Absolutely Fabulous 

The wild misadventures of Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a near-constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.

Stars:

Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha

9 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jennifer Saunders	...	Edina 39 episodes, 1992-2012
Joanna Lumley	...	Patsy 39 episodes, 1992-2012
Julia Sawalha	...	Saffron 39 episodes, 1992-2012
June Whitfield	...	Mother 36 episodes, 1992-2012
Jane Horrocks	...	Bubble / ... 32 episodes, 1992-2012

Storyline

Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness.

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Plot Keywords:

satire | british humour | f rated | 1990s | 2000s | 

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Taglines:

Sin is in, sweetie.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

BBC Online

Country:

UK

Language:

English French

Release Date:

24 July 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Absolutely Fabulous

Filming Locations:

30 Clarendon Road, Holland Park, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

French & Saunders Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Comedy Central

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (24 episodes) 45 min (2 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jane Horrocks originally auditioned for the part of Saffron, but Jennifer Saunders adapted and expanded the role of Bubble for her instead.

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Quotes

Eddie: Pats. Pats. You know, like, when you are in a room or something, and you think someone is like staring at you...
Patsy: In a room?
Eddie: Or in a plane. Anywhere... anywhere... And you are sort of doing things because you think someone is looking at you like people are looking at you, you know?
Patsy: On a plane?
Eddie: Well, anywhere... anywhere... And then you look at them and they are just sort of asleep but their head is flopped in your direction, you know? Well, I don't want THAT to happen. I don't want THAT to be my...

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Crazy Credits

At the end of series four's credits, a clip of David Bowie singing "Ziggy Stardust" has been inserted.

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Alternate Versions

In the episode "Death", when Edina is having a midnight snack, she quotes lyrics from a Madonna song to Saffy. This scene was included on the initial TV broadcast of the show, but has been removed from many DVD versions of the series due to copyright problems.

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Connections

Referenced in The Chase Australia: Episode #1.37 (2015)

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Soundtracks

This Wheel's On Fire
Written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko
Performed by Debbie Harry (as Deborah Harry) and Adrian Edmondson
(Series 5 Theme Song)

User Reviews

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...