2010 wasn't my best year, says Jennifer Saunders

2010 wasn't my best year, says Jennifer Saunders
2010 wasn't my best year, says Jennifer Saunders (Image credit: PA Archive/PA Photos)

Comedienne Jennifer Saunders has admitted that 2010 was not her finest year - describing it as a "learning curve". The 52-year-old, who has been receiving treatment for breast cancer, revealed on her Radio 2 show on Saturday that her chemotherapy will finish in March - and said that she had set herself a series of challenges for the coming year. "2010, not my best year," said the Absolutely Fabulous star on the show, which she co-hosts with her long-term comedy partner Dawn French. "Some misery, some uplifting moments, a bit of a learning curve and all that stuff." It was not revealed until last summer that Jennifer was suffering from breast cancer, as she kept news of her ill-health under wraps for many months. However she remained silent about it until last week when she discussed the "lovely pert new bosoms" she had as a result of her treatment - and this week talked about the treatment itself. "I've got a little port here where they push the chemicals in under the skin, a little tube that goes down into your vein and that comes out in March," Jennifer said. She added that she was looking forward to the coming year. "These are things I would like to do more in 2011," she admitted. "I would like to see more live football, I would like to drive my car in a skid pad, I would like to probably ride my horse a bit more just in the field with no shoes on, potter about in my garden, get on top of my geraniums."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.