Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders to reprise The Extras for Red Nose Day

OHMYGOSSIP — Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will reprise their characters ‘The Extras’ for Red Nose Day.
The comedy duo are to transform into their alter-egos to try to blag a free fix from the ‘The Repair Shop’ team in a special episode for Comic Relief, but foreman Jay Blades, who the pair are desperate to meet, sends them packing.
Dawn said: “I don’t think we’ve ever said no to Comic Relief because it just is too important, and because it’s from our community, and we were there right at the very beginning.
“I know that the money is spent correctly and I know that there are projects that are ongoing that need us to be ongoing and I wouldn’t ever want to let anyone down.
“So I think the more that we can do to boost and support, the better!”
Jennifer added: “As I watched ‘The Repair Shop’, I thought all I could ever see was these characters going into ‘The Repair Shop’, or me and Dawn, pretending to mend something or imitating the characters.
“You know, I just thought, this is the show for us.
“Then Comic Relief said we’ve got The Repair Shop and it was like the perfect thing. It was so perfect!”
Jay admitted French and Saunders’ appearance in the barn for the skit – which airs on this year’s Comic Relief Night TV special on Friday 18th March – is a “real treat” for fans.
He said: said “I can’t believe the chaos that those two caused!
“We’re always surprised by what we see in the barn, but trust me, we’ve not seen anything like this in the barn before – you must watch it to see how funny it was.
“For fans of the show it’s a real treat!”
Red Nose Day 2022 will be hosted by Alesha Dixon, David Tennant, Zoe Ball, Paddy McGuinness and Sir Lenny Henry, plus The Great Comic Relief Prizeathon will be hosted by Joel Dommett and AJ Odudu.
Tune in from 7pm on Friday 18 March on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. For the latest Red Nose Day news and to find out how to donate, visit bbc.co.uk/rednoseday
‘The Repair Shop’ is back for a new daytime series on Monday 14th March, airing weekdays at 3:45pm on BBC One, presented by Jay and staffed by a team of Britain’s most skilled restoration experts.

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