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20th Anniversary Collection: The comic genius of Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders says everything that's happened in her career has been the result of a happy accident, rather than any careful planning.
When she and her great pal Dawn French were making their first series, French & Saunders, they were given complete freedom by the BBC, including the freedom to fail.
Despite a few mishaps along the way and a battle with breast cancer, Jennifer now says that early freedom, risk-taking and random opportunities were the best things that could possibly have happened to them.
Further information
First broadcast in April, 2014.
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