Let Them Eat Cake. Image shows from L to R: Lisette (Dawn French), Colombine (Jennifer Saunders), Bouffant (Adrian Scarborough). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
Let Them Eat Cake
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1999
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Let Them Eat Cake, starring French & Saunders, is set mostly in and around the Palace of Versailles in the year 1782. Also features Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Scarborough, Alison Steadman, Lucy Punch and Elizabeth Berrington
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - The Pox
The Comtesse de Vache is set to seduce the Marquis de Bonvie and draw away his amorous attention from Madame de Plonge. Excited by the Marquis' reputation at being able to "deflower a cemetery with his smile", things are complicated when her husband, the Comte de Vache, turns up at Versailles with the pox.
Broadcast details
- Date
- 1999
- Channel
- BBC One
Cast & crew
| Dawn French | Lisette |
| Jennifer Saunders | Colombine |
| Adrian Scarborough | Bouffant |
| Alison Steadman | Madame de Plonge |
| Lucy Punch | Eveline |
| Elizabeth Berrington | Marie Antoinette |
| Julian Rhind-Tutt | Advisor |
| James Greene | Comte De Vache |
| Adam James | Marquis De Bonvie |
| Nick Von Schlippe | Grave Digger |
| Philip Voss | Physician |
| Thomas Wheatley | Priest |
| Peter Learmouth | Writer |
| Christine Gernon | Director |
| Christopher Skala | Producer |
| Jon Plowman | Executive Producer |
| Peter Bennett-Jones | Executive Producer |
| Peter Learmouth | Associate Producer |
| Rachel Salter | Line Producer |
| Mark Lawrence | Editor |
| Dennis De Groot | Production Designer |
| Debbie McWilliams | Casting Director |
| Sarah Burns | Costume Designer |
| Lynda Armstrong | Make-up Designer |
| Chris Kempton | Lighting Designer |
| Will Charles | Lighting Designer |
| Nick Bicât | Composer |
| Sally Cooper | Production Manager |
| Peter Learmouth | Creator |