Product Details

• Actors: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Derek Lyons, Rowland Rivron, Simon Brint
• Producers: Emma Cornish
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: BBC Warner
• VHS Release Date: July 19, 2000
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004WG93
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #488,805 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My personal favorite of the F & S DVDs, February 7, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: French & Saunders - The Ingenue Years (DVD)

This collection has what is some of the earliest material from any of the French & Saunders DVD collections and some of the best. Whereas the other DVDs rely more of parodies of well-known films, this DVD features some of the ladies' best repeated characters and aggressively bizarre but hilarious scenes (like a profile of two strange performance artists). The scenes, as a result, succeed more as the comedy is not limited to the confines of movie plots or characters that must be lampooned. There are many classics bits here which the girls have kept around for years in live appearances (i.e., a discussion between two schoolgirls - "worldly" Dawn & naive Jennifer - about contraceptive devices). And, as a bonus, the DVD features their early '90s Christmas special which includes guests shots by Adrian Edmondson (Vyvyan of "The Young Ones," Eddie of "Bottom," and Jennifer Saunder's husband) and Christopher Ryan (Mike of "The Young Ones," Dave Hedgehog of "Bottom," and Marshall of "Absolutely Fabulous"). Also, look for Dawn French's husband, comedian Lenny Henry, in a fine Dinner Party sketch. Other highlights: a history of dance crazes and the absurd conversations which take place in Jennifer's sparse flat. Great stuff!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars French & Saunders... tres magnifique!, January 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: French & Saunders: Ingenue Year [VHS] (VHS Tape)

For true lovers of British wit, French & Saunders are always the source of the real belly laugh... no canned laughter here masking inadequate writing and acting! This show fulfills all of one's comedic expectations, and if you can control your laughing you may just catch half of the jokes!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The wellspring from which all other comic's steal from, November 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: French & Saunders: Ingenue Year [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders prodigious talents are evident here in one of their earlier works. This humor is subtle and actually rather serious and deep if you really think about what points they are trying to make (honed, later to perfection, in AbFab.) For anyone interested in the rough and tough business of making people laugh, these videos (and the 3 others) should be your bible.