Happy Families

Happy Families is a six-part BBC comedy series from 1985, directed by Paul Jackson to the script by Ben Elton. The main roles are played by Jennifer Saundersand Adrian Edmondson , Dawn French.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Granny Fuddle (played by Jennifer Saunders) gets to hear that she was only nine months to live. Therefore she sends her grandson Guy (played by Adrian Edmondson) lost out to her four granddaughters Cassie, Madeleine, Joyce and Roxanne (all four played by Jennifer Saunders) to find. Cassie turns out to be a soap actress in the United States, Madeleine will stay in a commune of a French artist, Joyce lives in a monasteryand Roxanne is a long sentence in jail. If all the granddaughters have been collected shows that Granny has a purpose with this sudden reunion: the rare disease to which she suffers is treating it as all her granddaughters donate an organ. ==Background[ Edit] == The idea for this bizarre family history in which all female family members are played by Jennifer Saunders, is taken from the film Child Hearts And Coro nets from 1949. In this comedy plays Alec Guinness (1914-2000) eight members of the same family. The series is in addition to this, particularly in the sense that the individual episodes are filmed in different styles. Cassies episode was filmed on 16-mm film in which American soap opera Dynasty and Dallas were Madeleines episode is turned also used so-called, in soft focus to put it on French film to do seem, Joyce ' story seems in some ways very similar to The Sound of Music and Roxannes episode was written as a journalistic documentary about prison life.
 * 2 Background
 * 3 Episodes
 * 4 external links

Saunders, Edmondson and French were members of the troupe The Comic Strip that was shown on television since 1982. Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French appeared in the same TV season in the series Girls On Top. The supporting roles were filled by many well-known British comedy actors, including Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Helen Lederer, Ruby Wax and Lenny Henry. Other members of The Comic Strip, such as Rik Mayalland Nigel Planer are also to see in supporting roles. They both had all in Ben Elton collaborated in The Young Ones. ==Episodes[ Edit] ==
 * Episode 1: Edith (broadcast 17 October 1985)
 * Episode 2: Cassie (aired 24 October 1985)
 * Episode 3: Madeleine (aired 31 October 1985)
 * Episode 4: Joyce (aired november 7, 1985)
 * Episode 5: Roxanne (aired 14 november 1985)
 * Episode 6: Reunion (aired 21 november 1985)