Let Them Eat Cake

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1999-09-09

Last Air Date: 1999-10-14

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Christine Gernon

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Elizabeth Berrington as N/A
Dawn French as N/A
Jennifer Saunders as N/A
Lucy Punch as Eveline
Alison Steadman as N/A
Adrian Scarborough as N/A
James Greene as N/A
Julian Rhind-Tutt as N/A
Nicholas Rowe as N/A
Richard E. Grant as N/A

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Pox (1999-09-09)

In 1792 at the Palace of Versailles, Madame de Plonge bets Colombine that she can't seduce the young, handsome Marquis de Bonvie. Lisette suspects that it's all part of a ""setup"" to ruin her mistress and offers to take her place. Columbine learns that her elderly husband, Honore, has caught the pox, and turns it around to her advantage.
Ep. 2: Murder (1999-09-16)

Columbine loses her fortune in a wager with the Marquise de Foufou. When the Marquise de Foufou is brutally murdered, Columbine is the prime suspect. But was it murder, or suicide? Justice will prevail, but not until Columbine has her day in court.
Ep. 3: The Portrait (1999-09-23)

The finest portrait painter in France, Madame Vigee-Lebrun, agrees to paint Columbine's portrait, but the wig must go. Columbine becomes a victim of the Marquis de Sade. Lisette returns to the streets and Bouffant is seduced.
Ep. 4: Making Voopee (1999-09-30)

Columbine swears that she has been celibate for eight years. How, then, has she managed to get pregnant? Is King Louis XVI the father? What will Marie Antionette think?
Ep. 5: A Marriage of Convenience (1999-10-07)

Columbine's sister, Cecilie, is destitute and needs help from Columbine. The only help she gets is a suggestion that she should marry the Duke D'Onan, a repulsive man who prefers men to women.
Ep. 6: The Royal Command Performance (1999-10-14)

Marie Antoinette intends to prove her love for her husband by having sex with him in public - twice. Columbine intends to use the event as the venue for a final showdown with Madame de Plonge, but she has been invited to the matinee session.