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Jennifer Saunders Recalls Aborted Ecstasy Plan With Dawn French on Claudia Winkleman Show Debut

The comic framed the decades-old near-miss as a lighthearted memory from her long partnership with French.

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.