Dawn French
Birthday: 1957-10-11
Place of Birth: Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Biography: Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, presenter and writer. French is known for writing and starring on the BBC comedy sketch show French and Saunders with her best friend and comedy partner, Jennifer Saunders, and played the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. She has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and won a BAFTA Fellowship with Saunders in 2009.
Movies
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. ...
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
A couple of bored escorts find themselves suddenly involved with a hit gang and an ax murderer - Mr....
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Love and Other Disasters
Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a ...
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An Audience with Adele
Joining multi-Grammy Award winning and one of the biggest UK artists of all time, Adele, for a uniqu...
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The Magician's Elephant
Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the marke...
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Coraline
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden doo...
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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters -...
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Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
A documentary tribute to the singer/songwriter who died on 18th December, 2000....
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When Comedy Changed Forever
The history of British comedy from the 1970s to today, showing how the work of Reeves and Mortimer p...
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French and Saunders: Still Alive
French and Saunders, Britain’s most celebrated female comedians, bring their final ever sell-out Sti...
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster...
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The Supergrass
While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so ...
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi...
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Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Sketch-show sensation Catherine Tate tells the story of the decade in which she became a household n...
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The Best of French & Saunders
A compilation of all the best sketches from Britain's favourite female comedy double-act. They are a...
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Matthew Bourne's Christmas
This new Christmas ballet film was conceived by Matthew Bourne and directed by his long standing fil...
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French & Saunders LIVE
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders perform a live comedy show in London's West End at the world famou...
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Psychoville Halloween Special
Psychoville returns with a spooktacular hour-long Halloween special. Four tales of terror unfold as ...
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Summer School
A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. Ho...
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Five Go Mad in Dorset
In the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch George...
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Four Men in a Car
Four salesmen Alan, Ian, Steve and Tim are on their way to a conference where only one of them is gu...
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Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Eddie Monsoon is a South African entertainer who, following the failure of several pilot shows for T...
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War
1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and God...
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The Beat Generation
In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a col...
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Five Go Mad on Mescalin
On their way to stay with Mrs French at Hot Turkey Farm, the Famous Five hear on the radio their Unc...
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Susie
In rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin for lu...
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Dirty Movie
Postman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of Muzak' at...
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Gino: Full Story and Pics
A hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of pro...
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Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much...
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Slags
Teen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, only to find that their ga...
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Private Enterprise
Whilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape by ...
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Two security van personnel plan to rob a bank in an attempt to raise enough cash to mount a rescue m...
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Oxford
When American comic actor Steve 'Zoo Zoo Zoo Off Come My Pants' Wild arrives in Oxford to make a com...
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
In the conclusion of this special two-part story, Stan has somehow managed to make it to the Falklan...
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Red Nose of Courage
A clown is not happy with his job at his father's circus so he gets into politics, and some weeks la...
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Spaghetti Hoops
In a monochrome city that is shamelessly London although everybody acts as if it is Rome, banker Ald...
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Five Go to Rehab
The Famous Five are back. Thirty years after the Comic Strip arrived on our screens with their famou...
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Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Live (almost) from London’s iconic Palladium theatre, the nation’s favourite comedy star, Dawn Frenc...
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imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exp...
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30 Years of Comic Strip
In true Peter Richardson fashion, "30 Years Of Comic Strip" defies the conventional norms of a retro...
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Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
Michael Buble performs a selection of seasonal hits and other favorites from his Canadian mountain c...
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The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
A look back at the comedy series The Comic Strip Presents...
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Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
The former principal ballerina tells her story, with historic performances from the BBC archives and...
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Amnesty International's Big 30
In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, A...
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one ma...
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Comic Aid
Shot live at the one off Comic Aid benefit gig at London’s Carling Apollo – which sold out in just t...
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Eat the Rich
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to dea...
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Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Fifty years after her legendary brush with the wolf, an adult Red Riding Hood and her granddaughter ...
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Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
Celebrating the legendary comedy with clips and insights from the cast and celebrity fans....
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Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins races to beat Long John Silver to the riches awaiting on Treasure Island. An animated re...
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they're accustomed to; shop...
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Tender Loving Care
Night nurse Elaine Dobbs may be overworked and underpaid, but she has created a very special atmosph...
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The Comic Strip
A tongue-in-cheek "behind the scenes" look at the Comic Strip comedy club in the early 1980s, which ...
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French & Saunders - Live
For the first time in 10 years, see Britain's funniest double act French & Saunders at their hilario...
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Sex & Chocolate
Bev Bodger is a married teacher tempted by an old school boyfriend to enjoy a little sex and chocola...
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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
In January 2007, superstar soprano Natalie Dessay, joined on stage by acclaimed tenor Juan Diego Flo...
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Comedians Do It On Stage
A Group of Britain's top comedy and music performers gather at a London Theater, to give their suppo...
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Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
Dawn French's acclaimed one-woman show—on the story of her life....
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Milk
Forty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire dairy fa...
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context fro...
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching ...
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The Strike
Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984 miners'...
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Maybe Baby
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, mat...
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300 Years of French & Saunders
Dragged up all the way from the ocean bed, national treasures Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are ...
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More Bad News
Four years after they were last the subject of a documentary, the heavy metal band Bad News get back...
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Bad News
A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up ...
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex
A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperat...
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Dusty
A career retrospective celebrating the timeless music of one of the world's greatest singer–Dusty Sp...
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Death on the Nile
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terr...
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GLC: The Carnage Continues
The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden....
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Completely Bad News
A double offering of heavy metal madness from The Comic Strip and Bad News....
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The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by Captai...
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The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
In April 1986, inspired by the previous summer's bombastic Live Aid event and the success of Amnesty...
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Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
Gentlemen prefer blondes, but when Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders parody Jane Russell and Marilyn...
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French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
No topic is off limits to the side-splitting sketch comedy partnership of Dawn French and Jennifer S...
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Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
A look at the complexities and intricacies of making the 2009 stop motion animation film Coraline....
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Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
Roald & Beatrix, the tail of the curious mouse, a heart-warming Christmas film inspired by the true ...
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The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
The nation's favourite vicar muses upon lockdown, social distancing, masks and absent friends....
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A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
Documentary following a community of herders in the Scottish Highlands preparing young reindeer for ...
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The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Dawn French and Richard Curtis take viewers on a joyful stroll down memory lane as they look back at...
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French & Saunders: At the Movies
Comediennes and "Absolutely Fabulous" creators Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star in this compil...
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A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Two students calling themselves Carlos and Miguel arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live out...
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French & Saunders: Funny Women
Filmed on the set of their sketch show, much-loved duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders discuss all...
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Joan Rivers at the BBC
Katherine Ryan presents a celebration of one of the biggest comedy talents to ever appear on the sma...
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Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Described by Bono as 'the Noel Coward of our generation’, the singer and songwriter Kirsty MacColl w...
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The Silurian Disruption
The Doctor is on trial... again but this time he is disputed by some Silurians, or more accurately t...
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It’s Lulu
Lulu is one of the most well-known Scottish singers thanks to her iconic hits including the 1964 hit...
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Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
A look back at Victoria Wood's hugely successful television career. Featuring sketches, stand-up, ch...
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Becoming Victoria Wood
A feature length documentary celebrating the life of Britain’s beloved comedy icon Victoria Wood del...
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Design on the Nile
In this documentary short, the people responsible for Kenneth Branagh’s “Death on the Nile” (2022) d...
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Branagh/Poirot
In this documentary short, the people responsible for Kenneth Branagh’s “Death on the Nile” (2022) d...
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