"Let Them Eat Cake" (1999) TV series

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Creator:

Peter Learmouth

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

9 September 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | History

Tagline:

The liaisons were dangerous. The wigs were lethal.

Plot:

It's 1782 and welcome to the fabulous Palace of Versailles, France. Outside the gates, the peasants...

Plot Keywords:

France | Marie Antoinette | Versailles | King Louis XVI | Rivalry

Cast

Dawn French	...	Lisette (6 episodes, 1999)
Jennifer Saunders	...	Colombine (6 episodes, 1999)
Adrian Scarborough	...	Bouffant (6 episodes, 1999)
Lucy Punch	...	Eveline (4 episodes, 1999)
Alison Steadman	...	Madame de Plonge (4 episodes, 1999)
Elizabeth Berrington	...	Marie Antoinette (3 episodes, 1999)
Julian Rhind-Tutt	...	Advisor (3 episodes, 1999)
Linda Spurrier	...	1st Aristocratic Woman (3 episodes, 1999)
Margaret Whiting	...	2nd Aristocratic Woman (3 episodes, 1999)

Runtime:

30 min (6 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Tiger Aspect Productions

Quotes:

[describing a hot air balloon]
Lisette: They have this large bag that they fill with hot air. I'm not sure how they do that, I think they puncture a couple of priests inside it.

Positive and enthusiastic

Let Them Eat Cake has been written by Peter Learmouth who wrote the good first series of Surgical Spirit for ITV, after Learmouth left as writer it went downhill. Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders have previously worked together on many projects including their hit BBC TV series French & Saunders. Let Them Eat Cake is a riot from start to finish and will undoubtedly go down as one of the funniest comedies of the 1990s. Like one of Jennifer's previous parts, this character has no morals and only succeeds in being successful by having such a lack in moral standards. Shocking, witty and very, very funny. You'll wet yourself!!