Dawn French, here are your best bits…

And no, we don’t mean her considerable assets mammary-wise, though to be fair, they’re worth a mention!

Today, we’ve decided to take a look back at some of the most memorable bits of Dawn’s career. She’s recently released her auto-biography, Dear Fatty, and it’s inspired a renewed interest in the lady, so by popular demand, here are Dawn’s best bits…

Her career in comedy began when Dawn starred in the groundbreaking alternative comedy, the Comic Strip. This show was a radical departure from the traditional comedy shows of the time and was later followed by another new concept in comedy programming, the all-female, Girls On Top. This show marked her first professional partnership with Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax and Tracy Ullman and firmly established her as a tour de force in British comedy.

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Comedienne, Dawn French has revealed that she would love her bring back her BBC show, Vicar Of Dibley, but this time she’d like to see the lady Vicar as a Bishop!

Dawn told The Sun: “If a woman could be a bishop in the Church of England, why not?”

Co-star James Fleet, 53, who played bumbling Hugo Horton, is is also hoping that the show makes a comeback.

James said: “In times of crisis like a recession, they should bring Dibley back to make people smile.”

There’s no such thing as a taboo subject when journalist Dawn Porter gets on the case. This series of four programmes tackles the questions you were afraid to ask on all things female. In the first programme, Dawn Gets Naked, she explores female-body image by hosting a naked flashmob in central London, going to a life-drawing class, visiting a burlesque show and finding out what it’s like to be airbrushed.

The series continues with Dawn Goes Lesbian, in which Dawn explores the world of lesbianism to try to find out the truth behind the myths and stereotypes, as she moves into a lesbian flat-share and pledges to undertake a “man ban”. In Dawn Gets Her Man, she delves into the world of
21st-century dating to see if the perfect relationship really does exist. The series concludes with Dawn Gets A Baby, in which Dawn faces up to the business end of giving birth and explores whether those who are “too posh to push” have got the right idea.

Thursday 14 February
9.00-9.30pm BBC THREE