CONSUELA, OR , THE NEW MRS SAUNDERS:
SEASON 3 : SHOW 1
FIRST SHOWN: JANUARY 1ST 1986
WRITERS: DAWN FRENCH & JENNIFER SAUNDERS
DIRECTOR : STEPHEN FREARS
CHANNEL 4, 11 PM , 45 MINUTES
CAST :
ADRIAN EDMONDSON ---------- John
DAWN FRENCH ---------- Consuela
PETER RICHARDSON ---------- Julio
JENNIFER SAUNDERS ---------- Jessica
RIK MAYALL ---------- Richard
LINDA SPRIGGS ---------- Mother
HELEN ATKINSON WOOD ---------- Miranda
SERENA EVANS ---------- Bumble
ROBIN LERMITTE ---------- Tom
RUPERT VANSITTART ---------- Jeremy
MOLLIE MAUREEN ---------- Mrs Tattle
HARRIET THORPE ---------- Jane
LYN REES ---------- Local 1
RODNEY LOVICK ---------- Local 2
In this parody of Rebecca a young bride arrives at her husband's vast estate to find that she is left to fend for herself, at the mercy of a mysterious and sinister Spanish maid who she suspects does not have her best interests at heart
QUOTES:
Jessica: I don't want to keep you from your duties
Consuela, I shall just pop into the village and pick up John's shoes from the cobblers.
Consuela: I've taken care of that madam. They're in his wardrobe.
Jessica: Oh good...well, I shall get some flowers to arrange then, the house looks so drab.
Consuela: I did that this morning madam.
Jessica: Thank you Consuela. Then I shall be able to go out this afternoon and sketch some ducks
Consuela: Took the liberty madam. [Holds up a drawing of a duck]