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Let Them Eat Cake

Let Them Eat Cake
★ 7.7/10•1999•30m•12•Comedy
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 9, 1999

Episodes

Episode 1 - The PoxE130m

The Pox

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.

Sep 9, 1999

Episode 2 - MurderE230m

Murder

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.

Sep 16, 1999

Episode 3 - The PortraitE330m

The Portrait

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.

Sep 23, 1999

Episode 4 - Making VoopeeE430m

Making Voopee

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?

Sep 30, 1999

Episode 5 - A Marriage of ConvenienceE530m

A Marriage of Convenience

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.

Oct 7, 1999

Episode 6 - The Royal Command PerformanceE630m

The Royal Command Performance

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.

Oct 14, 1999

Actors

Elizabeth Berrington

Elizabeth Berrington

Dawn French

Dawn French

Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders

Lucy Punch

Lucy Punch

Eveline

Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman

Adrian Scarborough

Adrian Scarborough

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