Let Them Eat Cake

Let Them Eat Cake

1999 · 1 season · 6 eps · ★ 7.5 · Comedy

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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.

Created by Christine Gernon

Network: BBC One

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