French and Saunders

French and Saunders is a comedy duo consisting of the British comédiennes Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. They formed a duo from 1987 . In the television series French & Saunders, to see at the VPRO in Netherlands, they gave themselves present and they were assisted by Simon Brint and Rowland Rivron.

In diverse and often hilarious sketches the women underwent various metamorphoses. Memorable is a sketch in which both French and Saunders shaping to Madonna. Complete with the famous ' point bra ' they take the singer on the heel.

In various specials such as French & Saunders go to the movies they gave their own view of such films as Alien, Whatever happened to baby Jane, Batman, Dangerous Liaisons and Silence of the lambs. Also known are parodies of artists like Bros, Transvision Vamp, Céline Dion and Tanita Tikaram. Partly because of the creation of the series Absolutely Fabulous with Jennifer Saunders and The Vicar of Dibley with Dawn French. French & Saunders disappeared into the background.