8.8/10 55 votes#1 - The House of Idiot
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/25/1993
French and Saunders pay tribute to the House of Eliott and there are comic takes on Pan's People, Gladiators and the royal family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10 63 votes#2 - The Silence of the Lambs
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/1993
Dawn and Jennifer pay homage to The Silence of the Lambs, and there's a unique appearance by The Mamas and Papas.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/10 38 votes
#3 - French & Saunders: The Special Edition
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/1993
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay comic tribute to Sigourney Weaver in the film Aliens.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 47 votes#4 - Misery
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/1993
Featuring a memorable reenactment of the film 'Misery' and an exclusive performance by Dickens Daughters.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 49 votes#5 - Thelma and Louise
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/1993
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay comic homage to Thelma and Louise. They are also joined by Royal Ballet star Darcey Bussell.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 52 votes#6 - The Sound of Music
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/1990
Season 3 kicks off with a great 'Sound of Music' send up - Dawn as Maria and Jen as Mother Superior fight it out to sing 'Climb ev'ry Mountain'. Jerry Hall and Marie Helvin stand in for Dawn and Jen while their off on the 'catwalks of Milan'. They use a Channel 4 programme layout, 'Star Test' to interview pop-stars of the moment, throughout season 3 - this week it's 'sophisticated, scouse' Sonia. One of the 2 fat ladies cuts off a finger - 'blood and sand', then later we see the land-rover driven through the kitchen wall in order to catch the game-birds. Dawn is 'A Right Royal Guest' on a TV-am spoof. The fantastic Abba show us their new video for 'C'est Vie, c'est vie!'. Kirsty MacColl sings the excellent '15 minutes' and we meet Dot and May, who run 'Star Pets' and train animals (and vegetables) for television.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Dawn French
8.3/10 56 votes#7 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/1990
Jennifer's Marilyn Monroe and Dawn's Jane Russell spell it out with an outrageous rendition of Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Dawn French
8.2/10 53 votes#8 - Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn?
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/1990
As the title suggests, this weeks film is a parody of 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?', with Jen isolated upstairs in a wheelchair, as Dawn gets up to some 'serupticious, drunken, bawdy mischief'. Guests on 'Star Test' this week are Matt and Luke Goss - 'Bros' (short for brothers). It's 'Dawns Dosh Spot' on TV-am and Kirsty MacColl duets with Ken Bishop on 'Somethin' Stupid'. The 2 Fat Ladies get home and discuss the wedding they've just attended and we join Jilly and Fiona, editors of 'Womanly World' magazine arranging the next issue.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Dawn French
8.2/10 46 votes#9 - Dangerous Liaisons
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/1990
It's whispering rumours-'n'-deceit-beind-fans time as Dawn and Jen 'do' Dangerous Liaisons. Star Test interviews Tanita Tikaram and asks that burning question - ""What does 'Twist in my Sobriety' mean?"". ""I'm in the studio with Dr Eleanor Wood"" who's being interviewed for 'Record Choice', although the host is more amused by the Doctors 'ample,chunky,tubby,piggy' size than anything she has to say. 'Back with Dawn' on TV-am who today is, apparently an expert on 'space' (although the wrong kind of space!), and we hear 'A Wedding Day' on the Poetry Spot... arrr! The 'thinking mans crumpet' Joan Bakewell hosts an Arts programme dedicated to Andy Warholes work. There's been a mix-up in make-up when Sharon and Tracey from 'Birds of A Fea-ver' arrive in Jens living room.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Dawn French
8.2/10 61 votes#10 - Baywatch
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1996
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders return with a spoof of Baywatch and Helen Mirren desperately trying to reinvent herself.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 40 votes#11 - Decades
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/1988
Joan Bakewell presents a documentary about two modern artists, Muriel and Maddie. Also Squeeze sing a great song called "853-9537".
Director: N/A
Writer: Dawn French
8.1/10 37 votes#12 - Pulp Fiction
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/1996
More skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, including a spoof of Pulp Fiction.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 40 votes#13 - Languages
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/1988
Light entertainment from French and Saunders, with the regular helping of Raw Sex and Ben Elton.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dawn French
7.9/10 35 votes#14 - Nose
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/15/1988
Dawn and Jennifer round off the series with more fantastic sketches and a medley of hilarious silver screen send-ups.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dawn French
7.9/10 62 votes#15 - The Exorcist
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/1990
Poor Dawnie is posessed this week, as we see in the French and Saunders' take on 'The Exorcist'. We see into the pitfalls of being a 'lookie-likie' on 'Watch-Out', the consumer affairs programme, and how Maggie Philbins 'lookie-likie' is such a perfectionist she had to marry a Cheggers look-a-like! The 'She-Rappers' make their debut in front of 'a friend of Africa Bambaata', while errr... Hollywood 'expert' Dawn joins Jen on the TV-am sofa and discusses 'a day in the life of...Joan Collins. Kirsty MacColl sings 'I Ride' while Dawn and Jen don their leathers and ride their bikes in the video. Jo and Judith have a working lunch regarding 'Stars and their toilet seats' and come up with the innovative idea of a 'plop-up' book.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Dawn French
7.9/10 47 votes#16 - Gone with the Wind
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/1990
Jen is Scarlet O'Hara - 'Fiddle-de-dee'! We see how they pass the time on a prison visit, 'Countdown' and 'Name That Tune' go down well! This weeks Star Test Guest is lead singer from Transvision Vamp, Wendy James. Ken from Raw Sex duets with his girlfriend via cassette as she's under the weather, while Kirsty MacColl sings the wonderful 'Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim'. We go out to a Country Cottage and watch the house-keepers discuss the laundry - '50 quid for a T-shirt? Couldn't believe it', the freaky-health-conscious boss 'poison?- white bread, apparently' and how to make a few quid!
Director: N/A
Writer: Dawn French
7.9/10 39 votes#17 - In Bed with French & Saunders
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/1993
In Bed with French and Saunders reveals what goes on backstage for two familiar Madonnas.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 39 votes#18 - Potholing
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/8/1988
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star in their very own light entertainment variety show, with special guests including The Proclaimers, Raw Sex, Brian Conway, Sarah Greene, Stephanie Beacham, Adrian Edmondson and Lenny Henry.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dawn French
7.8/10 41 votes#19 - Casting Agency
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/26/1990
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders round off their series with more comedy sketches and special guest Jane Asher.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Dawn French
7.8/10 39 votes#20 - Loveheart
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1996
Skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer including a parody of Bjork and their unique version of Braveheart.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 36 votes#21 - Franco e Sandro
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1996
Dawn and Jennifer present a parody of Federico Fellini's movies.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 41 votes#22 - Batman
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/1996
More comedy sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, with special guests the Krankies, Patsy Kensit, Patrick Barlow and Kate Moss.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 43 votes#23 - Pride And Prejudice
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/1996
Skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, featuring a spoof of Western The Quick and the Dead, guest starring Lenny Henry.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 46 votes#24 - Blue Peter
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/6/1987
The show must go on when industrial action and a walk out by Betty Marsden's dance troupe threatens to cause chaos. Guest starring Jools Holland, Rik Mayall and Harry Enfield.
Director: Geoff Posner
Writer: Dawn French
7.7/10 38 votes#25 - Cable TV
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/1988
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dawn French
The Best Episodes of French & Saunders
Every episode of French & Saunders ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of French & Saunders!
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act.
Genre:Comedy
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "French & Saunders" is "The House of Idiot", rated 8.8/10 from 55 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The House of Idiot" aired on 3/25/1993 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Silence of the Lambs".