Dawn French

AKA: 돈 프렌치, Dawn Roma French
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1957-10-11

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK

Biography

Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, presenter and writer. French is known for writing and starring on the BBC comedy sketch show French and Saunders with her best friend and comedy partner, Jennifer Saunders, and played the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. She has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and won a BAFTA Fellowship with Saunders in 2009.

Crew Roles

French and Saunders: Still Alive
Writer
The Best of French & Saunders
Writer
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Writer
Summer School
Writer
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Writer
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Writer
French & Saunders - Live
Writer
The Comic Strip
Writer
Absolutely Fabulous
Writer
The Silurian Disruption
Writer
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
Writer
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
Executive Producer
Creator
Creator
Creator
Creator
Creator
Creator
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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {186}

Mrs. Beaver (voice)

2005-12-07 7.135

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by ...
Genre :Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Mrs. Cooper

1988-03-05 8.6

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

A couple of bored escorts find themselves suddenly involved with a hit gang and an ax murderer - Mr. Jolly. Gratuitous violence, rivers of blood, and maximum hilarity, all rolled into one. ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror, TV Movie

Therapist

2006-09-09 5.733

Love and Other Disasters

Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her devoted ex-boyfriend, James Wildstone, and lives wit ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Self

2021-11-21 8.4

An Audience with Adele

Joining multi-Grammy Award winning and one of the biggest UK artists of all time, Adele, for a unique and special night at the legendary London Palladium, where she performs her chart-topping single E ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Sister Marie (voice)

2023-03-10 6.8

The Magician's Elephant

Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysteriou ...
Genre :Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Comedy

Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)

2009-02-05 7.9

Coraline

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a fri ...
Genre :Animation, Family, Fantasy

Self - Narrator

2004-12-09 4.8

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performers then relatively unknown, like Rowan Atkinson. Na ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Self

2001-03-03 0

Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl

A documentary tribute to the singer/songwriter who died on 18th December, 2000. ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Self (archive material)

2006-03-07 0

When Comedy Changed Forever

The history of British comedy from the 1970s to today, showing how the work of Reeves and Mortimer provided a link between old-style acts such as Bernard Manning and modern phenomena like Little Brita ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2008-11-17 5.2

French and Saunders: Still Alive

French and Saunders, Britain’s most celebrated female comedians, bring their final ever sell-out Still Alive tour to DVD! Catch the last chance to watch the infectious duo in their side-splitting come ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1989-01-01 7.5

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend concert in 1988, Amnesty returned to the original formu ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Andrea

1985-11-08 6

The Supergrass

While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest fro ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1988-12-10 5.2

An Audience With Victoria Wood

British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch her crack jokes, play the piano and answer light- ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2017-03-24 9

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day

A fund-raising event organised by Comic Relief. ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie

Self

2011-12-17 10

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties

Sketch-show sensation Catherine Tate tells the story of the decade in which she became a household name. She meets with comedy glitterati Alan Carr, David Walliams, Noel Fielding, Rob Brydon and her D ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Various

2002-08-05 0

The Best of French & Saunders

A compilation of all the best sketches from Britain's favourite female comedy double-act. They are all here - the music numbers, Hollywood spoofs, the uncannily perceptive mickey-taking of our various ...
Genre :

Self - Host

2011-12-25 10

Matthew Bourne's Christmas

This new Christmas ballet film was conceived by Matthew Bourne and directed by his long standing film collaborator Ross MacGibbon. The film celebrates Bourne's power to imaginatively transform ballet, ...
Genre :Music

1990-03-12 0

French & Saunders LIVE

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders perform a live comedy show in London's West End at the world famous Shaftesbury Theatre, in front of a hugely appreciative sell-out audience. Over an hour of hilariou ...
Genre :Comedy

Joy Aston

2010-10-31 0

Psychoville Halloween Special

Psychoville returns with a spooktacular hour-long Halloween special. Four tales of terror unfold as location manager Phil Walker investigates the abandoned ruins of Ravenhill Psychiatric hospital. Doe ...
Genre :Horror, Comedy

Ursula

1983-01-31 0

Summer School

A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However, the village is right in the middle of a modern university campus which somewhat detracts from ...
Genre :Comedy

Jim Hawkins (voice)

1993-09-10 8

The Legends of Treasure Island

Genre :Animation, Family

George

1982-11-02 0

Five Go Mad in Dorset

In the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch George who has an unhealthy relationship with her dog Timmy and their brothers Dick and Julian, whose rela ...
Genre :Comedy

Stella

1998-04-12 0

Four Men in a Car

Four salesmen Alan, Ian, Steve and Tim are on their way to a conference where only one of them is guaranteed promotion. There is much bickering, Steve is perpetually sick and gets put in the boot, the ...
Genre :Comedy

Veronica

1984-02-04 0

Eddie Monsoon - a Life?

Eddie Monsoon is a South African entertainer who, following the failure of several pilot shows for TV in his homeland, faked his suicide, went to Brazil and then to England where he attracted notoriet ...
Genre :Comedy

Hermine

1983-01-03 10

War

1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and Godfrey retreat to their rural hide-away but after witnessing a bunch of incompetent commandos kill eac ...
Genre :Comedy

Eleanor

1983-01-17 0

The Beat Generation

In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a colony of beat poets, living a hedonistic, unreal existence in a large villa overlooking the sea. Dumpe ...
Genre :Comedy

George

1983-11-02 0

Five Go Mad on Mescalin

On their way to stay with Mrs French at Hot Turkey Farm, the Famous Five hear on the radio their Uncle Quentin's escaped prison. Arriving at the farm they're appalled to meet the vulgar millionaire, M ...
Genre :Comedy

Monica

1984-01-07 0

Dirty Movie

Postman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of Muzak' at his local cinema. However, he is unaware that the cinema manager Terry Toadstool is using this as a ...
Genre :Comedy

Susie

1984-01-14 0

Susie

In rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin for lusty mechanic Dave when she meets romantic former pop star Garry Dreadful, who has moved to the villa ...
Genre :Comedy

Fiona/Frances

1984-01-28 0

Gino: Full Story and Pics

A hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of proportion by the media. ...
Genre :Comedy

Passion

1984-02-11 2

Slags

Teen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, only to find that their gang the Slags has disbanded due to a rival gang, the Hawaiians, who wear garlands and drink Pina Cola ...
Genre :Comedy

Consuela

1986-01-01 0

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much left to her own devices she is unnerved by the power that Consuela, the sinister Spanish housekeepe ...
Genre :Comedy

Nayler

1986-01-02 0

Private Enterprise

Whilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape by the newly disbanded group Toy Department, which he takes to a promoter, Brian. Together they have a ...
Genre :Comedy

Frances / Mrs. Shines

1990-02-08 0

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

Two security van personnel plan to rob a bank in an attempt to raise enough cash to mount a rescue mission when a dictator invades the Falklands. ...
Genre :

Frances

1990-02-08 0

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

In the conclusion of this special two-part story, Stan has somehow managed to make it to the Falklands, which have indeed been taken over by the Argentinians after all. He is tied to a stake alongside ...
Genre :Comedy

Caroline

1990-02-22 0

Oxford

When American comic actor Steve 'Zoo Zoo Zoo Off Come My Pants' Wild arrives in Oxford to make a comedy film, his girlfriend Caroline goes behind his back to enroll in a poetry course. Meanwhile, Hann ...
Genre :Comedy

Francesca

1990-03-01 0

Spaghetti Hoops

In a monochrome city that is shamelessly London although everybody acts as if it is Rome, banker Aldo Vini is on the run from Mafia boss Corelli, from whom he has embezzled two million. Corelli hires ...
Genre :Comedy

Glynis Kinnock

1992-04-09 0

Red Nose of Courage

A clown is not happy with his job at his father's circus so he gets into politics, and some weeks later he is the Prime Minister John Major. But after his day job, he has to attend to his real job as ...
Genre :Comedy

George

2012-11-07 0

Five Go to Rehab

The Famous Five are back. Thirty years after the Comic Strip arrived on our screens with their famous Enid Blyton spoof - Five Go Mad in Dorset. These famous children's characters have again been brou ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2023-12-28 8.5

Dawn French Is a Huge Twat

Live (almost) from London’s iconic Palladium theatre, the nation’s favourite comedy star, Dawn French, is about to reveal (almost) all the most excruciating gaffes and howlers she’s made across her 40 ...
Genre :Comedy

Self - Featured Artist

2023-12-27 7

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exploring a brand of comedy based on satire, silliness and, above all, friendship. ...
Genre :Documentary

2012-11-03 5

30 Years of Comic Strip

In true Peter Richardson fashion, "30 Years Of Comic Strip" defies the conventional norms of a retrospective documentary. It brings together some of the most prominent figures in UK comedy, reflecting ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Self

2011-12-18 6.8

Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas

Michael Buble performs a selection of seasonal hits and other favorites from his Canadian mountain chalet. Plus guests including Dawn French, Gary Barlow and Kelly Rowland. ...
Genre :Music

Self

2005-07-04 6

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

A look back at the comedy series The Comic Strip Presents ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2016-12-23 0

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

The former principal ballerina tells her story, with historic performances from the BBC archives and candid interviews from throughout her career. Showing how she grew up in front of the camera and ma ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1991-12-28 4

Amnesty International's Big 30

In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversary live at Radio City Music Hall. ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Baker's Wife

1996-07-26 5.265

The Adventures of Pinocchio

One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to lear ...
Genre :Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Drama

2005-03-02 5

Comic Aid

Shot live at the one off Comic Aid benefit gig at London’s Carling Apollo – which sold out in just three and a half minutes of tickets being put on sale – the DVD features the entire uncut show for al ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Debbie Draws

1987-10-23 6.2

Eat the Rich

Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanw ...
Genre :Action, Comedy, Crime

Twit

2022-12-23 7

Red Riding Hood: After Ever After

Fifty years after her legendary brush with the wolf, an adult Red Riding Hood and her granddaughter face a new lupine problem. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy, Fantasy

Self (archive material)

2022-12-24 0

Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley

Celebrating the legendary comedy with clips and insights from the cast and celebrity fans. ...
Genre :

Jim Hawkins

1997-07-14 0

Treasure Island

Jim Hawkins races to beat Long John Silver to the riches awaiting on Treasure Island. An animated retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, featured the main characters as animals. ...
Genre :Animation, Adventure, Family

Interviewer

2016-07-01 5.3

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they're accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing around London's trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an ub ...
Genre :Comedy

Elaine Dobbs

1993-10-03 0

Tender Loving Care

Night nurse Elaine Dobbs may be overworked and underpaid, but she has created a very special atmosphere in her ward and is extremely attentive to her patients. However, rather too many of them are dyi ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, TV Movie

1981-01-01 0

The Comic Strip

A tongue-in-cheek "behind the scenes" look at the Comic Strip comedy club in the early 1980s, which gave rise to 'The Comic Strip Presents' ...
Genre :Comedy

Various roles

2000-11-20 8.5

French & Saunders - Live

For the first time in 10 years, see Britain's funniest double act French & Saunders at their hilarious LIVE best... Together they perform their unique brand of humour to standing ovations and critica ...
Genre :Comedy

Bev Bodger

1997-10-26 7

Sex & Chocolate

Bev Bodger is a married teacher tempted by an old school boyfriend to enjoy a little sex and chocolate in Paris. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama, TV Movie

La Duchesse de Crackentorp

2007-06-01 8

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment

In January 2007, superstar soprano Natalie Dessay, joined on stage by acclaimed tenor Juan Diego Florez dazzled British audiences in Laurent Pelly's new production of Donizetti's "LA FILLE DU REGIMENT ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Driving Instructor

1992-12-23 7

In Dreams

Lenny has some perplexing dreams. ...
Genre :TV Movie

Self

1986-02-01 0

Comedians Do It On Stage

A Group of Britain's top comedy and music performers gather at a London Theater, to give their support to the Oncology Club Fund. The Fund is a charitable organization which provides training for youn ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2016-12-31 7.4

Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes

Dawn French's acclaimed one-woman show—on the story of her life. ...
Genre :Comedy

Virginia

1999-01-01 2

Milk

Forty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire dairy farm all his adult life. When Lucy unexpectedly dies of a heart attack, a rogue's gallery of family me ...
Genre :Comedy

Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016-09-12 5.7

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a trip through the comedy archive in the company of the ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary

The Fat Lady

2004-05-31 8.009

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the ...
Genre :Adventure, Fantasy

Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity

1988-02-20 7

The Strike

Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984 miners' strike. However, the Hollywood production company that gets hold of his script turns it into a ludi ...
Genre :Comedy

Charlene

2000-06-02 5.373

Maybe Baby

Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing they want ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

2017-12-25 0

300 Years of French & Saunders

Dragged up all the way from the ocean bed, national treasures Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are back together this festive season with a special 30th anniversary clip show that's bursting with bra ...
Genre :Comedy

Tracy

1983-01-24 8.7

Bad News

A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up a schoolgirl groupie, and meet up with rock journalist Sally at a motorway service station where the ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Rachel

1988-02-27 9.8

More Bad News

Four years after they were last the subject of a documentary, the heavy metal band Bad News get back together again for another film of their exploits, beginning with a reunion gig at the Flying Horse ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Gaynor

1993-04-29 0

Space Virgins from Planet Sex

A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperate to find men with whom they can procreate in order to ensure the continuity of their race and whom ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Self - Presenter

1994-05-02 8

Dusty

A career retrospective celebrating the timeless music of one of the world's greatest singer–Dusty Springfield. For the first time, Dusty contributes to her own intriguing story with plenty of outrageo ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Bowers

2022-02-09 6.415

Death on the Nile

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut sho ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Cher as Joan Ruddock

1990-02-05 0

GLC: The Carnage Continues

The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden. ...
Genre :Comedy

Tracy

2019-11-29 0

Completely Bad News

A double offering of heavy metal madness from The Comic Strip and Bad News. ...
Genre :

Porcas

1990-12-26 0

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by Captain Barnabus Butcher who fools Robinson into believing he is being taken on a trip to visit the land o ...
Genre :Family

Self

1986-04-25 6

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

In April 1986, inspired by the previous summer's bombastic Live Aid event and the success of Amnesty's first four Secret Policeman's Ball shows, the UK's alternative comedy scene (and a few of the old ...
Genre :Comedy

2011-01-04 0

French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years

No topic is off limits to the side-splitting sketch comedy partnership of Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, creators of the groundbreaking British sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous." In this collection of ...
Genre :

2011-01-04 0

Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders

Gentlemen prefer blondes, but when Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders parody Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, it's proof enough why comedy fans prefer French And Saunders. And ever wondered what the Qu ...
Genre :

Self

2009-07-21 5

Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'

A look at the complexities and intricacies of making the 2009 stop motion animation film Coraline. ...
Genre :Documentary, Animation

Beatrix Potter

2020-12-24 6

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

Roald & Beatrix, the tail of the curious mouse, a heart-warming Christmas film inspired by the true encounter between a six-year-old Roald Dahl and his idol Beatrix Potter. A magical story of what rea ...
Genre :Family, Drama

Geraldine Granger

2020-12-20 6

The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown

The nation's favourite vicar muses upon lockdown, social distancing, masks and absent friends. ...
Genre :

Narrator

2020-12-24 10

A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas

Documentary following a community of herders in the Scottish Highlands preparing young reindeer for their first Christmas, including an orphaned reindeer calf who battles against the odds ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2021-03-06 0

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

Dawn French and Richard Curtis take viewers on a joyful stroll down memory lane as they look back at their favorite Dibley moments, and for the first time, tell the definitive story of the making of t ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary

1993-01-01 7.5

French & Saunders: At the Movies

Comediennes and "Absolutely Fabulous" creators Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star in this compilation of the best skits and spoofs from the fourth season of their BBC comedy-sketch series. They ta ...
Genre :Comedy

Jackie

1984-01-21 7

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

Two students calling themselves Carlos and Miguel arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live out their dream of being in a spaghetti Western. At a cafe in a remote town they meet two Australian gi ...
Genre :Western, Comedy, TV Movie

Self

2021-07-17 8

French & Saunders: Funny Women

Filmed on the set of their sketch show, much-loved duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders discuss all the crucial and female contributions to the pantheon of comic history across the globe. ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2024-09-08 0

Joan Rivers at the BBC

Katherine Ryan presents a celebration of one of the biggest comedy talents to ever appear on the small screens – the razor-sharp-tongued first lady of laughter, Joan Rivers. ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2024-10-05 6.5

Kirsty MacColl at the BBC

Described by Bono as 'the Noel Coward of our generation’, the singer and songwriter Kirsty MacColl would have turned 65 this year had her life not been tragically cut short in December 2000. Signed at ...
Genre :Music

1989-01-01 0

Bosses From Hell

John Cleese training video about bosses. ...
Genre :

1989-01-01 0

Communicators From Hell

John Cleese training video. ...
Genre :

1989-01-01 0

Employees From Hell

John Cleese training video about employees. ...
Genre :Comedy

Silurian #1

1987-01-25 0

The Silurian Disruption

The Doctor is on trial... again but this time he is disputed by some Silurians, or more accurately the people who played them. ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Self

1999-11-12 7

It’s Lulu

Lulu is one of the most well-known Scottish singers thanks to her iconic hits including the 1964 hit cover of The Isley Brothers' song 'Shout'. After her success with 'Shout', Lulu went on to win the ...
Genre :Music

2009-12-21 0

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

A look back at Victoria Wood's hugely successful television career. Featuring sketches, stand-up, characters and songs from her incredible repertoire as well as exclusive interviews with Victoria and ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2026-01-08 6

Becoming Victoria Wood

A feature length documentary celebrating the life of Britain’s beloved comedy icon Victoria Wood delving into the complex inner world of this national treasure nearly ten years after her passing. Vict ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

First Assistant

0

Experiment IV

A short film from Kate Bush ...
Genre :

Cook

1985-10-17 0

Happy Families

Guy Fuddle lives with grandma who's ill and wants to see her granddaughters sent away as kids before dying. Guy searches for his four sisters. When reunited, grandma's real motives are uncovered. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2020-04-23 9

The Big Night In

Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry and Matt Baker. ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie

Badsister 2

0

The Storyteller: Sapsorrow

A beautiful princess seeking to escape an arranged marriage, flees to a distant kingdom and disguises herself as a loathsome hag. But then she falls in love with the new kingdom's prince. ...
Genre :Fantasy, Family

1989-01-01 0

Customer Service From Hell

John Cleese training video about customer service ...
Genre :Comedy

1989-01-01 0

Colleagues From Hell

John Cleese corporate training video series ...
Genre :Comedy

1989-01-01 0

Interviewers From Hell

John Cleese training video about interviewers ...
Genre :Comedy

Various Characters

1988-12-28 0

French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88

Parodies of Christmas movies, hair gel ads, and Bananarama. ...
Genre :Comedy

Various Roles

1994-12-30 0

French and Saunders' Christmas Carol

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders reprise some of their favourite characters for a yuletide airing, while Charles Dickens and the Oscar-winning film The Piano feel the lash of their satirical humour. ...
Genre :Comedy

Various Characters

1987-03-09 7.486

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 occas ...
Genre :Comedy

Various characters

1991-11-14 6.8

Murder Most Horrid

A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with mu ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery

1999-09-09 7.3

Let Them Eat Cake

Let Them Eat Cake is a British sitcom starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders set in France, 1782, just seven years before the French Revolution. It is one of the few programmes in which French and ...
Genre :Comedy

2005-10-27 6.2

The F Word

The F Word is a British food magazine and cookery programme featuring chef Gordon Ramsay. The programme covers a wide range of topics, from recipes to food preparation and celebrity food fads. The pro ...
Genre :Documentary

Self - Guest

2006-08-14 4.4

The One Show

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One. ...
Genre :Talk

Amanda

1985-10-23 4.286

Girls On Top

Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender, they barely manage to co-exist. ...
Genre :Comedy

2006-02-15 0

Davina

Davina was a British chat show hosted by Davina McCall. It first aired on BBC One on 15 February 2006, however, the show ended on 12 April 2006 at the end of its first series due to low ratings. One s ...
Genre :

Self - Guest Judge

2019-10-03 7.1

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

RuPaul has made the trip across the pond in search of a queen with the most charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent in all the land. ...
Genre :Reality

Self

1996-02-09 6.8

TFI Friday

TFI Friday was an entertainment show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2000. The show was produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker and hosted by Chris Evans, for ...
Genre :Comedy

Revd Geraldine Granger

1994-11-10 7.27

The Vicar of Dibley

Reverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite what the villagers expected. ...
Genre :Comedy

2004-10-11 4.6

The Paul O'Grady Show

The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to C ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self

1976-04-01 5

The Secret Policeman's Ball

A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular British comedians b ...
Genre :Comedy

Christian Evangelist

1982-11-09 7.885

The Young Ones

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time ana ...
Genre :Comedy

Devil in Advert

1982-11-09 7.885

The Young Ones

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time ana ...
Genre :Comedy

Mary Trewednack

2002-10-22 6.2

Wild West

Mary Trewednack lives above her Post Office in the fictitious Cornish village of St Gweep with her neurotic partner Angela. Lesbians until something better comes up, they enjoy the cosy security of li ...
Genre :Comedy

Caroline Arless

2008-01-13 8.4

Lark Rise to Candleford

Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. ...
Genre :Drama

Badsister 2

1988-05-15 8.2

The Storyteller

The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Easter Bunny

1982-11-09 7.885

The Young Ones

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time ana ...
Genre :Comedy

Cook

1985-10-17 6.7

Happy Families

Happy Families was a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC in 1985 and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. It starred Jennifer Saunders as Granny Fuddle, Daw ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Jim Hawkins (voice)

1993-09-10 7.5

The Legends of Treasure Island

The Legends Of Treasure Island is an animated cartoon from the UK that ran from 1993-1995. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25 minutes. The series was loosely based ...
Genre :Family, Animation

2007-09-07 6.2

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

Compilation of vintage clips from French and Saunders, along with new material. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2002-05-06 5

V Graham Norton

V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly So Graham Norton. It aired from 6 ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Joy Aston

2009-06-18 6.87

Psychoville

Psychoville is a British dark comedy television . Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in additional starring roles. ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

2007-01-25 0

Comedy Shuffle

Genre :Comedy

2002-06-12 0

Pongwiffy

Genre :

2002-04-04 2

Ted and Alice

Ted is an alien, an outcast on his own planet where he is a rare single-sex being condemned to a life in search of a mate. Alice dreams of a fiction book romance, but the reality of boyfriend Barry is ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2004-01-26 0

Bosom Pals

Genre :

Val Stevenson

2010-08-06 7.4

Roger & Val Have Just Got In

Comedy starring Dawn French and Alfred Molina following their lives as a middle-aged couple and their first half an hour back home ...
Genre :Comedy

Frances

2013-02-26 5.409

Heading Out

Sara is a woman approaching middle age who is popular and successful - she's a veterinarian so skilled that she can spay a tortoise using just one hand - but has a chink in her armour: she's afraid to ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2006-08-14 4.4

The One Show

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One. ...
Genre :Talk

Self - Judge

2021-12-12 0

Walk the Line

The show combines a talent contest with a gaming element, as singers decide whether to stay in the competition or cash out. ...
Genre :Reality, Family

Self

2007-02-22 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Dawn French

2001-03-20 6

Happiness

Danny Spencer is a voice artist who is recently bereaved and having a mid-life crisis. As he continues to voice a kung fu bear he must also deal with his friends, including a high school friend, an ol ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1978-01-08 5.3

An Audience with...

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guest ...
Genre :Talk

Host

2017-03-01 0

Little Big Shots

British version of the reality competition that shines the spotlight on some of the world's most talented children. ...
Genre :Kids, Reality, Family

Self

1982-05-04 4.5

Wogan

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities. ...
Genre :Talk

Mrs. Crupp

1999-12-25 7.054

David Copperfield

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships. ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1987-09-26 6

Going Live!

Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Peter Si ...
Genre :

Gina Benelli

2016-12-30 5.9

Delicious

Gina is a Cornish chef who is suddenly forced to evaluate her closest relationships. A comedic drama series about food, love and infidelity in Cornwall. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self - Chief Judge

2012-07-07 0

Superstar

Superstar is a UK talent search, looking for the lead role in a production of the 1971 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. The series started on 7 July 2012 on ITV and was presented by Amanda Holden. ...
Genre :Reality

Presenter

2007-12-09 0

Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy

Dawn French interviews more than thirty of her favourite male comedians. ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Presenter

2007-11-06 5

More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy

Dawn French interviews famous comedians about how they started, their inspirations and their careers. ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Janet Erskine

2004-12-12 7.8

Agatha Christie's Marple

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumble ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Self - Narrator

2021-08-08 0

The Secret World Of...

A behind-the-scene exploration of Britain’s biggest snack rivalries, from Aeros v Wispas to Penguins against Clubs and Wotsits going up against Quavers. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self - Guest

2015-03-30 6.3

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

British comedian Richard Ayoade (later taken over by Joe Lycett), accompanied by a celebrity guest, takes a ruthlessly efficient approach to travel, covering everything top tourist destinations have t ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Kathy

1992-11-12 7.545

Absolutely Fabulous

Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageo ...
Genre :Comedy

2002-08-13 6.3

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

Over three episodes, Dawn French interviewed some of the most prolific and celebrated female comedians of the time. Later in 2006, several of the interviews were shown in full. The interviewees being: ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Narrator

2024-05-24 0

The Nevermets

Documentary meeting Brits who have all fallen madly in love online as they each make the potentially life-changing decision to cross international waters to meet their long-distance lovers for the ver ...
Genre :Documentary

2000-01-02 0

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

Comedic British History ...
Genre :

Maggie Cole

2020-03-04 6.4

The Trouble with Maggie Cole

What happens when idle gossip escalates out of control and starts to affect people’s lives. Set in a picturesque fishing village, the series centres on Maggie Cole, the self- appointed oracle of this ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

George

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Passion

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Tracy

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Susie

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Veronica

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Ursula

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Hermine

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Jackie/First Nun

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Consuela

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Eleanor

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Monica

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Nayler

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Fiona/Frances

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Rachel

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Cooper

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Frances/Mrs. Shines

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Frances

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Joan

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Francesca

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Caroline

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Debbie Fendon

2026-01-07 7.4

Can You Keep a Secret?

Debbie Fenton is a granny, lawn bowler, tinpot dictator - who will stop at nothing to make sure her family's protected. Unfortunately, most of the time the person they really need protecting from is h ...
Genre :Comedy

Linda

2013-09-24 7.3

The Wrong Mans

Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime, conspiracy and corruption. ...
Genre :Comedy

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1949-05-29 10

The BAFTA Awards

BAFTA presents awards for film, television and games, including children's entertainment, at a number of annual ceremonies across the UK and in Los Angeles, USA. ...
Genre :Reality

Self

1998-01-09 0

Parkinson

Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show. ...
Genre :Talk

Mrs Goggins

1994-11-04 7.1

Harry Enfield and Chums

Harry Enfield, Kathy Burke, Paul Whitehouse and others take on an array of oddball characters and old-time favorites in this sketch comedy show. ...
Genre :Comedy

Gramma Leeba

2025-06-07 0

BeddyByes

Join best friends MeMo and BaBa as they travel across the remarkable Planet BeddyByes, meeting new and familiar faces on their mindful and soothing journey to bedtime. ...
Genre :Kids, Animation

Rosie Bales

2006-11-24 6.955

Jam and Jerusalem

Jam and Jerusalem is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French, and stars Sue Johnston, Saunders, Pauline McLynn, French, Maggie Steed, David Mitchell, and Sally Phillips. Early ep ...
Genre :Comedy

Presenter

2006-12-25 0

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

Dawn French, interviews her favorite comediennes and asks about their upbringing, family life, entree into comedy, routines for generating material, whether they hang out with other funny people, come ...
Genre :Documentary

Mrs Duvet

1995-05-20 0

Look at the State We're In!

A satirical comedy-drama exploring the absurdities of modern life, politics, and society through a series of sketches and parodies. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2026-01-01 9

Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia

Two siblings discover a strange world beneath a deceptively ordinary surface: a wise local buffalo; an inch-tall exchange student; a hidden room that leads to other countries; a lost deep sea diver an ...
Genre :Animation, Mystery