French and Saunders

French & Saunders was a British comedy series. The main actors were Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Was premiered the show on March 9, 1987. Was produced the series by the BBC. A sequence having a length of about 30 minutes. Furthermore, there have been several special productions. The series ended in 2005 with a Christmas special.

Content

In the program also current movies or music videos are parodies alongside classic skits often. These included, in the past, for example, The Lord of The Rings trilogy, Star Wars or the music video for "Me against the music" by Britney Spears and Madonna. A parody of the girl group Bananarama as Lananeeneenoonoo culminated in a successful charity single for the charity Comic Relief.

At Christmas, there are also the so-called " Christmas Specials ". Several special programs under the title " French & Saunders at the Movies ," have already been produced.

Awards

The series was nominated eleven times for the BAFTA Awards, a prize has been won for Best Make- Up in 1994 Furthermore, the production received four nominations -. Them a winning - at the Royal Television Society Television Awards. The Guild of Writers in Britain drew the series in 1991 with the Writers' Guild of Great Britain award.