Joanna Lumley
- 78 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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Do we want Absolutely Fabulous back?
On some level it's hard not to get behind a sitcom that would place older female characters front and centre.
Nick Levine, Refinery 29, 14th October 2018Joanna Lumley: It's All About Me review
The veteran comic's enduring ability to captivate a crowd saves a best-of evening that occasionally descends into tedium.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 11th October 2018Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam to star in TV sitcom pilot
Conversations From A Long Marriage, Jan Etherington's Radio 4 comedy series starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam, is to return to the airwaves, and is set to be piloted for TV too.
British Comedy Guide, 13th September 2018British comedies up for international Rose D'Or Awards
Cunk On Britain, Detectorists, The Windsors and The Young Offenders have been nominated in the International Rose D'Or Awards. Meanwhile Ab Fab star Joanna Lumley will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Rose d'Or.
British Comedy Guide, 13th July 2018A radio comedy for the older generation
Fed up with the way 60-somethings are portrayed on TV and radio, Jan Etherington wrote a poignant comedy to tell it how it really is...
Jan Etherington, The Daily Express, 1st January 2018Review: Paddington 2
Well, well, a sequel that is even more fun than its predecessor. It doesn't often happen but Paddington 2 manages to shift the stale marmalade sandwiches from 2014 to deliver a pacy, enjoyable adventure, which boasts a cameo cast that is like a who's who of British acting talent.
Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 13th November 2017Ab Fab stars film TV travel show
Absolutely Fabulous stars Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are reuniting to film a one-off travelogue for Christmas.
British Comedy Guide, 7th October 2017Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe return for their 12th live series of Friday night irreverence, poking sharpened satirical sticks into the underside of events from the past seven days. Tonight's guests helping the triumvirate of tomfoolery tackle talking points from the worlds of comedy, entertainment and politics are New Avenger/Ab Fabber Joanna Lumley and - no stranger to topically tinged standup himself - Russell Howard.
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 29th September 2017Ab Fab will show how fun life was before Brexit
As part of 90s comedy week, we ask: could the Remain campaign have done with some help from Edina Monsoon?
Lizzie Palmer, The New Statesman, 9th August 2017BAFTA Awards 2017 - Comedy Winners
The results of the BAFTA Television awards have been announced at a ceremony in London. The comedy-related winners are People Just Do Nothing, Michael McIntyre, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve Coogan and Charlie Brooker's Year Wipe. Ab Fab star Joanna Lumley picked up a special award.
British Comedy Guide, 14th May 2017