The BEST episodes written by Dawn French
#1 - Tea Room
Jam and Jerusalem - Season 1 - Episode 2
When the Women's Guild decide they want a coffee room at the local church, they hold a "bring and buy" sale to pay for the health and safety standards.
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#2 - Beating the Bounds
Jam and Jerusalem - Season 1 - Episode 3
When Sal and Tip discover that Eileen is adopted through the website "Genes Reunited", they give Eileen the phone number a blood relative. She is initially angry at the discovery, but this soon fades to happiness when she learns she has a brother.
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#3 - Holy Potato
Jam and Jerusalem - Season 1 - Episode 5
Rosie, Eileen and Queenie help the Vicar prepare for the harvest festival, but all comes to a stand still when Rosie sees a potato with Jesus' face on it.
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#4 - Problem Daughter
Jam and Jerusalem - Season 1 - Episode 4
While Delilah gets her car stuck, Sal and Tash argue over Tash doing a circus skills cours. They later make up and at the surgery Tip cleverly comes up with a plan to get Sal her old job back.
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#5 - Episode 1
Jam and Jerusalem - Season 2 - Episode 1
As the first anniversary of Mike's death approaches, Sal tells James how much she misses him. Sal teaches James how to be compassionate with his patients and Tash gets a job in tele sales. Meanwhile, the Guild launch a website and hold a Victorian tea so they can put the some photos on the website. However, Kate and Eileen argue over who will make the website. Delilah flies off her bike and is rushed to hospital.
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#6 - Inspection
Jam and Jerusalem - Season 1 - Episode 6
Eileen fears the Guild will be closed when she reads aloud a letter indicating an impending visit from Guild Inspector Lady Anne Crump. Meanwhile Rosie embarks on a celebrity diet and the rest of the Guild help Elijah, an old man who recently lost his wife.
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#7 - Back at the BBC
French & Saunders - Season 6 - Episode 1
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders go behind the scenes at the BBC, with sketches featuring old favourites, new characters and film parodies. Dawn and Jennifer's first day at their new office and they meet their producer. Sketches include Dawn's unusual medical check-up and an homage to the film Cold Mountain.
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#8 - Three-Letter Words
French & Saunders - Season 6 - Episode 2
This week, still struggling to come up with ideas, French & Saunders have to meet with the controller of BBC One (Eve Pollard). Plus they pay tribute to Cher through the ages and Catherine Zeta-Jones is in conversation
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#9 - Nose
French & Saunders - Season 2 - Episode 6
Dawn and Jennifer round off the series with more fantastic sketches and a medley of hilarious silver screen send-ups. Jennifer visits Dr. French for a nose job. Other sketches include a parody of Jane Seymour, the extras meeting June Whitfield, and a string of Hollywood parodies. Musical guest: Lulu performing "The Man Who Sold the World". Additional music: Raw Sex performing "Mambo Italiano"; French and Saunders performing "The Way We Were".
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#10 - Minutes
French & Saunders - Season 6 - Episode 5
Despite having a new series to write, Dawn French is preoccupied with the fact she has been invited to go on Fit Farm but doesn't really know why. She also fulfills her dream of singing on Top Of The Pops with Anastasia, and the movie Troy gets a make-over, with Jennifer Saunders as Brad Pitt's Achilles and Dawn as the ethereal Helen.
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#11 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
French & Saunders - Season 3 - Episode 6
Jennifer's Marilyn Monroe and Dawn's Jane Russell spell it out with an outrageous rendition of Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend. Ken and Duane imagine suing the publisher of an "easy" sheet music book; and "Modern Mother and Daughter", the basis for Absolutely Fabulous. Musical guest: Kirsty MacColl performing "Still Life".
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#12 - The Silence of the Lambs
French & Saunders - Season 4 - Episode 2
Dawn and Jennifer pay homage to The Silence of the Lambs, and there's a unique appearance by The Mamas and Papas.
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#13 - Baywatch
French & Saunders - Season 5 - Episode 1
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders return with a spoof of Baywatch and Helen Mirren desperately trying to reinvent herself.
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#14 - Pulp Fiction
French & Saunders - Season 5 - Episode 5
More skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, including a spoof of Pulp Fiction.
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#15 - Offers
French & Saunders - Season 6 - Episode 4
In the office, Dawn and Jennifer have to offer their ideas for new programmes to the Controller of BBC ONE. Sketches include a tribute to Madonna and Chris Martin's Mum.
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#16 - After Show Party
French & Saunders - Season 6 - Episode 6
Episode one of the new series starts filming. Dawn and Jennifer delay production, through a combination of laziness and constantly getting lost, but meet with an allegedly ill teenager and his mother. Sketches include retirees who move to Florida, Dawn babysitting for a giant, and Chris Martin's mum.
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#17 - Thelma and Louise
French & Saunders - Season 4 - Episode 7
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay comic homage to Thelma and Louise. They are also joined by Royal Ballet star Darcey Bussell.
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#18 - Batman
French & Saunders - Season 5 - Episode 4
More comedy sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, with special guests the Krankies, Patsy Kensit, Patrick Barlow and Kate Moss.
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#19 - Casting Agency
French & Saunders - Season 3 - Episode 7
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders round off their series with more comedy sketches and special guest Jane Asher. Dawn and Jennifer start a casting agency but manage to insult all of their clients. Musical guest: Sarah Walker performing "I Should Be So Lucky".
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#20 - Languages
French & Saunders - Season 2 - Episode 4
Dawn and Jennifer attempt to learn new languages, and launch a London tour with Raw Sex; schoolgirls take a field trip; a parody of the Pet Shop Boys; Pear Tree Farm supplies a poorly trained cat for a cat food advert.
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#21 - Aliens
French & Saunders - Season 4 - Episode 5
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay comic tribute to Sigourney Weaver in the film Aliens.
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#22 - Gone with the Wind
French & Saunders - Season 3 - Episode 4
French and Saunders have Gone with the Wind with Jennifer as Scarlett and Dawn as Mammy. Musical guest: Kirsty MacColl performing "Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!"
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#23 - Misery
French & Saunders - Season 4 - Episode 1
Featuring a memorable reenactment of the film 'Misery' and an exclusive performance by Dickens Daughters.
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#24 - The Sound of Music
French & Saunders - Season 3 - Episode 1
The hills are alive with the sound of French and Saunders as Dawn and Jennifer parody The Sound of Music. With special guest Jerry Hall. Other sketches include parodies of ABBA and Sonia, and the first appearance of Pear Tree Farm. Musical guest: Kirsty MacColl performing "Fifteen Minutes".
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#25 - The Exorcist
French & Saunders - Season 3 - Episode 3
French and Saunders with guests including Lynn Faulds Wood and Maggie Philbin perform the sketches 'The Exorcist', 'Girl Bikers', and 'Publishers'. Musical guest: Kirsty MacColl performing "Ride".
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#26 - The House of Idiot
French & Saunders - Season 4 - Episode 6
French and Saunders pay their own comic tribute to the serial House of Eliott and there are comic takes on Pan's People, Gladiators and the royal family.
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#27 - The Queen
French & Saunders - Season 6 - Episode 3
Behind the scenes in the office, Dawn is feeling ignored and wonders why she hasn't been invited to the Palace to meet the Queen. Jennifer has been invited and instead of writing scripts is practising her curtsey. Sketches include tributes to Kill Bill, Most Haunted and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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#28 - Sudden Death
Jam and Jerusalem - Season 1 - Episode 1
Sal's husband dies and at the funeral her son James announces he is firing her from the family owned clinic. Sal joins the local Women's Guild to pass her time, as does Kate the bereavement councillor.
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#29 - Dangerous Liaisons
French & Saunders - Season 3 - Episode 5
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders develop Dangerous Liaisons with more outrageous parody. With special guest Joan Bakewell. Other parodies include Birds of a Feather, Tanita Tikaram, and The Factory.
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#30 - Decades
French & Saunders - Season 2 - Episode 1
The talented comic duo return for a second series with Dawn handing out some muddled contraceptive advice to Jennifer. Musical guest: Squeeze performing "853-5937"
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#31 - Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn?
French & Saunders - Season 3 - Episode 2
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay tribute to the American thriller Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? Other sketches include a parody of Bros and two hapless magazine editors. Musical guests: Kirsty MacColl and Raw Sex performing "Somethin' Stupid".
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#32 - Braveheart
French & Saunders - Season 5 - Episode 2
Skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer including a parody of Bjork and their unique version of Braveheart.
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#33 - The Quick and the Dead
French & Saunders - Season 5 - Episode 6
Skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, featuring a spoof of Western The Quick and the Dead, guest starring Lenny Henry.
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#34 - Killing Time
French & Saunders - Season 1 - Episode 6
The curtains come down on the first series of French and Saunders' spoof entertainment show with special guest Joan Armatrading. Musical guest: Joan Armatrading performing "Killing Time".
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#35 - Cable TV
French & Saunders - Season 2 - Episode 2
The Fat Men get somewhat over-excited while watching the Miss World contest on TV, and there's a sparse audience at a Kilroy spoof. Musical guest: Toyah performing "Because the Night"
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#36 - Potholing
French & Saunders - Season 2 - Episode 5
Dawn and Jennifer undertake a Journey to the Center of the Earth-style exploration of a cave. Other sketches include inactive teenage athletes, a woman who claims to be Elvis' ex-mistress, and a neurotic housewife. Musical guest: The Proclaimers performing "Make My Heart Fly".
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#37 - Franco e Sandro
French & Saunders - Season 5 - Episode 3
Dawn and Jennifer present a parody of Federico Fellini's movies.
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#38 - In Bed with French & Saunders
French & Saunders - Season 4 - Episode 4
In Bed with French and Saunders reveals what goes on backstage for two familiar Madonnas.
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#39 - Removals
French & Saunders - Season 2 - Episode 3
The comic duo uncork one of their Hollywood send-ups as a rather senile Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers pay tribute to Fred Astaire. Musical guest: Kirsty MacColl performing "Trains and Boats and Planes".
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#40 - Summer School
The Comic Strip Presents... - Season 1 - Episode 5
Summer school students taking a course on the Iron Age construct a primitive village in the center of a university campus, where they must learn to fend for themselves without modern conveniences.
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#41 - The Seventh Seal
French & Saunders - Season 4 - Episode 3
French and Saunders pay homage to Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman, and also pay tribute to the rock band Guns N' Roses.
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#42 - Tricks
French & Saunders - Season 1 - Episode 2
French and Saunders try their best to 'star' as extras in an aeroplane TV commercial and special guest Roy Castle performs a song. Jennifer tries to carry off a series of circus tricks to no avail. Others sketches include parodies of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and The Bangles, and the first appearance of the extras.
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#43 - Julie Walters
French & Saunders - Season 1 - Episode 3
Dawn and Jennifer reach for the padding and prosthetics as the infamous Fat Men make their first appearance on the spoof variety show. Jennifer mistakes the week's special guest, Julie T. Wallace, for Julie Walters.
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#44 - Beauty and the Beast
French & Saunders - Season 1 - Episode 1
The very first episode of the light entertainment variety show starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, with special guest Alison Moyet performing "Ordinary Girl". Unpaid intern Dawn plots to seize the limelight. In sketches, Steve Rider has the latest in the Sports Report, and Dawn's A-ha pencil case has been stolen at school.
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#45 - Blue Peter
French & Saunders - Season 1 - Episode 5
The show must go on when industrial action and a walk out by Betty Marsden's dance troupe threatens to cause chaos. Musical guest: Jools Holland
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#46 - Ratings
French & Saunders - Season 1 - Episode 4
With poor ratings threatening their show, Dawn and Jennifer resort to extreme measures and hunt down BBC controller Michael Grade. Sketches include the Menopazzi Sisters and a parody of police procedurals.
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#47 - Dr. Quimn, Mad Woman
French & Saunders - Season 5 - Episode 7
Skits and sketches, including a spoof of Dr Quinn Medicine Woman. Kate Moss guest stars.
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