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Absolutely Fabulous

  • TV Series
  • 1992–20121992–2012
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 45m
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Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
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The wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.The wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.The wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.

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73
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Saunders
    • Joanna Lumley
    • Julia Sawalha
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  • Stars
    • Jennifer Saunders
    • Joanna Lumley
    • Julia Sawalha
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    • 66User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Won 4 BAFTA Awards
      • 9 wins & 18 nominations total

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    Joanna Lumley in Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
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    Jennifer Saunders
    Jennifer Saunders
    • Edinaas Edina
    39 episodes39 eps • 1992–2012
    Joanna Lumley
    Joanna Lumley
    • Patsyas Patsy…
    39 episodes39 eps • 1992–2012
    Julia Sawalha
    Julia Sawalha
    • Saffronas Saffron
    39 episodes39 eps • 1992–2012
    June Whitfield
    June Whitfield
    • Motheras Mother
    36 episodes36 eps • 1992–2012
    Jane Horrocks
    Jane Horrocks
    • Bubbleas Bubble…
    32 episodes32 eps • 1992–2012
    Helen Lederer
    Helen Lederer
    • Catrionaas Catriona
    13 episodes13 eps • 1992–2012
    Harriet Thorpe
    Harriet Thorpe
    • Fleuras Fleur
    13 episodes13 eps • 1992–2012
    Naoko Mori
    Naoko Mori
    • Sarahas Sarah
    12 episodes12 eps • 1992–2011
    Christopher Malcolm
    Christopher Malcolm
    • Justinas Justin
    11 episodes11 eps • 1992–2011
    Mo Gaffney
    Mo Gaffney
    • Boas Bo
    11 episodes11 eps • 1992–2012
    Christopher Ryan
    Christopher Ryan
    • Marshallas Marshall
    11 episodes11 eps • 1992–2012
    Kathy Burke
    Kathy Burke
    • Magdaas Magda
    5 episodes5 eps • 1992–1996
    Llewella Gideon
    Llewella Gideon
    • Nurseas Nurse…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1994–2012
    Felix Dexter
    • John Johnstonas John Johnston
    4 episodes4 eps • 2003
    Tilly Blackwood
    Tilly Blackwood
    • Lady Candida De Denison-Benderas Lady Candida De Denison-Bender
    4 episodes4 eps • 2001
    Lulu
    Lulu
    • Luluas Lulu…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1994–2012
    Eleanor Bron
    Eleanor Bron
    • Patsy's Motheras Patsy's Mother
    3 episodes3 eps • 1992–2003
    Gary Beadle
    Gary Beadle
    • Oliveras Oliver
    3 episodes3 eps • 1992–1996
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    Storyline

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    British sitcom about the misadventures of two high-powered career women, active on the London fashion scene. Edina "Eddy" Monsoon is a professional public relations agent, who owns her own PR firm. Patricia "Patsy" Stone is the fashion director in a top British magazine. In their professional lives, they are rather successful. They spend their free time by constantly indulging in cigarettes, alcohol and recreational drugs, while trying to stay young and to relive their glory days in the Mod subculture. —Dimos I
    • satire
    • f rated
    • written by star
    • bad parenting
    • rebellious
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      • Sin is in, sweetie.
    • Genre
      • Comedy
    • Certificate
      • TV-14
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      The inspiration for casting Joanna Lumley as Patsy came from a sketch on The Full Wax (1991). There, Ruby Wax interviewed Lumley, where the actress (who had previously been seen as a prim and proper English rose) played herself as a drunk, cocaine-addicted, washed-up has-been.
    • Quotes

      Eddie: Patsy hasn't eaten since 1974.

      Patsy: There was that crisp.

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of series four's credits, a clip of David Bowie singing "Ziggy Stardust" has been inserted.
    • Alternate versions
      Scenes from the episodes "Door Handle" and "The End" that were omitted and featured in an outtake special:
    • Connections
      Featured in How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      This Wheel's On Fire
      Written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko
      Performed by Julie Driscoll and Adrian Edmondson

    User reviews66

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    I love AbFab!!!
    AbFab is probably the best Britcom ever made. I Absolutely love it!!! Each episode was brilliantly written and hilariously funny. Jennifer Saunders demonstrated how brilliant she is at writing / performing without Dawn French and Joanna Lumley showed that she has great comic timing as well as a superb talent for dramatic roles.

    As a true AbFab fan, I have bought all of the videos and, even though i know them off by heart, I still find them Absolutely hilarious.

    As were many other people, I was completely heart broken when Jennifer Saunders revealed that she was ending the show in 1995. But since then, there has been a very funny American remake that I've had chance to see called "High Society", and I highly recommend it to any other AbFab fans.

    Life simply hasn't been the same, for me without AbFab, but Jennifer Saunders has apparently confirmed rumors that there is a fourth series in the works...
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    • Feb 5, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 24, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • BBC Online
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Ab Fab
    • Filming locations
      • Rabat, Morocco
    • Production companies
      • French & Saunders Productions
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • Comedy Central
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    • Runtime
      45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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