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The House of Idiot

The House of Idiot

1993TV Episode⏱️ 30m
Comedy
⭐ 9
IMDB Rating
56 votes

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay their own comic tribute to the popular drama serial The House of Eliott and former Top of the Pops dance group Pan's People, and discuss minor members of the Royal family.

Director
Bob Spiers
Writers
N/A
Stars
Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Simon Brint
Release Date
April 1, 1993
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Dawn French
Dawn French
as Various Characters
Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders
as Various Characters
👤
Simon Brint
as Ken Bishop
👤
Rowland Rivron
as Duane Bishop
👤
Patrick Barlow
as Jack
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David Beard
Kathy Burke
Kathy Burke
as Tilly
Arthur Cox
Arthur Cox
as Joseph
Harriet Thorpe
Harriet Thorpe
as Countess of Hertzegovina
Stella Gonet
Stella Gonet
as Beatrice Eliott

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Filming Location
England, UK

🏷️ Keywords

spoofreference to princess dianareference to sarah fergusonperiod piecereference to wayne sleep

🎯 Categories

Comedy

💡 Did You Know?

The original broadcasts of this episode featured a four and a half minute skit where Dawn and Jennifer sit in the kitchen discussing the virtues of Princess Diana against the non-virtues of Sarah Ferguson. After the death of Princess Diana in 1997, this sketch was cut out of future repeats, and also the 2008 UK DVD release of the complete series 1 to 6. This segment is currently only available on the out of print 1994 VHS release of the 'Best of Series 4'.

📖 Synopsis

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pay their own comic tribute to the popular drama serial The House of Eliott and former Top of the Pops dance group Pan's People, and discuss minor members of the Royal family.