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
- Series 3, Episode 3 repeated Saturday at 12:40am on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 519
Press clippings Page 14
Absolutely 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 2011Absolutely Fabulous to return for new episodes
Absolutely Fabulous, the BBC sitcom starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, is set to return to TV after an absence of six years.
British Comedy Guide, 20th April 2011Absolutely Fabulous to return?
Joanna Lumley has said that she and Jennifer Saunders may film another series of Absolutely Fabulous.
British Comedy Guide, 9th November 2010Joanna Lumley: Fab fans still think I'm Patsy
Telly legend Joanna Lumley says people still confuse her with her champagne-swilling Absolutely Fabulous character Patsy.
The Sun, 6th April 2010Plan to be unconscious for December 27 - there's just a new Absolutely Fabulous (BBC One, 9pm) and you know how bad the last series was - and stay out of it until 9pm on December 28, when BBC Two has a Peter Cook evening, which will suit your mood of alternate gloom and psychotic whimsy perfectly.
Caitlin Moran, The Times, 20th December 2002Absolutely Fabulous' discharged mania bounces off the tiny set, never settling into comedy equilibrium. Just as there's no balance to Patsy and Edina's high-heeled prancing, so the script rocks and judders across a half hour of screen time. An air of pointlessness is horribly pervasive; yet Saunders is even openly contemplating yet another series.
Ian Jones, Off The Telly, 7th September 2001Absolutely Fabulous (BBC1) is a reckless, well-written idea of which Jennifer Saunders is properly solicitous. She is making this the last series and there seems something darkly sparkly running through it like a hint of dissolution. [...] Joanna Lumley's performance seems fed on royal jelly. It has grown into something marvellously monstrous.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 31st March 1995