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Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

  • 79 years old
  • English
  • Actor and writer

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Joanna Lumley hits out at Are You Being Served? remake

Joanna Lumley has hit out at the BBC for remaking Are You Being Served? saying: "Maybe you should move on."

Mark Jefferies and Nicola Methven, Radio Times, 15th September 2016

Imelda Staunton & Celia Imrie lead OAP dance comedy cast

Imelda Staunton and Celia Imrie lead the cast in a new comedy film set around a senior citizens' dance group.

British Comedy Guide, 8th September 2016

Lumley and Saunders attend Ab Fab USA premiere

Joanna Lumley looks typically outrageous alongside glam Jennifer Saunders at the Ab Fab NYC movie premiere.

Daily Mail, 19th July 2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie takes £4m+ at the box office

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie has made a strong start in the cinema, taking over £4m at the box office in its opening weekend.

British Comedy Guide, 5th July 2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie - review

Producers did not release the Ab Fab film to the critics ahead of its release yesterday, which is rarely a vote of confidence. Add to that the fact that it's a big-screen adaptation of a sitcom - a genre with a patchy track record, The Inbetweeners Movie notwithstanding - and that it uses the tired and tested plot device of plonking their characters somewhere foreign, and the signs are not encouraging. Yet despite such portents, Absolutely Fabulous is as much of a fun, raucous romp as fans would have hoped for - director Mandie Fletcher throwing proceedings into the preposterous story and high camp with as much vigour now as there was when the series started a rather incredible 24 years ago.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd July 2016

Review - Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

I am not sure quite why Saunders chose to make this film as it is clearly way past its peak and although she and Lumley are as brilliant as ever in their roles there is a feeling they are sleepwalking their way through them; they even on occasion throw out a few greatest hits moments. The thing is, due to re-runs and box sets, these are not as funny as they should be as familiarity alongside predictability are the curse of any comedy.

The Quotidian Times, 2nd July 2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie review

The ever-flawless Joanna Lumley steals the movie.

James Luxford, Radio Times, 1st July 2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie review

Some were trepidatious about this belated big-screen outing for the fashionista sitcom. In fact, post-referendum, the timing couldn't be better ... and neither could Joanna Lumley.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 30th June 2016

Review: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Fans are unlikely to be disappointed.

Charles Grant, Heat Magazine, 30th June 2016

Ab Fab The Movie review: cameos drab, but leads are fab

No matter how much fashion has moved forward, Eddy and Patsy will always be in style.

Hanna Flint, Metro, 30th June 2016

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