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The Best Episodes of French & Saunders

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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...

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  1. Background image for The House of Idiot
    8.8/10(56 votes)

    #1 - The House of Idiot

    S4:E6

    French and Saunders pay tribute to the House of Eliott and there are comic takes on Pan's People, Gladiators and the royal family.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Silence of the Lambs
    8.6/10(64 votes)

    #2 - The Silence of the Lambs

    S4:E2

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Misery
    8.5/10(48 votes)

    #3 - Misery

    S4:E1

    Featuring a memorable reenactment of the film 'Misery' and an exclusive performance by Dickens Daughters.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for French & Saunders: The Special Edition
    8.5/10(41 votes)

    #4 - French & Saunders: The Special Edition

    S4:E5

    Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay comic tribute to Sigourney Weaver in the film Aliens.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Thelma and Louise
    8.5/10(53 votes)

    #5 - Thelma and Louise

    S4:E7

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Decades
    8.2/10(41 votes)

    #6 - Decades

    S2:E1

    Joan Bakewell presents a documentary about two modern artists, Muriel and Maddie. Also Squeeze sing a great song called "853-9537".

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn?
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn?

    S3:E2

    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
  9. Background image for Languages
    7.9/10(39 votes)

    #8 - Languages

    S2:E4

    Light entertainment from French and Saunders, with the regular helping of Raw Sex and Ben Elton.

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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for Nose
    7.9/10(34 votes)

    #9 - Nose

    S2:E6

    Dawn and Jennifer round off the series with more fantastic sketches and a medley of hilarious silver screen send-ups.

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    Director:Unknown
  11. Background image for Removals
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #10 - Removals

    S2:E3

    The comic duo uncork one of their Hollywood send-ups as a rather senile Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers pay tribute to Fred Astaire.

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for Potholing
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #11 - Potholing

    S2:E5

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  13. Background image for In Bed with French & Saunders
    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #12 - In Bed with French & Saunders

    S4:E4

    In Bed with French and Saunders reveals what goes on backstage for two familiar Madonnas.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Blue Peter
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #13 - Blue Peter

    S1:E5

    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.

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    Director:Geoff Posner
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    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #14 - Cable TV

    S2:E2

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Seventh Seal
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    #15 - The Seventh Seal

    S4:E3

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Tricks
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #16 - Tricks

    S1:E2

    French and Saunders try their best to 'star' as extras in an aeroplane TV commercial and special guest Roy Castle performs a song.

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    Director:Unknown
  18. Background image for Julie Walters
    7.5/10(45 votes)

    #17 - Julie Walters

    S1:E3

    Dawn and Jennifer reach for the padding and prosthetics as the infamous Fat Men make their first appearance on the spoof variety show. Guest starring Julie T. Wallace.

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    Director:Unknown
  19. Background image for Killing Time
    7.5/10(44 votes)

    #18 - Killing Time

    S1:E6

    The curtains come down on the first series of French and Saunders' spoof entertainment show with special guest Joan Armatrading.

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    Director:Unknown
  20. Background image for Beauty and the Beast
    7.4/10(73 votes)

    #19 - Beauty and the Beast

    S1:E1

    The very first episode of the light entertainment variety show starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, with special guest Alison Moyet. Plus, Steve Rider has the latest in the Sports Report, Dawn's A-ha pencil case has been stolen at school and dance troupe The Hot Hoofers take to the stage.

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    Director:Geoff Posner
  21. Background image for Ratings
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #20 - Ratings

    S1:E4

    With poor ratings threatening their show, Dawn and Jennifer resort to extreme measures and hunt down BBC controller Michael Grade.

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    Director:Unknown
  22. Background image for Back at the BBC
    7.1/10(38 votes)

    #21 - Back at the BBC

    S6:E1

    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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    Director:Ed Bye
  23. Background image for Minutes
    7.1/10(32 votes)

    #22 - Minutes

    S6:E5

    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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    Director:Unknown
  24. Background image for The Sound of Music
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - The Sound of Music

    S3:E1

    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
  25. Background image for Gone with the Wind
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Gone with the Wind

    S3:E4

    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!

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    Director:Unknown
  26. Background image for After Show Party
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    #25 - After Show Party

    S6:E6

    French and Saunders have to take their ideas to offers, they have NOTHING!

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    Director:Ed Bye

Best Episodes Summary

"The House of Idiot" is the best rated episode of "French & Saunders". It scored 8.8/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/25/1993. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Silence of the Lambs".