Series
Let Them Eat Cake
Comedy
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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Seasons & episodes
1The Pox9 Sept 1999 · 30m · ★ 7.0In 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.
2Murder16 Sept 1999 · 30m · ★ 8.0Columbine 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.
3The Portrait23 Sept 1999 · 30m · ★ 9.0The 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.
4Making Voopee30 Sept 1999 · 30m · ★ 9.0Columbine 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?
5A Marriage of Convenience7 Oct 1999 · 30m · ★ 8.0Columbine'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.
6The Royal Command Performance14 Oct 1999 · 30m · ★ 8.0Marie 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.
Details
- Created by
- Christine Gernon
- First aired
- 9 Sept 1999
- Last aired
- 14 Oct 1999
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 14 on TMDB
Cast
Elizabeth Berrington
Dawn French
Jennifer Saunders
Lucy PunchEveline
Alison Steadman
Adrian Scarborough
