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 3 - The Portrait
The Comtesse de Vache becomes the latest victim of the recently-escaped Marquis de Sade: two nights running. To escape such debauchery again Colombine must convince Lisette to take her place while she flees the palace for safety on the other side of The Alps.
Broadcast details
- Date
- 1999
- Channel
- BBC One
Cast & crew
| Dawn French | Lisette |
| Jennifer Saunders | Colombine |
| Adrian Scarborough | Bouffant |
| Linda Spurrier | 1st Aristocratic Woman |
| Margaret Whiting (as Maggie Whiting) | 2nd Aristocratic Woman |
| Richard E. Grant | Monsieur Vigée-Lebrun |
| Maggie Steed | Madame Vigée-Lebrun |
| 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 |