Let Them Eat Cake
series not in production
Ended
Comedy
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 6
avg.Runtime | 30 min
First EP | 1999-09-09
Last EP | 1999-10-14
Overview
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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.
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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1999-09-09
1
The Pox
1999-09-09
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.
2
Murder
1999-09-16
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.
3
The Portrait
1999-09-23
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.
4
Making Voopee
1999-09-30
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?
5
A Marriage of Convenience
1999-10-07
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.
6
The Royal Command Performance
1999-10-14
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.
CAST
charactor:
Original: Elizabeth Berrington
Total EP: 6
charactor:
Original: Dawn French
Total EP: 6
charactor:
Original: Jennifer Saunders
Total EP: 6
charactor: Eveline
Original: Lucy Punch
Total EP: 6
charactor:
Original: Alison Steadman
Total EP: 6
charactor:
Original: Adrian Scarborough
Total EP: 6
charactor:
Original: James Greene
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Nicholas Rowe
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Richard E. Grant
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Louisa Lytton
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Kathy Burke
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Maggie Steed
Total EP: 1
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