The BEST episodes written by Jennifer Saunders

Tea Room
star
9.94
31 votes

#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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Episode 4
star
9.94
31 votes

#2 - Episode 4

Jam and Jerusalem - Season 2 - Episode 4

Rosie takes a turn for the worst after there's some problems at the cheese factory and refuses to leave her house. Whilst the village's annual war re-enactment is at risk of being cancelled due to health and safety risks.

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Episode 3
star
9.91
32 votes

#3 - Episode 3

Jam and Jerusalem - Season 2 - Episode 3

Sal organises a ramble for the guild and tries to make Spike and Tash get together but Spike gets the wrong idea. After bumping into the reverend who's with a lady friend, the group get stuck under sudden fog and Sal gets confronted about mothering Tash too much.

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New Beginnings (1)
star
9.90
30 votes

#4 - New Beginnings (1)

Jam and Jerusalem - Season 3 - Episode 5

Spike and Tash are finally ready to travel the world in their converted mobile library, but a confusion with the gears leads to a call-out for the emergency services, and Sal's house ends up looking like a war zone. Jock agrees to mend the damage, and the thawing of his previously frosty relationship with Sal continues, much to the amusement of Tip and the disgust of Tash.

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Problem Daughter
star
9.90
30 votes

#5 - 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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Dinner Party (1)
star
9.88
32 votes

#6 - Dinner Party (1)

Jam and Jerusalem - Season 3 - Episode 3

Caroline is planning a dinner party for husband John and his friends from London.

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Episode 5
star
9.88
32 votes

#7 - Episode 5

Jam and Jerusalem - Season 2 - Episode 5

The Guild's rivalry with a neighbouring Guild goes one step further with a sporting duel; netball and bowls. Also, Tash receives an ultimatum.

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Beating the Bounds
star
9.88
32 votes

#8 - 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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Holy Potato
star
9.87
31 votes

#9 - 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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Episode 6
star
9.85
33 votes

#10 - Episode 6

Jam and Jerusalem - Season 2 - Episode 6

Tash struggles to organise her immanent wedding to Spike and seeks help from her mother. Sal enlists the Guild to help create a magical Fairy Wedding for them.

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Episode 2
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9.84
32 votes

#11 - Episode 2

Jam and Jerusalem - Season 2 - Episode 2

Eileen believes that Sal and Susie are trying to overthrow her as president of the guild when really Sal's just trying to get Susie a pregnancy testing kit without the rest of the village being aware of her plan. And Tash is horrified when Spike buys a ticket to Glastonbury instead of sneaking in with her like normal.

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Easter (1)
star
9.82
33 votes

#12 - Easter (1)

Jam and Jerusalem - Season 3 - Episode 1

Sal discovers an old planning application to convert the barn in the field behind her house and, despite the fact that it is officially too late to object, she enlists the help of the Guild in an effort to stop the development.

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Episode 1
star
9.79
33 votes

#13 - 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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Inspection
star
9.78
32 votes

#14 - 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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Three-Letter Words
star
9.40
5 votes

#15 - 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

Back at the BBC
star
9.40
5 votes

#16 - 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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Nose
star
9.33
6 votes

#17 - 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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Minutes
star
9.25
4 votes

#18 - 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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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
star
9.00
5 votes

#19 - 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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The Silence of the Lambs
star
9.00
7 votes

#20 - 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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Offers
star
9.00
3 votes

#21 - 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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Baywatch
star
9.00
4 votes

#22 - 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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Pulp Fiction
star
9.00
5 votes

#23 - 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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After Show Party
star
9.00
4 votes

#24 - 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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Panickin'
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8.94
242 votes

#25 - Panickin'

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 5 - Episode 3

When Eddy converts her bomb shelter into a panic room, she and Patsy accidentally get locked in and, not knowing the access code, have to wait until the system resets and the door opens.

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Menopause
star
8.86
258 votes

#26 - Menopause

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 4 - Episode 6

After Patsy cracks her wrist and finds out she is has osteoporosis, Saffron sets up a menopause meeting for the pair. Edina's businesses are going under and it seems that everyone is undergoing change. Then Saffron starts having day-dreams about the possible future...

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Exploitin'
star
8.83
209 votes

#27 - Exploitin'

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 5 - Episode 7

Saffy grudgingly agrees to let Eddy babysit Jane while she and John go to lunch, but as soon as they're gone, Eddy whisks her off to the zoo where Patsy has arranged for her to be part of a photo shoot with famous photographer, Jean-Paul Gaultier. Saffy's anger at her mother is softened when Eddy confides she and Jane bonded; that is, until Saffy makes a shocking discovery.

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Batman
star
8.80
5 votes

#28 - 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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Thelma and Louise
star
8.80
5 votes

#29 - 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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Schmoozin'
star
8.75
195 votes

#30 - Schmoozin'

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 5 - Episode 6

Edina's 'new' boyfriend Pete, who she and Patsy knew growing up, works at Abbey Road Studios and uncovered some "lost tapes" of the Beatles. They throw a party to play them in public for the first time and things don't quite go as planned. Elton John does a cameo.

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Casting Agency
star
8.75
4 votes

#31 - 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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Jealous
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8.73
344 votes

#32 - Jealous

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 3 - Episode 4

Eddie gets very depressed that she doesn't win the PR Person of the Year Award and almost works herself to death trying to gain revenge. Saffy's psychology lecturer starts giving her some "extra special tuition" and Eddie comes to her daughter's aid for one of the few times in her life.

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Death
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8.72
301 votes

#33 - Death

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 2 - Episode 2

Eddie's father passes away and she is more concerned about how much weight she has put on and Saffy is horrified at her mother's selfishness regarding the death. It soon makes Eddie realize that she is also going to die and she goes out and spends hundreds of thousands of pounds on art that she doesn't want, just so she can leave something behind when she dies.

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Aliens
star
8.71
7 votes

#34 - 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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Languages
star
8.71
7 votes

#35 - 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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Birthin'
star
8.70
232 votes

#36 - Birthin'

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 5 - Episode 5

The big day has finally come and Saffy goes into labor. Everyone is there except the midwife who is unable to get into the house after the power goes out because the doors, which lock electronically, cannot be opened without electricity.

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Donkey
star
8.68
269 votes

#37 - Donkey

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 4 - Episode 4

Despite having tried every fad diet going, Eddie is still desperate to be thin, and decides to try detox. Spurred on by a Sex And The City-style lunch with her bitchy girlfriends, Eddie embarks on a strict regime of water and red meat and enrolls herself in a grueling military fitness program. Despite Patsy's best efforts, Eddie swears off champagne and begins to shed the pounds. But her nights are plagued with visits from God and the Devil, who have their own agendas. Meanwhile, budding playwright Saffy bumps into a pretentious old school friend, Taylor Johns, who attempts to use her in his bid to further his acting career, and Patsy decides to see what life is like without her trademark Sixties forelock.

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Gone with the Wind
star
8.67
6 votes

#38 - 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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Misery
star
8.67
6 votes

#39 - 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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Fear
star
8.64
281 votes

#40 - Fear

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 3 - Episode 5

Patsy moves in to live with Edina when Saffy goes off to college. However it proves to be a turbulent arrangement, especially when they can't find the tin opener. Further trouble errupts when Lulu arrives at Edina's office to terminate her contract and sign with a high-powered American PR agency. Patsy loses her job when her magazine folds, leaving the high-living pair contemplating old age and a crossroads in their lives.

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Book Clubbin'
star
8.59
214 votes

#41 - Book Clubbin'

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 5 - Episode 2

Eddy and Patsy organize a book club to meet famous people, but no one is interested in reading anything except celebrity gossip magazines. Eddy has recurring nightmares about Saffy's midwife, who delights in teasing her about them. She's very unhappy about the expected grandbaby until she learns the father is black... after all, a mixed-race baby is the greatest accessory, the "Chanel of babies."

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Door Handle
star
8.57
399 votes

#42 - Door Handle

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 3 - Episode 1

As the kitchen is being rebuilt after the fire in last series finale, Eddie is hell-bent on searching for the perfect door handle to match her decor, and she and Patsy take a day trip to New York on the concord to track one down.

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Parallox
star
8.56
370 votes

#43 - Parallox

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 4 - Episode 1

Patsy has an injection to freeze her wrinkles; Edina is due to make an appearance on the TV show "This Morning With Richard & Judy"; Saffy is looking for a job with New Labour and Mother is finding out the delights of the internet

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Huntin' Shootin' & Fishin'
star
8.52
242 votes

#44 - Huntin' Shootin' & Fishin'

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 5 - Episode 4

Edina and Patsy spend the weekend at a snooty lodge in the country and become so bored, they create their own version of fun. Meanwhile, Saffy has her friends, Emma and Sarah, over for a baby shower and Sarah becomes obsessed with Emma. The weekend ends with Emma getting a restraining order and an unexpected turn of events for Sarah.

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Birth
star
8.46
318 votes

#45 - Birth

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 2 - Episode 6

Patsy burns down Eddie's kitchen with her cigarette when she falls asleep. Forced to live out of the sitting room, Eddie and Patsy plan a night out which suits Saffy as she is having a boy around to watch a documentary. Unfortunately for all, Mother accidentally locks them in the sitting room and Eddie tries to open up to her daughter and talk to her about sex and her birth, despite Patsy's comments.

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Sudden Death
star
8.43
63 votes

#46 - 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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Happy New Year
star
8.41
414 votes

#47 - Happy New Year

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 3 - Episode 2

While Saffy plans to spend a quiet New Years Eve with her Gran and Justin, Eddie and Patsy prepare to join a huge underground rave party to see in the new year, but things change when word comes of the visit from Patsy's long lost sister Jackie who is notorious for being a 60's party animal. Upon her arrival, Patsy is distressed to learn that her sister (unlike herself) has actually aged in the last 30 years.

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The Sound of Music
star
8.40
5 votes

#48 - 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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The Exorcist
star
8.40
5 votes

#49 - 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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Sex
star
8.40
316 votes

#50 - Sex

Absolutely Fabulous - Season 3 - Episode 3

Eddie wants to have a bigger bedroom and debates which of the two walls to knock down; one leading to Saffy's room, the other to Serge's. Eddie and Patsy go into Serge's room to clear it out where Saffy discovers a copy of 'Razzle' amongst his magazines (thankfully not the one that Patsy appeared in!). Despite Saffy's objections about the magazine, Eddie leafs through it and realizes that it has been awhile since she has had sex. Patsy talks her into hiring two male prostitutes on the night that Saffy has a presentation at school, both of which don't go off as smoothly as they would have liked.

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