Dawn French has admitted that she didn’t like Jennifer Saunders at first because she was “posh”.
Gold also commissioned a one-off special that aired in 2021 entitled French and Saunders: Funny Women, which saw the two discussing the history of women in comedy.
Since the last episode of French and Saunders aired in 2007, the two have continued to collaborate on various projects including a radio show and a podcast.
Appearing on the Finding the Funny podcast, French revealed that she wasn’t keen on Saunders at first: “I didn’t really like Jen that much at the very beginning because she’s quite posh, or I thought she was but she’s not really.”