They want it hot (the original name: Let Them Eat Cake , is an English translation of the legendary phrase of Marie Antoinette “ Let them eat cakes ” ; but they also meet other translations of the name into Russian: “ Some people like it hot ” and “ Samoduras at Yard ”) is a historical black comedy television series ( sitcom ), which aired on the BBC channel alone in 1999, in Russia on the STS channel in 2003. Starring Don French and Jennifer Saunders .
| They want hotter | |
|---|---|
| Let Them Eat Cake | |
| Genre | Situational comedy Black comedy |
| Creator | Peter Learmot |
| Cast | Don French Jennifer Saunders Adrian Scarborough |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Number of seasons | |
| Number of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Timing | 29 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Tv channel | Bbc one |
| On the screens | September 9, 1999 - October 9, 1999 |
| References | |
| IMDb | |
The series is full of black humor , mainly on the themes of violence, sex and sexual perversions, "existing" at that time in the depraved "high society" of France.
Story
1782 year . Seven years before the French Revolution . The action takes place in the halls of the Palace of Versailles . In these halls lives the most arrogant, ambitious and adamant woman in France - Countess Colombine de Vache. She sends horror in the hearts of aristocrats , spreading and collecting the most personal rumors and secrets of the elite of that time. The Countess’s servant sometimes appears in the series - a nymphomaniac maid and former prostitute Lysette and sneaky slave Bowfant. Colombine constantly competes with Madame De Plong. In these conflicts, Madame De Plongue, she is always supported by the naive but smart daughter of Evelyn.
Cast
- Jennifer Saunders - Countess Colombine de Vache
- Don French - Lysette
- Adrian Scarborough - Bowfant
- Alison Steadman - Madame De Plunge
- Lucy Punch - Evelyn De Plunge
- Elizabeth Burrington - Marie Antoinette
- Julian Rind-Tutt - Advisor to Marie Antoinette
Episodes
| Title | release date | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | September 9, 1999 | Madame De Plunge is trying to put Countess de Vache in a bad light before the society, to persuade her to seduce one of Madame De Plunge's lovers. Meanwhile, Count de Vache contracted smallpox and wishes to die in the arms of Countess Colombine de Vache. |
| Murder | September 16, 1999 | Colombina de Vache loses her head from the Marquis de FuFu, but after she is put in custody after the Marquise is found, brutally murdered, in the Countess’s apartment. |
| Portrait | September 23, 1999 | The Marquis de Sade escaped from the Bastille . He has a sadistic sex drive for Countess Colombine de Vache. Meanwhile, the famous artist wants to paint a portrait of Countess Colombina. (Guest stars Richard E. Grant and Maggie Stead.) |
| Making voopee | September 30, 1999 | Columbine believes that she is pregnant and thinks that the king is a father. She then conspires to remove the rightful heir to the royal crown of France and replace her own son. |
| Marriage of convenience | October 7, 1999 | The duke offers a lot of money to someone who can provide him with a “fake wife” with whom he should appear at the ball. Columbine is trying to cast her sister Cesil ( Katie Burke ) for this role. |
| The royal command performance | October 14, 1999 | The King and Queen issue the Royal Command Performance decree, which sets out the basics of inheriting the throne through the bloodline, and Columbine does everything possible to discredit Madame De Plonge's name. |
DVD Release
They want it hotter was released in the UK on March 5, 2007, as well as in Australia.
Links
- Mark Lewison , "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003