Dawn French has joined the cast of the London Palladium’s pantomime.

It will be the first time French has appeared in a panto.

She will bp,ay the Wicked Queen in Snow White which will also star Palladium panto regulars Julia  Clary, Nigel Havers, Gary Wilmot and Paul Zerdin.

French and Clary are expected to get together ‘very soon’ to plot an outline for the panto and pen some funny lines.

The show will fun for five-weeks at the Palladium from December 8.