French and Saunders: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders that ran from 9 March 1987 – 24 December 2007.

Widely popular in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, the show was given one of the highest budgets in BBC history to create detailed spoofs and satires of popular culture, movies, celebrities and art.

Series details

• Title: French and Saunders
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1987-03-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-12-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8692
• IMDb ID: tt0092355
• TVDB ID: 75139

Cast and credited roles

• Dawn French — Dawn French
• Jennifer Saunders — Jennifer Saunders

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1987-03-09; final listed air date 1987-04-13; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1988-03-04; final listed air date 1988-12-28; episode order: 6.
• Season 3: premiered 1990-03-15; final listed air date 1990-04-26; episode order: 7.
• Season 4: premiered 1993-02-18; final listed air date 1994-12-30; episode order: 7.
• Season 5: premiered 1996-01-04; final listed air date 1999-12-28; episode order: 7.
• Season 6: premiered 2002-03-29; final listed air date 2017-12-25; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

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