Season guide

French & Saunders: Season 5

7 episodes Premiered Jan 4, 1996

Previously on French & Saunders

Season 5 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 4.
⚡ 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 5 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

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Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S5·E1 Mytharc

Jan 4, 1996

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders return with a spoof of Baywatch and Helen Mirren desperately trying to reinvent herself.

S5·E2 Core

Jan 11, 1996

Skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer including a parody of Bjork and their unique version of Braveheart.

S5·E3 Core

Jan 18, 1996

Dawn and Jennifer present a parody of Federico Fellini's movies.

S5·E4 Core

Jan 25, 1996

More comedy sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, with special guests the Krankies, Patsy Kensit, Patrick Barlow and Kate Moss.

S5·E5 Core

Feb 1, 1996

More skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, including a spoof of Pulp Fiction.

S5·E6 Mytharc

Feb 8, 1996

Skits and sketches from Dawn and Jennifer, featuring a spoof of Western The Quick and the Dead, guest starring Lenny Henry.

S5·E7 Mytharc

Feb 29, 1996

Skits and sketches, including a spoof of Dr Quinn Medicine Woman. Kate Moss guest stars.