Overview
- Saunders shared the anecdote on the first episode of The Claudia Winkleman Show, which airs 13 March on BBC One.
- She said the duo once bought an ecstasy tablet to split, kept it on French’s mantlepiece, then found months later it had disappeared.
- Saunders described the missing pill as “quite a relief,” while fellow guest Tom Allen joked about a dog “jumping up and down.”
- French and Saunders met at drama school in the late 1970s and have continued to collaborate across TV, live tours and a 2020 podcast.
- The debut also features Jeff Goldblum, Vanessa Williams and Tom Allen as Winkleman launches her new Friday-night chat show.