BONKERS: Jennifer Saunders in conversation with Clare Balding

Jennifer Saunders' memoir BONKERS: My Life in Laughs
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In an exclusive interview with Clare Balding, comedian, writer and actress Jennifer Saunders shares some of her most entertaining life stories.

Jennifer Saunders' brilliant comic creations have brought joy to millions for three decades. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Absolutely Fabulous to Donna, as played by Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia, her characters are household names.

But it's Jennifer herself who has a place in all our hearts. In this Penguin Live event for her autobiography BONKERS: My Life in Laughs, held in front of a packed-out crowd at the Southbank Centre, Jennifer Saunders opens up to Clare Balding about her childhood and family, her life-changing encounter with a young Dawn French, working with Joanna Lumley on Absolutely Fabulous and seeing Dolly Parton's bosoms.