Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter French and Saunders got up to all kinds of mischief on screen, but they had a hilarious near-miss drug-taking experience that rivalled the goofiness of their characters. The comedy duo, made up of Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, once devised an elaborate six-month plan to take ecstasy that backfired spectacularly. Saunders shared the story on the first-ever episode of The Claudia Winkleman Show, airing on Friday (13 March) on BBC One, revealing: “Dawn and I once thought we’d be really daring, and we got an ecstasy tablet.” open image in gallery Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders of comedy duo French and Saunders (Getty Images) The actor said the pair decided to share the pill one day when they were alone, adding: “It became such a matter of planning as to when we could take half an ecstasy tablet. “We kept it …