TV series
Let Them Eat Cake is a British sitcom starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders set in France, 1782, just seven years before the French Revolution. It is one of the few programmes in which French and Saunders have appeared which they did not create themselves.
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Let Them Eat Cake premiered September 9, 1999. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Let Them Eat Cake is a British sitcom starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders set in France, 1782, just seven years before the French Revolution. It is one of the few programmes in which French and Saunders have appeared which they did not create themselves.
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Episode 1
In 1792 at the Palace of Versailles, Madame de Plonge bets Colombine that she can't seduce the young, handsome Marquis de Bonvie. Lisette suspects that it's all part of a ""setup"" to ruin her mistress and offers to take her place. Columbine learns that her elderly husband, Honore, has caught the pox, and turns it around to her advantage.
Directed by Christine GernonGuest stars James Greene, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Episode 2
Columbine loses her fortune in a wager with the Marquise de Foufou. When the Marquise de Foufou is brutally murdered, Columbine is the prime suspect. But was it murder, or suicide? Justice will prevail, but not until Columbine has her day in court.
Directed by Christine GernonGuest stars Nicholas Rowe
Episode 3
The finest portrait painter in France, Madame Vigee-Lebrun, agrees to paint Columbine's portrait, but the wig must go. Columbine becomes a victim of the Marquis de Sade. Lisette returns to the streets and Bouffant is seduced.
Directed by Christine GernonGuest stars Richard E. Grant, Maggie Steed
Episode 4
Columbine swears that she has been celibate for eight years. How, then, has she managed to get pregnant? Is King Louis XVI the father? What will Marie Antionette think?
Directed by Christine GernonGuest stars James Greene
Episode 5
Columbine's sister, Cecilie, is destitute and needs help from Columbine. The only help she gets is a suggestion that she should marry the Duke D'Onan, a repulsive man who prefers men to women.
Directed by Christine GernonGuest stars Louisa Lytton, Kathy Burke
Episode 6
Marie Antoinette intends to prove her love for her husband by having sex with him in public - twice. Columbine intends to use the event as the venue for a final showdown with Madame de Plonge, but she has been invited to the matinee session.
Directed by Christine GernonGuest stars Julian Rhind-Tutt
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Elizabeth Berrington
Dawn French
Jennifer Saunders
Lucy PunchEveline
Alison Steadman
Adrian Scarborough
Nicholas Rowe
Richard E. Grant
BBC OneUnited Kingdom
