Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedienne, screenwriter, singer and actress. She has won two BAFTAs, an International Emmy Award, a British Comedy Award, a Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival Award, two Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards, and a Peoples Choice Award. She first came into widespread attention in the 1980s and early 1990s when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama. Along with her comedy partner Dawn French, she writes and stars in their eponymous sketch show, French & Saunders, and has received international acclaim for writing and playing the lead role of Edina Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. In her other work, she has guest starred in the American sitcoms Roseanne and Friends, and won the American People's Choice Award for voicing the wicked Fairy Godmother in DreamWorks' animated Shrek 2. More recently, she wrote and starred in Jam & Jerusalem and The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle.
Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not...
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Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower...
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Coraline
as April Spink (voice)A young girl discovers an idealized parallel universe behind a secret door in her new home,...
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Sing
as Nana (voice)A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by...
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Minions
as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside...
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Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a...
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Isn't It Romantic
as Natalie's MotherFor a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed...
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Stick Man
as Narrator (voice)Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and...
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After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart...
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Patrick
as MaureenA woman's chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother's dog.
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Edina MonsoonEdina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to;...
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Spice World
as Fashionable WomanWorld famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour...
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Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
as SelfA look at the complexities and intricacies of making the 2009 stop motion animation film Coraline.
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Sumotherhood
as DI BrookesRiko and Kane have got it all: big dreams, no respect and a fifteen grand debt. Could things get...
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Absolutely Fabulous
as Une spectatrice du défiléThe wildly popular British television show Absolutely Fabulous gets a Francophonic makeover with...
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Eat the Rich
as Lady CarolineAlex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to...
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30 Years of Comic Strip
as uncreditedIn true Peter Richardson fashion, "30 Years Of Comic Strip" defies the conventional norms of a...
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Allelujah
as Sister GilpinWhen news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the...
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Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Goose (voice)Three Mysterious Curses, two lost souls... and one incredibly difficult dance. A lowly goatherd...
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The Boy in the Dress
as Miss WindsorDennis feels different - an ordinary boy in an ordinary house in an ordinary street, playing...
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200% Wolf
as (voice)Heroic poodle Freddy Lupin has everything it takes to lead his werewolf pack. Except respect. If...
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In the Bleak Midwinter
as NancyOut of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the...
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
as Meryl Streep / CherJennifer Saunders and a host of famous faces star in this hilarious Comic Relief reimagining of...
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L'Entente cordiale
as Gwendoline McFarlaneThe upper-class secret agent teaming up accidentally with an easily-corrupted, sly interpreter...
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Bad News
as SallyA documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick...
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Jealousy
as Jane/MargoryDespite trying to cure himself with a hypnosis tape John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his...
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Chinatown: A World in the Heart of the City
as Self (Archive Footage)A short documentary about London's Chinatown.
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Grandpa's Great Escape
as Miss DandyMany years ago, Grandpa was a World War II flying ace, but sadly he is now suffering from...
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The Supergrass
as Lesley ReynoldsWhile taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl...
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Edina MonsoonEddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting...
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Wild Turkey
as NeighbourJed, a New York cop, brings home the last Christmas turkey in the shop for his wife Sue....
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Five Go Mad in Dorset
as AnneIn the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch...
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Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
as Dr. Alex CularIt's not 1985 anymore...it's 1986, and Chuck Steel is 'the best God damn cop on the force'...
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The Strike
as Meryl Streep as Mrs ScargillPaul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984...
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
as HerselfBritish comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters,...
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Five Go to Rehab
as AnneThe Famous Five are back. Thirty years after the Comic Strip arrived on our screens with their...
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How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)Jennifer Saunders hosts a party of AbFab outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage.
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Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
as SelfA fund-raising event organised by Comic Relief.
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The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Lady ThatcherThe Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. The 60-minute...
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imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - featured artistimagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders,...
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Oxford
as HannahWhen American comic actor Steve 'Zoo Zoo Zoo Off Come My Pants' Wild arrives in Oxford to make a...
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Gino: Full Story and Pics
as AngieA hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of...
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Private Enterprise
as DebbieWhilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape...
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French & Saunders: Funny Women
as HerselfFilmed on the set of their sketch show, much-loved duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders discuss...
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Amnesty International's Big 30
as SelfIn the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's...
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Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
as uncreditedThe Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade...
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Four Men in a Car
as HelenFour salesmen Alan, Ian, Steve and Tim are on their way to a conference where only one of them...
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Fanny & Elvis
as RoannaYorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her...
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Demonella
as The DevilMusic producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman -...
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Summer School
as LizA motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age...
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Dirty Movie
as JunePostman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of...
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
as MonicaA couple of bored escorts find themselves suddenly involved with a hit gang and an ax murderer -...
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We Work for the Dead
as The Mother (voice)If you're looking for a new side hustle, you could sign up with the Night Mail. It's a delivery...
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as HerselfAfter the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial...
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Lady Windermere's Fan
as The Duchess of BerwickThe day of Lady Windermere’s birthday party, and all is perfectly in order. Until her friend...
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Spaghetti Hoops
as MariaIn a monochrome city that is shamelessly London although everybody acts as if it is Rome, banker...
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Dusty
as Self - PresenterA career retrospective celebrating the timeless music of one of the world's greatest...
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The Beat Generation
as AnneIn the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a...
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Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
as Herself - PresenterAb Fab stars Jennifer Saunders & Joanna Lumley share 25 years of friendship. The two funny...
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War
as Various Roles1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and...
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A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as ShonaTwo students calling themselves Carlos and Miguel arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live...
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Dawn French Is a Huge Tw*t
as Self (uncredited)Live (almost) from London’s iconic Palladium theatre, the nation’s favourite comedy star, Dawn...
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Five Go Mad on Mescalin
as AnneOn their way to stay with Mrs French at Hot Turkey Farm, the Famous Five hear on the radio their...
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as CathyTwo security van personnel plan to rob a bank in an attempt to raise enough cash to mount a...
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French & Saunders - Live
as Various rolesFor the first time in 10 years, see Britain's funniest double act French & Saunders at their...
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The Comic Strip
as uncreditedA tongue-in-cheek "behind the scenes" look at the Comic Strip comedy club in the early 1980s,...
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Susie
as LornaIn rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin...
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More Bad News
as SallyFour years after they were last the subject of a documentary, the heavy metal band Bad News get...
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Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
as JessicaJessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very...
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Red Nose of Courage
as Margaret ThatcherA clown is not happy with his job at his father's circus so he gets into politics, and some...
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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as SelfThe Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand...
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The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as DorcasAdapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by...
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French and Saunders: Still Alive
as HerselfFrench and Saunders, Britain’s most celebrated female comedians, bring their final ever sell-out...
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Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
as Edina "Eddy" MonsoonDuring the filming of her very own documentary, 'A Day in My Life', Edina drops in on her mother...
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300 Years of French & Saunders
as uncreditedDragged up all the way from the ocean bed, national treasures Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders...
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The Best of French & Saunders
as VariousA compilation of all the best sketches from Britain's favourite female comedy double-act. They...
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as NeedleA craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth...
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Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
as DoreenEddie Monsoon is a South African entertainer who, following the failure of several pilot shows...
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Mirrorball
as Vivienne KeillVivienne Keill and Jackie Riviera are a couple of aging stage actresses who live in vertically...
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The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
as Self15 years after they first took the world by storm, a new musical about the girls called Viva...
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French & Saunders: At the Movies
as uncreditedComediennes and "Absolutely Fabulous" creators Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star in this...
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French & Saunders LIVE
as uncreditedDawn French and Jennifer Saunders perform a live comedy show in London's West End at the world...
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Completely Bad News
as SallyA double offering of heavy metal madness from The Comic Strip and Bad News.
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as CathyIn the conclusion of this special two-part story, Stan has somehow managed to make it to the...
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Slags
as Little SisterTeen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, only to find that...
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Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
as SelfA documentary tribute to the singer/songwriter who died on 18th December, 2000.
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French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
as uncreditedNo topic is off limits to the side-splitting sketch comedy partnership of Dawn French and...
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The Simpsons
as Phoebe Pratt (voice)Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...
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Friends
as Andrea WalthamSix young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world,...
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - GuestBravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...
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The Graham Norton Show
as SelfEach week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...
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Ghosts
as LaviniaA cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling...
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Top Gear
as Star in a Reasonably-Priced CarThis fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary,...
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The Comic Strip Presents...
as DebbieThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Chas/Marilyn/Captain/DrunkThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as MonicaThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as CathyThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as SallyThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as LornaThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as JessicaThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Ice MaidenThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as AnneThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Shona/Second Nun/Horse RiderThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as JuneThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as AngieThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Little SisterThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as DoreenThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Meryl StreepThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as LizThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as HelenThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Jane/MargoryThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as MariaThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as HannahThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Margaret ThatcherThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as The DevilThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as NeedleThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as NeighbourThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as JenniferThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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The Comic Strip Presents...
as uncreditedThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - ParticipantAntiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and...
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Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - PanellistBased on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news...
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Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - PresenterBased on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news...
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The Young Ones
as SueThe misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rik, the...
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The Young Ones
as Helen MucusThe misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rik, the...
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Would I Lie to You?
as SelfA comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per...
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The Stranger
as HeidiA web of secrets sends family man Adam Price on a desperate quest to uncover the truth about the...
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Absolutely Fabulous
as EdinaSet in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend...
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An Audience with...
as SelfAn Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...
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The Vicar of Dibley
as Reverend JenReverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite...
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The Storyteller
as Badsister 1The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
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Insert Name Here
as Herself - PanelistComedy panel show about people with the same first name, hosted by Sue Perkins.
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Going Live!
as SelfGoing Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It...
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French & Saunders
as Various CharactersFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic...
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The Secret Policeman's Ball
as SelfA series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human...
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The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
as Herself - ContestantComic Relief takes over the Great British Bake Off tent. Different celebrity faces battle it out...
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The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
as Self - HostWell-known faces don their aprons in this charity special. Who has got what it takes to go all...
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Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
as SelfThe comedy show in which the nation's favourite comics and celebrities compete to convince Mel...
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The Pentaverate
as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of DubrovnikAfter influencing global events for centuries, a secret society faces a dangerous threat from...
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Girls On Top
as JenniferFour girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender,...
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Fantasy Football League
as ThemselvesThe classic ‘90s football comedy series returns after an 18-year break bringing back a mix of...
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Jam & Jerusalem
as Caroline MartinJam & Jerusalem is a British sit-com that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by...
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Richard Osman's House of Games Night
as Self - ContestantEach week a group of four famous faces go toe-to-toe testing their general knowledge in a...
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Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
as Self - JudgeCelebrity acts sing and dance to iconic pop tracks, all in aid of Comic Relief.
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Happy Families
as uncreditedHappy Families was a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC in 1985...
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Blandings
as Lady Constance KeebleBlandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle...
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Gogglebox
as SelfGogglebox is an entertaining television review programme in which some of Britain's most...
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This Is Jinsy
as uncreditedThis Is Jinsy is a British comedy series. The pilot first aired on 1 March 2010 on BBC Three....
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Let Them Eat Cake
as uncreditedLet Them Eat Cake is a British sitcom starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders set in France,...
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The Dangerous Brothers
as uncreditedThe Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade...
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A Bucket O' French and Saunders
as uncreditedCompilation of vintage clips from French and Saunders, along with new material.
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The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
as uncreditedRevolving around the life of Vivienne Vyle, a daytime TV presenter/agony aunt in the mold of...
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Dead Boss
as Governor MargaretHelen Stephens is wrongly sentenced to 12 years in prison for murdering her boss Eric Bridges,...
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Rita Rudner
as uncreditedSinger, actress, dancer, comedienne: these are just some of the words the popular American comic...
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Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
as uncreditedThe comedy event of the year took place in April 1986 at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. All...
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