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• Actors: Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Alison Steadman
• Format: PAL, UK Import
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000OYQ0UG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,667 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Contains all six episodes of the sitcom LET THEM EAT CAKE, set during the reign of Louis XVI. Includes the episodes 'The Pox', 'Murder', 'The Portrait', 'Making Voopee', ' A Marriage Of Conveniance' and 'The Royal Command Performance'.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the liaisons were dangerous...the wigs were huge!, August 4, 2007

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let Them Eat Cake - Complete Series [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import] (DVD)

LET THEM EAT CAKE is an hilarious comedy series centering around the court of Versailles at the height of Marie Antoinette's reign. Written and designed by Peter Learmouth as a showcase for Dawn French ("The Vicar of Dibley") and Jennifer Saunders ("Absolutely Fabulous"), LET THEM EAT CAKE is crash-course history lesson with a twist.

The Comtesse Colombine de Vache (Jennifer Saunders) lives in the Palace of Versailles and spends her days keeping tabs on the more intriguing misadventures within the palace walls - mostly concerning her arch-rival Madame du Plonge (Alison Steadman). With help from her sneaky maid Lisette (Dawn French) and couturier Bouffant (Adrian Scarborough), the Comtesse gets into one crazy caper after another!

"The Pox" - Desperate to be seduced by the resident palace hunk, the Marquis de Bonvie (Adam Jones), Colombine's plan is stalled when her estranged husband is diagnosed with the pox.

"Murder" - The Marquise de Foufou is discovered in her chambers resembling "steak tartar"...is Colombine responsible?

"The Portrait" - Noted society painter Madame Vigee-Lebrun (Maggie Steed) has been engaged to immortalise Colombine, but can she be pursuaded to pose without her mammoth wigs? Meanwhile, the sadistic Marquis de Sade (Richard E. Grant) has escaped again...

"Making Voopee" - Marie Antoinette (Elizabeth Berrington) introduces Colombine to a traditional Austrian onion salad. Soon after, Colombine exhibits all the visible signs of being pregnant...could it have been King Louis?...

"A Marriage of Convenience" - Colombine's down-and-out sister Cecile (Kathy Burke) comes begging for arms. Meanwhile, Lisette and Bouffant find themselves in a sordid love triangle.

"The Royal Command Performance" - In an effort to boost her popularity, Marie Antoinette organises several events where she and Louis will make love...in public. Naturally anybody of importance will be at the "evening 'do", so Madame du Plonge is outraged that she will only be welcome at the matinee...

This BBC series styles itself after BLACKADDER, but is really a showcase for the sublime talents of French & Saunders, who throw themselves completely into their outlandish characters. The rest of the cast follow suit, especially dear Alison Steadman, who must have relished her role as the man-hungry Madame du Plonge. A real treat.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have your cake and eat it too, December 31, 2008

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Allison Peligrino (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let Them Eat Cake - Complete Series [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import] (DVD)

"Let them eat cake." A famous line supposedly uttered by Marie Antoinette.

BUT DID SHE ACTUALLY SAY IT?

Well, all is revealed in this hilarious 6-episode Britcom starring the wonderfully talented Jennifer Saunders as the idiotic Comtesse Colombine de Vache, her faithful yet crafty servant, Lisette, played by Dawn French, and Adrian Scarborough, as the brilliantly gay couturier, Bouffant.

"Let Them Eat Cake" is set in the Palace of Versailles in the 18th century under the reign of King Louis XVI and his Queen Consort Marie Antoinette. Amidst trysts, lies, murders and conspiracies, the riotous laughs are aplenty when Colombine's days are spent playing one-upmanship against her scheming nemesis Madame de Plonge, sucking up to the Queen, and forcing her ever-expanding waistline into the clutches of her unforgiving corset. With her sidekicks, Lisette and Bouffant, united and divided they tackle one crisis after another with as much grace and dignity as their gargantuan wigs can allow.


Memorable Quotes:

[Upon Bouffant's suggestion of informing the authorities after discovering the body of the Marquise de Foufou chopped up into '14-ish pieces']

COMTESSE:
"What do you want me to do about her, Monsieur? Put her back together?! Compared to what she used to look like, this is the equivalent of a makeover!"


[While squeezing into one of her frocks designed by her couturier, Bouffant]

COMTESSE:
"Is this a dress, Monsieur, or a contraceptive!"