Let Them Eat Cake (TV series)

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Let Them Eat Cake
Genre	Sitcom
Running time	30mins
Starring	Dawn French Jennifer Saunders
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original channel	BBC
Original run	9 September 1999–14 October 1999
No. of episodes	6
IMDb profile

Let Them Eat Cake was a short-lived British sitcom starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders that lasted for only one series in 1999. It was written by Peter Learmouth, and one of the only shows that French and Saunders have appeared in that they didn't create themselves.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Episodes
4 DVD releases
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Set at the Palace of Versailles in 1782, seven years before the French Revolution, this sitcom was based around the lives of immoral Colombine, Comtesse de Vache, her loyal maid Lisette, and acid-tonged manservant, Bouffant, in the Court of Louis XVI. Colombine's constant rival is Madame de Plonge, along with her innocent and sharp-witted daughter, Eveline.

[edit] Cast

Jennifer Saunders - Colombine, Comtesse de Vache
Dawn French - Lisette
Alison Steadman - Madame de Plonge
Lucy Punch - Eveline

The series guest starred Kathy Burke, Richard E. Grant and Maggie Steed.

[edit] Episodes

Title	Airdate	Overview
The Pox	9 September 1999	Madame de Plonge tries to rob Colombine of her inheritance when her husband contracts the pox.
Murder	16 September 1999	When Colombine loses a bet, with her entire fortune as the stakes, she is immeadiately arrested when the winner is savagely killed.
The Portrait	23 September 1999	The Marquis de Sade has escaped from the Bastille and it seems that Colombine has become a favoured victim of his depravities.
Making Voopee	30 September 1999	Colombine falls pregnant and believes the King to be the father. She then conspires to do away with the King's legitimate son so that her own will become heir to the throne of France.
A Marriage of Convenience	7 October 1999	A Duke is offering a vast sum to anyone who can provide him with a "show wife," which he needs to appear to be one of the lads. Colombine tries to enlist her estranged sister, Cecilie (Kathy Burke), for the job.
The Royal Command Performance	14 October 1999	The King and Queen have decided to hold a Royal Command Performance, basically of them copulating, and Colombine does her best to outshine her nemesis, Madame de Plonge.