Dawn French News

From The Vicar of Dibley to Father Ted , the calling of the cloth has produced comedy gold.

THREE teenagers who vandalised an ancient Westcountry church have been sentenced - to say sorry to the congregation.

Da Vinci Code actor Alfred Molina is to star opposite Dawn French in new BBC Two comedy series Roger and Val Have Just Got In, it has been announced.

Even Olivier was daunted by Othello. "I haven't got the voice," he told Kenneth Tynan.

Born on October 11, 1957, Dawn French spent her early years in Holyhead, as her dad was based at RAF Valley.

Every episode of the great British comedy series, THE VICAR OF DIBLEY with Dawn French ended with the Vicar alone in a room with the not-quite-all-there Alice sharing...or often simply attempting to share...a joke.

Recently I awarded this trashy show just one star, as part of my campaign to encourage its axing.

The Father Ted star, 47, on growing old gracefully but never growing up, loving her Jam & Jerusalem co-stars, and dribbling down her cardie with joy at joining the cast of Shameless Do the cast of Jam & Jerusalem hang out together after filming? Pauline McGlynn: Oh yes.

JAM and Jerusalem star Sue Johnston has vowed not to flash her flesh, saying that "no one wants to see wrinklies at it". The actress - who warmed the nation's heart as Barbara in the Royle Family - said she is steering clear of raunchy scenes because she is "no Helen Mirren". Johnston, 65, finds love as Sal Vine in the latest series of BBC1 sitcom ...

The Father Ted star, 47, on growing old gracefully but never growing up, loving her Jam & Jerusalem co-stars, and dribbling down her cardie with joy at joining the cast of Shameless Do the cast of Jam & Jerusalem hang out together after filming? Pauline McGlynn: Oh yes.

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, arguably Britaina TMs most celebrated female comedians, are on their first a ' and final a ' New Zealand tour, reviewer Tracey Bond was there for their opening night.

With a naturally witty nature and friends-turned co-stars such as Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French, it's not hard to see why Irish actress Pauline McLynn is at the top of her comedy game.

Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French show Aucklanders that laughter is the best medicine.

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, arguably Britaina TMs most celebrated female comedians, are on their first a ' and final a ' New Zealand tour, reviewer Tracey Bond was there for their opening night.

A new generation of Americans has joined a dynasty of female comedians, but in Britain such fame is elusive.

As one of Britain's funniest women, it's possible she wasn't being entirely serious.

CAMP Alan Carr picked a perfectly named woman for only his second snog from a girl - kissing queen Dawn French.

Many people would be head straight for the gym if they weighed as much as Dawn French, but the comedian says that she does not worry about her size and nor does husband Lenny Henry.

Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French. Capitol Theatre, June 29 Until July 9 Reviewed by Lenny Ann Low DAWN FRENCH and Jennifer Saunders launched their double-act in 1980 in a strip-club in London's Soho.

One of the singer's earliest comic cameos came in the mid-1980s, when he played a deaf A&R man in the Adrian Edmondson/Jennifer Saunders/Dawn French sketch show The Comic Strip Presents .