French and Saunders love madonna - BAFTA Fellowship 2009

Fresh from receiving their Bafta Fellowship Award to honour their 30 year partnership, the pair revealed backstage that Madonna was the only star who never agreed to feature in one of their sketches.

"It's her loss, that's the way we've looked at it," said French.

Jennifer joked: "We never used to like doing the show unless we'd actually had a 'no' from Madonna, so we used to insist that they ask her anyway to torture her."

"Although we're great admirers, of course," French added.