I'm a relatively recent convert to the worship of Ms. French. I first saw her in The Vicar of Dibley, her comedy set around a small town with a lady vicar. It quickly became must-see in the household.

Then I saw Murder Most Horrid....
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I'm a relatively recent convert to the worship of Ms. French. I first saw her in The Vicar of Dibley, her comedy set around a small town with a lady vicar. It quickly became must-see in the household.

Then I saw Murder Most Horrid. It blew my mind, this crazy death-fetish of an anthology! It could be physical comedy one installment and heart-breaking the next. It also made some none too subtle digs at various social subjects, such as ethics, how the elderly are treated,and the environment for example.

It was amazing to me how dense a half-hour show could be, and still give you a big wallop at the end. I mean dense as in tightly-packed; the character's backgrounds and situations were set-up so swiftly and skillfully that it didn't sink in how much you were trying to absorb until the credits were rolling. It was a gas!

I know ther are many more roles to see her in- Girls on Top, anything with Ms. Saunders, and the divine sounding Let Them Eat Cake, for example- and I enjoyed her role in the Harry Potter movies, brief though it is.

I hope that I can see her in more projects in the future too!