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====2010s==== In 2011, Saunders wrote and appeared in "[[Red Nose Day 2011|Uptown Downstairs Abbey]]", the [[Comic Relief]] parody of the critically acclaimed historical television dramas ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' and ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]''. Playing the [[List of Downton Abbey characters#Violet Crawley|Dowager Countess]], she starred alongside Lumley, [[Kim Cattrall]], [[Victoria Wood]], [[Harry Enfield]], [[Patrick Barlow]], [[Dale Winton]], [[Olivia Colman]], [[Tim Vine]], [[Simon Callow]], [[Michael Gambon]], and [[Harry Hill]].{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} In 2012, Saunders guest-starred in ''[[Dead Boss]]'', a BBC Three comedy set in the fictional Broadmarsh prison where she plays the cruel and work-shy governor, Margaret.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00t3m16/characters/margaret|title=BBC Three β Dead Boss β Margaret|publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 April 2014|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029100002/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00t3m16/characters/margaret|url-status=dead}}</ref> The show's creator, [[Sharon Horgan]], stated that she 'begged' Saunders to take the role, having been a fan of Saunders' previous comedy work.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tarley |first=Rachel |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/902101-dead-boss-producers-we-begged-jennifer-saunders-to-be-on-the-show|title=Dead Boss producers: We begged Jennifer Saunders to be on the show|publisher=Metro.co.uk|date=14 June 2012|access-date=11 April 2014}}</ref> She also wrote the script for the [[Spice Girls]]-based [[jukebox musical]] ''[[Viva Forever!]]'' In 2013, Saunders starred as [[Lady Constance Keeble]] in the [[BBC]] adaptation of ''[[Blandings (TV series)|Blandings]]'' by [[P. G. Wodehouse]]. In 2017, Saunders appeared on the ''[[Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Looking for Mr. Goodbart]]" as an elderly woman accompanied around by [[Bart Simpson|Bart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766837/|title=Jennifer Saunders|website=IMDb|access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref>
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