Fran is Bernard's only other friend. Competing with Bernard in the crazy and sardonic stakes, Fran at least craves a social life and a boyfriend, even if her efforts to achieve this blissful state inevitably end in humiliation.

Now that her business in the gift shop has run aground, Fran Katzenjammer wants to explore her inner self. She knows her real nature is to be resourceful, selfless and high-minded. Only her immersion in sloth, envy and all the other 11 deadly sins obscures her worth from the world at large, which, in her own words "wouldn't appreciate my gifts anyway, because it's full of tossers".

TAMSIN GREIG
(Fran)

Tamsin is already familiar to radio listeners for her role as Debbie Aldridge in The Archers, which won her a nomination for Best Newcomer in Radio in the 1992 Independent Radio Awards.

Her work in television includes roles in the comedies People Like Us, Happiness and World of Pub. Her theatre credits range from Bell, Book and Candle (Gillian Holroyd), Abigail's Party (Beverley), Great Expectations (Miss Havisham/Biddy) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena).

Chat with Tamsin Greig March 22, 2002 transcript

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