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There's Something About Movies returning to Sky for Series 3
Sky One has ordered a third series of panel show There's Something About Movies, plus new runs of A League Of Their Own and its European Road Trip spin-off.
British Comedy Guide, 29th June 2020Dawn French teasing new project with Jennifer Saunders
Dawn French has teased an exciting new project with her on-screen partner-in-crime Jennifer Saunders.
Mary Gallagher, The Sun, 17th June 2020Jennifer Saunders distances herself from PPE rant
Jennifer Saunders took to Twitter to deny that she wrote a rant defending the government over its perceived failure to provide PPE for key workers.
Molly Pike, The Mirror, 28th April 2020Audible signs up star duos for free lockdown podcast
Simon Pegg & Nick Frost, Jennifer Saunders & Dawn French and Paul Whitehouse & Harry Enfield are amongst the comedy duos who have recorded episodes of Audible's new free podcast Locked Together.
British Comedy Guide, 16th April 2020Slapstick Festival starts opening up its archives
Bristol's annual Slapstick festival of classic screen comedy has begun sharing previously unreleased footage of its events. The first session to be released under its Laughter In Lockdown banner is what is believed to be the last on-stage appearance by Eric Sykes, when he was interviewed by Graeme Garden in 2009 about his long career.
Chortle, 9th April 2020Blithe Spirit, Duke of York's Theatre review
Even Saunders's performance is more fussy than funny. Sure, she has great stage presence, with her swirling windmill arms and her frantic drumming on the furniture, her school teacher mien and her high-pitched invocations of the spirit world. It's a great character study, but for all its eccentric glee it struggles to raise a smile.
Aleks Sierz, The Arts Desk, 11th March 2020Blithe Spirit is more Ham Dram than Ab Fab
Seventy years on from its record-breaking wartime run, Noel Coward's light comedy Blithe Spirit haunts the West End again.
Jennifer Saunders does well with the dated script to bring out the humour and despite director Richard Eyre allegedly asking her to tone down the physical comedy from the tour in Bath -- still camps it up too far otherwise. Overall more ham dram than Ab Fab, her over-the-top style of acting does little to endear us to one of the play's more sympathetic characters.
Franco Milazzo, Londonist, 11th March 2020Comedy stars to take part in Sport Relief
Tom Allen, Lee Mack, Rachel Parris, Lloyd Griffith, Johnny Vegas, Phill Jupitus, Aisling Bea, Romesh Ranganathan, Mel Giedroyc, Tom Davis and Jennifer Saunders are amongst those involved in Sport Relief 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 26th February 2020My Comedy Hero: Sarah Keyworth on Jennifer Saunders
As the rising stand-up star takes Pacific across the UK, she picks the comic writer and actress as her funny favourite.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 6th February 2020French & Saunders join Death on the Nile cast
While some of us (me) don't believe in Poirot productions that don't involve David Suchet, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have confirmed they do by joining in the cast of the new Death On The Nile film.
Funny Women, 1st October 2019