Absolutely Fabulous
- TV sitcom
- BBC One / BBC Two
- 1992 - 2012
- 39 episodes (5 series)
Public relations maven Edina and best friend Patsy drive sensible daughter Saffron up the wall with their self-absorbed, substance-abusing escapades. Stars Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks
- 2011 Christmas Specials repeated tomorrow at 10:55pm on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 6,095
Press clippings Page 13
With a title like Absolutely Fabulous, it is hard to see how Jennifer Saunders's series will acknowledge the economic downturn when its latest instalment is broadcast over Christmas.
Still, Harriet Thorpe, who appears in it, tells me: "Jennifer keeps everything current. She acknowledges the recession, but doesn't make it all about that."
Speaking at the first night of Crazy for You in the West End, Thorpe adds: "It's very clever, and, of course, incredibly funny to see how the characters cope."
Their co-star June Whitfield says, perhaps even more depressingly, that Eddy and Patsy are shown to be getting on a bit. The actress, 85, insists that this "opens up a whole new avenue of hilarity".
Tim Walker, The Telegraph, 19th October 2011Absolutely Fabulous 2011 - first pictures
Two pictures from the new series of the show.
Entertainment Weekly, 6th October 2011Behind the scenes shooting the new series of Ab Fab
The Ab Fab rehearsing week was colourful... Baby Spice arrives - I luvs her.
Helen Lederer, The Huffington Post, 4th October 2011Joanna Lumley: We must get Ab Fab right
Joanna Lumley believes it is a little bit "mad" to reprise Absolutely Fabulous.
Associated Press, 29th September 2011The Killing's Sofie Gråbøl to have cameo in Ab Fab
It seems the most unlikely of TV guest appearances, reports the Sun. Sofie Gråbøl, she of the knitted jumper who solves crimes in dark, wet Copenhagen as detective Sarah Lund, is to appear alongside champagne-guzzling luvvies Patsy and Edina.
Monkey, The Guardian, 5th September 2011Absolutely Fabulous returns: thumbs up or thumbs down?
Why dabble with something so perfect? It can only taint the memory.
Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, 1st September 2011Absolutely Fabulous returns with BBC anniversary shows
Hit comedy Absolutely Fabulous is to return to BBC One later this year with three specials to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary, the BBC has said.
BBC News, 29th August 2011Why Absolutely Fabulous now looks absolutely prescient
Ab Fab is back. But if the characters once looked absurd, in 2011 they are absurdly recognisable.
Paul Flynn, The Guardian, 29th August 2011Absolutely Fabulous to return
Crack open the Bolly, sweetie - Absolutely Fabulous is back.
The Sun, 27th August 2011Absolutely Fabulous or Absolutely Misguided?
Edina and Patsy are to return older but probably not wiser. Will you be watching?
Kathy Sweeney, The Guardian, 21st April 2011