As she stares down the barrel of her 65th birthday, Dawn French isn’t mincing her words. “It’s a privilege to get older, but it’s not for wusses,” muses the British comedian.
“Things go a bit wrong, but ultimately it ain’t so bad. Your teeth are a bit yellower, your chin has sagged, you’re fatter, you’re greyer…”
Would you like her to go on? As one half of the comedy duo French & Saunders, Dawn has been tickling our funny bones for 35 years and counting.