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Female Comedy Duos 13ÌýMarch 2008
french & saunders
As French and Saunders bow out who will keep the tradition going?

When it comes to performing together for laughs, are two women as funny as two men? From Laurel and Hardy, Morecambe and Wise and The Two Ronnies through to the likes of Armstrong and Miller today, a rich seam of male comedy duos has kept us chuckling through the years. But what of their female equivalent?Ìý
JaneÌýis joined by Don Ward, Producer and Owner of The Comedy Store in LondonÌý& Manchester and Dead Ringers comedienne, Jan Ravens, toÌýlook atÌýfunny female pairings. And as French and Saunders embark on their farewell nationwide tour they'll be asking who is left toÌýkeep the tradition alive?
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