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French & Saunders: Season 2

6 episodes Premiered Mar 4, 1988 Updated Oct 6, 2026

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Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of French & Saunders Season 1.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (3): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S2·E1 Mytharc

Decades

Mar 4, 1988 · 30 min

Joan Bakewell presents a documentary about two modern artists, Muriel and Maddie. Also Squeeze sing a great song called "853-9537".

S2·E2 Core

Cable TV

Mar 11, 1988 · 30 min

The Fat Men get somewhat over-excited while watching the Miss World contest on TV, and there's a sparse audience at a Kilroy spoof.

S2·E3 Core

Removals

Mar 18, 1988 · 30 min

The comic duo uncork one of their Hollywood send-ups as a rather senile Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers pay tribute to Fred Astaire.

S2·E4 Core

Languages

Mar 25, 1988 · 30 min

Light entertainment from French and Saunders, with the regular helping of Raw Sex and Ben Elton.

S2·E5 Mytharc

Potholing

Apr 8, 1988 · 30 min

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star in their very own light entertainment variety show, with special guests including The Proclaimers, Raw Sex, Brian Conway, Sarah Greene, Steph

S2·E6 Mytharc

Nose

Apr 15, 1988 · 30 min

Dawn and Jennifer round off the series with more fantastic sketches and a medley of hilarious silver screen send-ups.