Tapping wants role in Saunders comedy

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Stargate actress Amanda Tapping wants to appear in a Jennifer Saunders comedy.

The 42-year-old, who plays Colonel Samantha Carter in the sci-fi franchise, said she fancies playing an eccentric old woman.

She told Teletext: "I'd love to be in one of her comedies. It would be great to be one of the batty old dears in Jam And Jerusalem."

Tapping currently stars as Dr. Helen Magnus in TV series Sanctuary.