Editing French and Saunders (section)

==Episodes==
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''French and Saunders'' first broadcast on 9 March 1987 on [[BBC2]], with the first series comprising six episodes. With its popularity and high ratings, a second series commenced on 4 March 1988, followed by a Christmas special in late 1988. The third, fourth and fifth series, which broadcast from 1990 to 1996, consisting each of seven episodes, relied heavily on movie parodies, and some music parodies, alongside their own material, such as the sketch "[[Modern Mother and Daughter]]", which spawned Saunders' popular sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' in 1992. Notable films parodied on the show included ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film)|What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]'', ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'', ''[[Misery (film)|Misery]]'', ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'', ''[[Thelma & Louise]]'', ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', and ''[[Braveheart]]''. A second Christmas special was screened in 1994, between the fourth and fifth series. For the next several years, the series included only Christmas and Easter specials; in 1998, a new special, "The Making of Titanic", was broadcast at Christmas and featured a spoof on the behind-the-scenes and making of [[James Cameron]]'s 1997 film ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', with Dawn French as Jack and Jennifer Saunders as Rose. Five further specials, including spoofs on the films ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' and ''[[Love Actually]]'', were broadcast from 1999 to 2003, before the sixth and final series in 2004, and an additional Christmas special in 2005. Forty-eight episodes (not including the compilation episodes) were broadcast between 1987 and 2005.

The series additionally included compilation specials, starting in 1995 with the two-part "French and Saunders Go To the Movies", which highlighted their movie parodies from the series. A second two-part compilation special, "I Can't Believe it's Music" and "I Can't Believe it's Not Music" from 2005, showcased their classic music parodies from singers such as [[Alanis Morissette]], [[ABBA]], [[The Corrs]], [[Guns N' Roses]], and [[Björk]]. In 2007, the compilation series "A Bucket o' French and Saunders", which featured a mixture of new material and old clips, was broadcast to highlight the 20th anniversary of the series. However, this proved unpopular with viewers, and the initial seven-part series was edited to six episodes. 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]].''