The award-winning actresses are finest often known as comedy duo, French and Saunders, and have become family names by way of their eponymous BBC sketch present, which aired from 1987 to 2005.
Speaking on BBC One’s The Claudia Winkleman Show Saunders, 67, has revealed she as soon as “planned” to take leisure drugs with her pal of 45 years.
She mentioned: “Dawn and I as soon as thought we’d be actually daring, and we bought an ecstasy pill.
“We thought at some point after we’re alone… and it turned such a matter of planning as to after we might take half an ecstasy pill.
“We stored it on Dawn’s mantlepiece and at some point – about six months later – we thought ‘okay, we’re prepared’.
“We had water, we didn’t know what to expect at all and… the pill had gone. It was quite a relief. No drugs for us.”
Comedian Tom Allen, who was additionally among the many company to be a part of host Winkleman on the primary episode of her new present, quipped: “The dog was outside jumping up and down!”
Saunders wore an all-black ensemble with a lacy shirt, paired with layered silver necklaces with ornate cross pendants, as she appeared on the speak present.
The Bafta-winning actress has been buddies with The Vicar Of Dibley star French because the pair met at drama faculty within the late Nineteen Seventies.
Along with their sketch present, the duo have additionally labored collectively on initiatives together with sitcom Girls On Top, their Still Alive comedy tour, and in addition launched a podcast collectively in 2020 titled French And Saunders: Titting About.
Saunders can be broadly recognized for creating hit BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous, nicknamed Ab Fab by followers, which she additionally starred in alongside Dame Joanna Lumley.
The present adopted PR boss Edina Monsoon (Saunders) and retired mannequin Patsy Stone (Dame Joanna), as they tried to relive their youth in Sixties London by chasing Nineties fads.
The Claudia Winkleman Show begins on Friday March 13 at 10.40pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
