Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)

Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of... See full summary »

Stars:

Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha

8 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jennifer Saunders	...	Edina (40 episodes, 1992-2012)
Joanna Lumley	...	Patsy (40 episodes, 1992-2012)
Julia Sawalha	...	Saffron (40 episodes, 1992-2012)
June Whitfield	...	Mother (37 episodes, 1992-2012)
Jane Horrocks	...	Bubble (33 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. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.

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Plot Keywords:

best friend | retreat | new year's eve | vodka | dream | 

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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:

Ab Fab

Filming Locations:

Holland Park, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

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

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite playing mother and daughter, Jennifer Saunders is only 10 years older than co-star Julia Sawalha.

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Quotes

Eddie: I thought I told you to buy a laptop.
Bubble: A lap... top? Top?
[opens her bag and reveals a small lap dog]
Eddie: Get rid of it.
Bubble: Oh! But I've grown so fond! And it's SO cute. And... it's not just for life! It's for Christmas!

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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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Connections

Featured in Night of a Thousand Shows (2000)

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Soundtracks

"This Wheel's On Fire"
Written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko
Performed by Julie Driscoll and Adrian Edmondson

User Reviews

One of the best Britcoms ever made!!

"Absolutely Fabulous" is, without a doubt, one of the funniest shows to ever come across the pond from the U.K.! Apparently, the sitcom's subject matter and flat-out political incorrectness made it too edgy for local PBS stations to run. Instead, the cable channel COMEDY CENTRAL acquired the initial US rights from the BBC in the mid-1990s. The rest is history.

AB FAB (as we fans refer to it with affection) is the saga of Edina Monsoon (Eddy) and her fabulous pal Patsy Stone. Eddy & Patsy do everything in life to excess - drink, smoke, party. While Eddy has a PR firm (she represents LuLu) and a shop, her main income comes from the alimony her two ex-husbands give her. Eddy lives in a nice home in London's Holland Park area with her stuffed-shirt daughter Saffron (Saffy) who is the opposite of Eddy in every way. Patsy, on the other hand, has a flat above Oddbins, a liquor store. Also on hand was Eddy's bubble-headed assistant Bubble and her widowed mother (referred to as 'Gran' by Saffy) AB FAB was an instant hit here in the US - the initial 3 series of 18 episodes (6 eps in 1992, 6 in 1994 & 6 in 1995) were played to the hilt by Comedy Central. Roseanne the comedienne even bought the rights to update the series for US television, but nothing ever materialized. In 2002 Comedy Central, in joint production with the BBC, produced 6 more AB FABS eps. In these new episodes, viewers learned that in this post-9/11 world, Eddy and Patsy hadn't changed a bit. In 2004, the cable channel Oxygen teamed with the BBC and had another series of 7 episodes produced. There were also 2 AB FAB specials produced as well.

Sin is in, Sweetie!!