Dawn French
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.9099 |
| Birthday | 1957-10-11 |
| Place of Birth | Холихед, Уэльс, Великобритания |
| Also Known As | 돈 프렌치, Dawn Roma French, |
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
7.1/11735
Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
1988
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
9/7
Two alcoholic escorts suddenly find themselves involved with a hit gang and an ax murderer.
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
2006
Love and Other Disasters
5.746/356
Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her de...
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Love and Other Disasters
2021
An Audience with Adele
8.42/44
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 Pallad...
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An Audience with Adele
2023
The Magician's Elephant
6.779/235
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 stil...
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The Magician's Elephant
2009
Coraline
7.9/9379
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...
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Coraline
2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
4.8/3
The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performer...
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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2001
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
10/1
A documentary tribute to the singer/songwriter who died on 18th December, 2000.
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Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2006
When Comedy Changed Forever
0/0
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 Bern...
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When Comedy Changed Forever
2008
French & Saunders: Still Alive
5.2/3
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 wat...
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French & Saunders: Still Alive
1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
7.667/3
After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend conce...
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1985
The Supergrass
6.094/16
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 girl...
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The Supergrass
1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
5.3/5
British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch...
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
9/2
A fund-raising event organised by Comic Relief.
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Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2011
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
10/2
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, D...
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Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2002
The Best of French & Saunders
0/0
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...
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The Best of French & Saunders
2011
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
10/2
This new Christmas ballet film was conceived by Matthew Bourne and directed by his long standing film collaborator Ross MacGibbon. The film celebrates...
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Matthew Bourne's Christmas
1990
French & Saunders LIVE
0/0
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 apprec...
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French & Saunders LIVE
2010
Psychoville Halloween Special
0/0
Psychoville returns with a spooktacular hour-long Halloween special. Four tales of terror unfold as location manager Phil Walker investigates the aban...
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Psychoville Halloween Special
1983
Summer School
0/0
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 mod...
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Summer School
1982
Five Go Mad in Dorset
0/0
In the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch George who has an unhealthy relationship with her dog Ti...
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Five Go Mad in Dorset
1993
The Legends of Treasure Island
8/1
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The Legends of Treasure Island
1998
Four Men in a Car
0/0
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...
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Four Men in a Car
1984
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
0/0
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 Braz...
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Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1983
War
10/1
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 wi...
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War
1983
The Beat Generation
0/0
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 exi...
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The Beat Generation
1983
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
0/0
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...
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Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1984
Susie
0/0
In rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin for lusty mechanic Dave when she meets romantic former p...
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Susie
1984
Dirty Movie
0/0
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...
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Dirty Movie
1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics
0/0
A hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of proportion by the media.
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Gino: Full Story and Pics
1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
0/0
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 po...
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Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1984
Slags
2/1
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, th...
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Slags
1986
Private Enterprise
0/0
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...
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Private Enterprise
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
0/0
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.
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
Oxford
0/0
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...
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Oxford
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
0/0
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 Argen...
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1992
Red Nose of Courage
8/1
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...
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Red Nose of Courage
1990
Spaghetti Hoops
0/0
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...
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Spaghetti Hoops
2012
Five Go to Rehab
0/0
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...
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Five Go to Rehab
2023
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
8.5/1
Live (almost) from London’s iconic Palladium theatre, the nation’s favourite comedy star, Dawn French, is about to reveal (almost) all the most excruc...
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Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
7/1
imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exploring a brand of comedy based on satire, sillines...
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2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
5/1
The cast and crew of The Comic Strip share anecdotes about the making of the show, recounting experiences marked by a playful disregard for health and...
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30 Years of Comic Strip
2011
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
6.8/2
Michael Buble performs a selection of seasonal hits and other favorites from his Canadian mountain chalet. Plus guests including Dawn French, Gary Bar...
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Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
7.5/2
A look back at the comedy series The Comic Strip Presents
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The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2016
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
0/0
The former principal ballerina tells her story, with historic performances from the BBC archives and candid interviews from throughout her career. Sho...
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Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
1991
Amnesty International's Big 30
4/1
In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversa...
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Amnesty International's Big 30
1996
The Adventures of Pinocchio
5.308/255
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 someda...
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
2005
Comic Aid
6.5/2
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 sa...
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Comic Aid
1987
Eat the Rich
6.179/39
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...
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Eat the Rich
2022
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
7/2
Fifty years after her legendary brush with the wolf, an adult Red Riding Hood and her granddaughter face a new lupine problem.
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Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
0/0
Celebrating the legendary comedy with clips and insights from the cast and celebrity fans.
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Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
1997
Treasure Island
0/0
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,...
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Treasure Island
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
5.289/268
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they're accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing around London's trendi...
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
1993
Tender Loving Care
0/0
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...
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Tender Loving Care
1981
The Comic Strip
8/1
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'
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The Comic Strip
2000
French & Saunders - Live
8.333/3
For the first time in 10 years, see Britain's funniest double act French & Saunders at their hilarious LIVE best... Together they perform their uniqu...
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French & Saunders - Live
1997
Sex & Chocolate
7/2
Bev Bodger is a married teacher tempted by an old school boyfriend to enjoy a little sex and chocolate in Paris.
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Sex & Chocolate
2007
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
8/1
In January 2007, superstar soprano Natalie Dessay, joined on stage by acclaimed tenor Juan Diego Florez dazzled British audiences in Laurent Pelly's n...
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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
1992
In Dreams
8.5/2
Lenny has some perplexing dreams.
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In Dreams
1986
Comedians Do It On Stage
0/0
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 charit...
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Comedians Do It On Stage
2016
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
7.4/5
Dawn French's acclaimed one-woman show—on the story of her life.
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Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
1999
Milk
4/3
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...
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Milk
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
5.7/2
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a tri...
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8.01/23576
Harry Potter's life is in danger once more as dangerous wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is heading to Hogwarts.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
1988
The Strike
7/3
Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984 miners' strike. However, the Hollywood production company...
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The Strike
2000
Maybe Baby
5.453/106
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. T...
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Maybe Baby
2017
300 Years of French & Saunders
9/1
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 3...
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300 Years of French & Saunders
1988
More Bad News
9.8/4
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...
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More Bad News
1983
Bad News
8.7/6
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 journa...
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Bad News
1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
0/0
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 orde...
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1994
Dusty
8/1
A career retrospective celebrating the timeless music of one of the world's greatest singer–Dusty Springfield. For the first time, Dusty contributes t...
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Dusty
2022
Death on the Nile
6.406/4340
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfec...
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Death on the Nile
1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
0/0
The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden.
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GLC: The Carnage Continues
2019
Completely Bad News
0/0
A double offering of heavy metal madness from The Comic Strip and Bad News.
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Completely Bad News
1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
0/0
Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by Captain Barnabus Butcher who fools Robinson into believi...
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The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1986
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
8/2
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 U...
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The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
0/0
Gentlemen prefer blondes, but when Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders parody Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, it's proof enough why comedy fans prefer...
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Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
0/0
No topic is off limits to the side-splitting sketch comedy partnership of Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, creators of the groundbreaking British si...
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French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2009
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
5/1
A look at the complexities and intricacies of making the 2009 stop motion animation film Coraline.
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Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2020
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
6/21
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 hi...
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Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
6/2
The nation's favourite vicar muses upon lockdown, social distancing, masks and absent friends.
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The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
10/1
Documentary following a community of herders in the Scottish Highlands preparing young reindeer for their first Christmas, including an orphaned reind...
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A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
0/0
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...
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The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
1993
French & Saunders: At the Movies
7.5/1
Comediennes and "Absolutely Fabulous" creators Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star in this compilation of the best skits and spoofs from the fourth...
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French & Saunders: At the Movies
1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
7/1
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...
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A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
2021
French & Saunders: Funny Women
8/1
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 panth...
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French & Saunders: Funny Women
2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC
0/0
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...
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Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
6.5/2
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 bee...
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Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
1989
Bosses From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video about bosses.
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Bosses From Hell
1989
Communicators From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video.
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Communicators From Hell
1989
Employees From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video about employees.
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Employees From Hell
1987
The Silurian Disruption
0/0
The Doctor is on trial... again but this time he is disputed by some Silurians, or more accurately the people who played them.
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The Silurian Disruption
1999
It’s Lulu
7/1
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...
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It’s Lulu
2009
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
0/0
A look back at Victoria Wood's hugely successful television career. Featuring sketches, stand-up, characters and songs from her incredible repertoire...
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Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2026
Becoming Victoria Wood
6/1
A feature length documentary celebrating the life of Britain’s beloved comedy icon Victoria Wood delving into the complex inner world of this national...
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Becoming Victoria Wood
Experiment IV
4/1
A short film from Kate Bush
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Experiment IV
2020
The Big Night In
9/2
Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry and Matt Baker.
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The Big Night In
1988
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
0/0
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 i...
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The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1989
Customer Service From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video about customer service
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Customer Service From Hell
1989
Colleagues From Hell
0/0
John Cleese corporate training video series
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Colleagues From Hell
1989
Interviewers From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video about interviewers
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Interviewers From Hell
1988
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
0/0
Parodies of Christmas movies, hair gel ads, and Bananarama.
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French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1994
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
0/0
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders reprise some of their favourite characters for a yuletide airing, while Charles Dickens and the Oscar-winning film T...
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French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
6.5/2
Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.
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