are all under the spotlight of comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
From spoofs of the biggest films to pop song pastiches, offbeat rants and their own unique take on every-day life, each episode is packed full of sketches to deliver laugh after laugh.
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Additional details
- Also known as
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- 300 Years Of French And Saunders
- French & Saunders
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Music by Simon Brint.
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 9th March 1987 at 9pm on BBC Two
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 28th December 2023 at 1:15am on BBC1 Scot
- Thursday 28th December 2023 at 12:00am on BBC1
- Wednesday 5th July 2023 at 10:00pm on BBC2 - Series 4, Episode 6
Recording details
- Television Centre