TV series

Let Them Eat Cake

1999 · 1 season

A campy, innuendo-laden romp through Versailles, watching scheming aristocrats trade barbs and secrets with theatrical flair.

Overview: Let Them Eat Cake is a British sitcom starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders set in France, 1782, just seven years before the French Revolution. It is one of the few programmes in which French and Saunders have appeared which they did not create themselves.
How it feels: Satirical, campy, absurd and cynical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Class, power, betrayal, ambition
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
power
betrayal
ambition
deception
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild