The show was given one of the highest budgets in BBC history to create detailed spoofs and satires of popular culture, movies, celebrities, and art.

French and Saunders continued to film holiday specials for the BBC, and both have been individually successful starring in other shows.

Their last time performing as a duo, the Still Alive tour, ran initially until late 2008, then resumed in Australia in summer 2009.

French and Saunders began to establish themselves in what was referred to as the "underground comedy" scene, along with many other prolific actors and comedians they would work with during the next twenty-plus years.

Co-stars Tracey Ullman and Ruby Wax rounded out a set of four oddball roommates, and the show ran for two series.

The first series was intentionally set up to look like a low-budget variety show in which the duo constantly attempted grandiose stunts and often failed miserably.

Certain spoken phrases and sight gags referencing previously performed sketches (often from years before) were incorporated for loyal fans.

In 2008, the pair retired the show after performing a sketch with the singer Anastacia, in which French dressed in a similar outfit to the US star.

The special, filmed on the set of their original sketch series, features a discussion by French and Saunders and focuses on the history of women who have contributed to comedy.

In addition to French and Saunders themselves, the sketch series featured several regular and recurring cast members, who were chosen for their "funny bones" and willingness to "be part of the gang".

[2]: 100–101 Although the amount of music in the show decreased over time, Raw Sex remained regular cast members through series 4.

The spouses of the duo, Lenny Henry and Adrian Edmondson, both appeared on the show respectively, while the producer, Jon Plowman, made occasional uncredited cameos.

Recurring Ab Fab actors Patrick Barlow, Harriet Thorpe, Helen Lederer, and Kathy Burke also appeared, as did French's The Vicar of Dibley co-star Gary Waldhorn, and Jam & Jerusalem regulars Maggie Steed, Rosie Cavaliero, and Pauline McLynn.

On 25 December 2017, a new compilation special, "300 Years of French and Saunders", marked the 30th anniversary of the series, and again consisted mainly of old clips, while new material featured spoofs of Gogglebox and Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

The tour was directed by Hamish McColl, set design by Lez Brotherstone, and lighting, video and visual effects by Willie Williams.

Lananeeneenoonoo was a British spoof all-girl group consisting of comedians Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Kathy Burke.

It was a cover version of the Beatles' song and was released on the London Records label, entering the UK Singles Chart on 25 February 1989 and reaching a high of No.

French, Saunders and Burke returned for Comic Relief in 1997 as the Sugar Lumps, along with Llewella Gideon and Lulu, to parody the Spice Girls, with whom they performed a version of Who Do You Think You Are.

She also guest starred in the American sitcoms Roseanne and Friends, and voiced the wicked Fairy Godmother in the DreamWorks animated film Shrek 2.

[citation needed] French starred as Geraldine Granger in the highly successful sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, which received great critical acclaim.

She also starred in four series of the comedy/crime show Murder Most Horrid, and played the Fat Lady in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

In 2021, French starred as a little ornament fairy for a M&S Christmas food advert along with its confectionery products mascot, Percy Pig.