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
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Absolutely Fabulous is still untouchable 30 years later
The series may now be considered a classic, but it feels more savage than ever: so cruel, and so correct, that it could never be made today.
David Odyssey, Gawker, 5th December 2022Del Boy falling through bar voted funniest sitcom scene
A poll run by TV channel Gold has named moments from Only Fools And Horses, The Vicar Of Dibley, Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers as the funniest British sitcom scenes.
British Comedy Guide, 1st November 2022100 BBC TV gamechangers
The Sooty Show, Goodness Gracious Me and Hancock's Half Hour have been named amongst 23 comedy titles in a BFI list of the 100 most important television programmes from the BBC, as the broadcaster marks its 100th anniversary.
British Film Institute, 28th April 2022Joanna Lumley says Princess Margaret was the 'prototype' for Ab Fab
'There was something so fabulous about her,' Lumley said of the late royal.
The Independent, 25th November 2021Joanna Lumley: I love Patsy, we're such polar opposites
The actor, 74, on Ab Fab, recycling, President Clinton and why you can't be happy all the time.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 24th April 2021Jane Horrocks: Ab Fab 'wouldn't be made now'
Jane says meddling bosses would now bar creator Jennifer Saunders from writing some of the most scandalous plots and punchlines from the series, which first hit screens in 1992.
Andy Halls, The Sun, 15th September 202010 underrated British comedies on Netflix
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Leah Flavell, Screen Rant, 14th October 2019Phoebe Waller-Bridge 'obsessed' with Ab Fab
Phoebe Waller-Bridge "got really obsessed" with Absolutely Fabulous, because she loved how the cast were able to do "exactly what they wanted to do".
Female First, 29th May 2019The Top 10 British sitcoms of the 90s
The 1990s were a period of renewed confidence in the UK. The economy continued to boom and Blair's huge majority made 'Cool Britannia' a phenomenon. Oasis and Blur fought it out as most influential band, and the Spice Girls were everywhere. What a time to be alive! Sitcoms didn't disappoint either, and offered a rich variety.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 13th May 2019Jennifer Saunders once considered 'killing off' Ab Fab
Joanna Lumley revealed during the BFI and Radio Times TV Festival that her co-star suggested a drastic way to end the show - but she joked that the characters "can never die".
Radio Times, 14th April 2019