"Edina's comparatively mild self-destructive behaviour. Despite being a middle-aged, twice-divorced career woman, Edina is reliant upon the support of her daughter Saffron (Julia Sawalha), a secondary school pupil (and later university student) whose constant care of her mother has left her a bitter cynic. The series also stars June Whitfield as Edina's sarcastic and thieving mother, and Jane Horrocks as Edina's brainless personal assistant. In 2000, the show was ranked number 17 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute. ""Absolutely Fabulous"" returned for three special episodes which were originally aired on 25 December 2011, 1"
"Absolutely Fabulous Absolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British television sitcom created by, written by and starring Jennifer Saunders. It is based on the 1990 ""French & Saunders"" sketch ""Modern Mother and Daughter"", created by Saunders and Dawn French. The series features Saunders as Edina Monsoon, a heavy-drinking, drug-abusing PR agent who spends her time chasing bizarre fads in a desperate attempt to stay young and ""hip"". Edina is joined in her quest by magazine fashion director Patsy Stone (played by Joanna Lumley), her best friend and enabler, whose drug abuse, alcohol consumption, and promiscuity far eclipse"
"the couple moved to Bath, Somerset, and lived in a flat close to the Royal Crescent. Sawalha started growing her own vegetables, attending yoga lessons and studying for an Open University English degree. Sawalha and Annetts have since split up. Julia Sawalha Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress known mainly for her role as Saffron Monsoon in the BBC sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"". She is also known for portraying Lynda Day, editor of the ""Junior Gazette"", in ""Press Gang"" and Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's ""Pride and Prejudice."" Additionally, she played Dorcas"
"marry a rich, senile heiress (Marcia Warren) and Edina's career revives, making her rich once again. Edina Monsoon Edina ""Eddie"" Monsoon is the main character in the BBC programme ""Absolutely Fabulous"", played by Jennifer Saunders, who is also the creator of the show. The founder and head of her own PR company, she consistently undermines her own professional success through chronic, self destructive behavior-- including drug addiction, alcoholism, and compulsive eating-- all driven by her desire to recapture her youth as a mod in Swinging London. Constantly attempting to appear young and ""hip,"" she has adopted an extravagant personality and"
"Julia Sawalha Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress known mainly for her role as Saffron Monsoon in the BBC sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"". She is also known for portraying Lynda Day, editor of the ""Junior Gazette"", in ""Press Gang"" and Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's ""Pride and Prejudice."" Additionally, she played Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama ""Lark Rise to Candleford"", Carla Borrego in ""Jonathan Creek"", and Jan Ward in the 2014 BBC One mystery ""Remember Me"". Sawalha was born in Lambeth, London, the daughter of Roberta Lane and actor Nadim"
"Edina Monsoon Edina ""Eddie"" Monsoon is the main character in the BBC programme ""Absolutely Fabulous"", played by Jennifer Saunders, who is also the creator of the show. The founder and head of her own PR company, she consistently undermines her own professional success through chronic, self destructive behavior-- including drug addiction, alcoholism, and compulsive eating-- all driven by her desire to recapture her youth as a mod in Swinging London. Constantly attempting to appear young and ""hip,"" she has adopted an extravagant personality and constantly pursues the latest fashion trends and crazes. Barely managing to keep her company afloat, Eddie's"
"released on 20 April 2006. ""The Complete Collection"" (every episode including 'The Last Shout') was made available on 5 April 2011. Absolutely Fabulous (series 1) The first series of ""Absolutely Fabulous"", a BBC sitcom, was created and written by Jennifer Saunders who starred in the title role of Edina Monsoon, a heavy-drinking, smoking, and drug-abusing PR agent who has dedicated most of her life to looking ""fabulous"" and desperately attempts to stay young. Edina is known as 'Eddy' to her best friend, Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley), a magazine editor who constantly takes advantage of Eddy by living the life of"
"Video. In North America, every episode of the series has been released. All releases are distributed by BBC Video and Warner Home Video. Absolutely Fabulous Absolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British television sitcom created by, written by and starring Jennifer Saunders. It is based on the 1990 ""French & Saunders"" sketch ""Modern Mother and Daughter"", created by Saunders and Dawn French. The series features Saunders as Edina Monsoon, a heavy-drinking, drug-abusing PR agent who spends her time chasing bizarre fads in a desperate attempt to stay young and ""hip"". Edina is joined in her quest by"
"Absolutely Fabulous (series 1) The first series of ""Absolutely Fabulous"", a BBC sitcom, was created and written by Jennifer Saunders who starred in the title role of Edina Monsoon, a heavy-drinking, smoking, and drug-abusing PR agent who has dedicated most of her life to looking ""fabulous"" and desperately attempts to stay young. Edina is known as 'Eddy' to her best friend, Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley), a magazine editor who constantly takes advantage of Eddy by living the life of luxury in Eddy's extravagant home. Edina is a twice-divorced mother of two. Her eldest child, a son, Serge, left home many"
"Jennifer Saunders as Edina Monsoon (reprising their roles from ""Absolutely Fabulous""), Arianna Huffington as Estree, Marlo Thomas as Tina, James Brolin as Roseanne's business partner/love interest Edgar Wellman, Jr., and Ann Wedgeworth and Debbie Reynolds as Dan's mother Audrey, as well as Hugh Hefner, Milton Berle, Robin Leach, Todd Oldham, Moon Unit and Ahmet Zappa, Tony Robbins, Kathleen Sullivan, Steven Seagal, and Jerry Springer as themselves. During the show's final season, Barr was in negotiations with Carsey-Werner Productions and ABC executives to continue playing Roseanne Conner in a spin-off. However, ABC withdrew from negotiations with Carsey-Werner and Barr after failed"
"received a BAFTA fellowship in 2009. Saunders received acclaim through the early to mid-1990s for writing and playing the main character of Edina Monsoon in the BBC sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"". She has guest-starred in the American sitcoms ""Roseanne"" and ""Friends"" and won the People's Choice Awards for voicing the evil Fairy Godmother in DreamWorks' animated ""Shrek 2"". In 2015, Saunders voiced Queen Elizabeth II in the animated comedy film ""Minions"", and in 2016 she voiced Nana Noodleman in the animated musical film ""Sing"". Jennifer Jane Saunders was born on 6 July 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. Her mother, Jane, was"
"and with John Elkington to promote 'Green Consumer Week' in 1988. Franks herself attended the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in 1984. By the end of the 1980s, Franks had built a reputation as a colourful and flamboyant personality, and was well known for her adventurous fashion sense, regularly embracing spiritual and new age trends and frequently associating with high-profile celebrities, designers and figures across the fashion and entertainment industries. It has been claimed that the character Edina Monsoon in the UK sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (created by Jennifer Saunders, a long-time friend and frequent associate of Franks) was intended to"
"Absolutely Fabulous (film) Absolutely Fabulous or Absolument fabuleux is a 2001 French comedy film. It was written and directed by Gabriel Aghion. It is an adaptation of the British television comedy series ""Absolutely Fabulous"", created by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French. The cast included Josiane Balasko as Eddie, Nathalie Baye as Patsy, Marie Gillain as Safrane and Claude Gensac as Eddie's mother. To parallel the role of Lulu in the original series, French singer Chantal Goya appeared as herself. Saunders has a cameo appearance as a spectator sitting next to Catherine Deneuve at a fashion show. Patsy has a penchant"
"Fabulous"". The comedy was, in fact, based largely on a fourteen-minute ""French & Saunders"" sketch called ""Modern Mother and Daughter"". Saunders and French were going to star in the comedy together, but just as the studio had been booked, French received a long-awaited phone call confirming that an adoption agency had a new baby for her to adopt. Saunders proceeded to star in the comedy. The series, which she wrote and starred in as the irresponsible fashion PR agent Edina Monsoon alongside Joanna Lumley, who played Patsy Stone, brought her international acclaim and attention. The show ran for five full"
"Comedy Performance for her portrayal as Edina Monsoon following the first two specials. The 20th Anniversary specials have been released on DVD, first in the United Kingdom on 30 July 2012, and then in Australia on 16 August 2012, and in the United States on 11 September 2012. Additionally, the specials are available as part of complete collection sets including ""Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely All of It!"", released 5 November 2013 in the United States, and ""Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything − The Definitive Edition"", released in both the United Kingdom, on 17 March 2014, and in Australia on 30 April 2014."
"(1974–78) and ""Terry and June"" (1979–87). Since 1992, Whitfield has appeared in Jennifer Saunders's sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"" playing Edina Monsoon's mother. She played a regular character in ""Last of the Summer Wine"" as well as a recurring character in ""The Green Green Grass"". She also played Agatha Christie's Miss Marple on BBC Radio 4 between 1993 and 2001. Whitfield was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1985 Birthday Honours, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1998 Birthday Honours, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)"
"David McCallum. Conceived as ITV's answer to ""Doctor Who"", Lumley played a mysterious elemental being (""Sapphire"") who, with her collaborator, ""Steel"", dealt with breaches in the fabric of time. In 1986, television producer Sydney Newman suggested Lumley for the role of the Doctor but his idea was dismissed. Over a decade later Lumley's career was boosted by her portrayal of the louche, selfish and frequently drunk fashion director Patsy Stone, companion to Jennifer Saunders' Edina Monsoon in the BBC comedy television series ""Absolutely Fabulous"" (1992–1996, 2001–2004, 2011–2012). """" was released in 2016. In 1994 and 1995 Lumley starred alongside Nadine"
"the course of filming. In April 2016, Fox and the BBC confirmed a list of 60 cameos, most of which had not yet been announced, that would be featured in the film. They include: About 90 drag queens appeared in the film, including Daniel Lismore and Charlie Hides. Saunders wrote and starred in ""Absolutely Fabulous"", a British television sitcom for the BBC which originally ran for three series from 1992 to 1995, with intermittent additional series and specials through 2012. ""Absolutely Fabulous"" features the champagne-fueled duo of ""international PR guru"" Edina Monsoon (Saunders) and ""sex-crazed magazine editor"" Patsy Stone (Lumley)."
"shows. Saunders won a BAFTA, an Emmy Award and international acclaim for writing and playing the lead role of Edina Monsoon in ""Absolutely Fabulous"", which also led to cameo roles in the American sitcoms ""Roseanne"" and ""Friends"". She won an American People's Choice Award for voicing the wicked Fairy Godmother in the DreamWorks animated film ""Shrek 2"", but more recently she has written and starred in another two BBC sitcoms, ""Jam and Jerusalem"" and ""The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle"". Her other work includes being the face of Barclays Bank and BBC America. Meanwhile, French starred in the highly"
"Heather Canning Heather Canning (Heather Joan Canning) (5 January 1933 – 30 May 1996) was an English actress, who is best known for her television roles. She played Lady Isobel Rockmetteller in ""The Full House "", the second episode of the third series of the 1990s British comedy television series ""Jeeves and Wooster"". Canning was born in Epsom, Surrey. She was married to Leon Lissek. She was also known for playing Shirley Coniston in the television soap opera ""Crossroads"" (1964). She was also known for "" Miss Julie "" (1972) and ""A Village Affair"" (1995). She died, aged 63, in"
"Joanna Lumley Joanna Lamond Lumley, (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, former model, author and activist. She won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"" (1992–2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of ""La Bête"". In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards and in 2017, she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award. Lumley's other television credits include ""The New Avengers"" (1976–77), ""Sapphire & Steel"" (1979–82), ""Sensitive Skin"" (2005–07), and"
"Oxford. Heather Canning Heather Canning (Heather Joan Canning) (5 January 1933 – 30 May 1996) was an English actress, who is best known for her television roles. She played Lady Isobel Rockmetteller in ""The Full House "", the second episode of the third series of the 1990s British comedy television series ""Jeeves and Wooster"". Canning was born in Epsom, Surrey. She was married to Leon Lissek. She was also known for playing Shirley Coniston in the television soap opera ""Crossroads"" (1964). She was also known for "" Miss Julie "" (1972) and ""A Village Affair"" (1995). She died, aged 63,"
"cast in the role of Bess McNeill in ""Breaking the Waves"", but backed out during production due to ""the character's painful psychic and physical exposure"", according to Roger Ebert. The role went to Emily Watson, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. In 1994, Bonham Carter appeared in a dream sequence during the second series of the British sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"", as Edina Monsoon's daughter Saffron, who was normally played by Julia Sawalha. Throughout the series, references were made to Saffron's resemblance to Bonham Carter. Her early films led to her being typecast as a ""corset queen"","
"the BBC sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"" (1992–2004) features the Lady Penelope puppet in a dream sequence based on the character of Edina Monsoon undergoing surgery: Penelope informs Edina that she is dying, but that Brains is working on a chemical formula to save her life. In the United States, MTV broadcast a sitcom parody of ""Thunderbirds"", ""Super Adventure Team"", in 1998. From 1974 to 1975, the company Stage Three – co-founded by ""Thunderbirds"" puppeteer Christine Glanville – hosted a ""Thunderbirds"" rod puppet stage show at Bournemouth Pier and other venues. In 1984, Mime Theatre Project artists Andrew Dawson and Gavin Robertson"
"and provided forewords for works by other authors. Joanna Lumley Joanna Lamond Lumley, (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, former model, author and activist. She won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"" (1992–2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of ""La Bête"". In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards and in 2017, she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award. Lumley's other television credits include ""The New Avengers"" (1976–77),"
"French playing Stallone and Jennifer Saunders playing Brigitte Nielsen. In ""Absolutely Fabulous"", 1997 Season 1, Episode 1, entitled ""Fashion"", a character mistakes £300 worth of royal jelly for honey and eats it on toast, to which another character says, ""This is the stuff that Jackie Stallone would kill for"". Jackie Stallone has three children and seven grandchildren. Her eldest grandchild Sage Stallone died unexpectedly in 2012. She has another grandson and three granddaughters through eldest son Sylvester, a grandson Rob Stallone through Frank and a grandson through her late daughter Toni Filiti. Jackie Stallone Jacqueline Frances Stallone (née Labofish; born"
"mentioned that Jodie Harsh may be involved in this version. In April 2016 it was announced that Jodie has filmed scenes for Absolutely Fabulous : The Movie, a film adaptation of the cult British TV series, to be shown in cinemas worldwide from 1 July 2016. Jodie is playing herself in the movie, which stars Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley and supermodel Kate Moss. Jodie Harsh Jay Clarke, better known as Jodie Harsh, born in Canterbury, Kent in 1985, is a London-based DJ music producer and Promoter. Harsh attended the London College of Fashion. It was while at University that she"
"Kimberley Nixon Kimberley Nixon (born 24 September 1985) is a Welsh actress. Nixon is known for her role as Sophy Hutton in the BBC One period drama ""Cranford"" and various films such as ""Wild Child"" and ""Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging"". More recently she has starred as Josie Jones in the Channel 4 comedy-drama ""Fresh Meat"" and as Sarah Pearson in the BBC Two comedy ""Hebburn"". Born in Bristol to Welsh parents, Nixon and her six brothers were raised in Pontypridd, Wales, where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School. After high school, Nixon trained at"
"adaptation of the novel ""Far from the Madding Crowd"". In the same year, she wrote the film ""King's Girl"". In 2005, she wrote an episode of ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"". Philomena McDonagh Philomena McDonagh (also known as Phylomena McDonagh) is an English actress and writer best known for her roles as art teacher June Summers in ""Grange Hill"" and Carol Nelson in ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"". McDonagh acted in Phil Young's play, ""Crystal Clear"" at the Wyndham's Theatre in London, England with Anthony Allen and Diana Barrett in the cast. Phil Young was also director. She has also written films and"
"Poppy Lee Friar Poppy Lee Friar (born 16 April 1995) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the television shows ""Eve"" as the title character, ""Little Einsteins"" as June, ""Dead Gorgeous"" as Sophie and ""Ackley Bridge"" as Missy Booth. Friar made her television debut in 2001, and was featured in several stage productions between 2002 and 2007. Her first big role was as June in the UK version of the animated series Little Einsteins for four years (2005-09). In 2008, Friar played Hannah in the BBC television film ""Dustbin Baby"", adapted from Jacqueline Wilson's 2001 novel of"
"Amanda Lear, who declined by saying that she'd ""already lived it"". The film performed poorly at the French box office and was panned by most French critics, who argued that it failed to translate the typically British humour of the original TV series. Absolutely Fabulous (film) Absolutely Fabulous or Absolument fabuleux is a 2001 French comedy film. It was written and directed by Gabriel Aghion. It is an adaptation of the British television comedy series ""Absolutely Fabulous"", created by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French. The cast included Josiane Balasko as Eddie, Nathalie Baye as Patsy, Marie Gillain as Safrane and"
"Jane Horrocks Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is an English actress, voice artist, musician and singer, who played the roles of Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"" (1992–2012). She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in ""The Rise and Fall of Little Voice"", and received Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations when she reprised the role in the 1998 film ""Little Voice"". Her other film roles include ""The Witches"" (1990), ""Life Is Sweet"" (1990), ""Chicken Run"" (2000), ""Corpse Bride"" (2005) and ""Sunshine on Leith"" (2013). Horrocks,"
"Patsy Stone Patsy Stone is a fictional character on the UK television series ""Absolutely Fabulous"", portrayed by actress Joanna Lumley. Patsy was the last of a string of children born to an aging Czech mother in Paris, who gave birth ""like a sprinkler, scattering bastard babies all over Europe."" In a flashback showing Patsy's birth, after telling an attendant to cut the cord, Patsy's mother exclaims that she names the child Eurydice Colette Clytemnestra Dido Bathsheba Rabelais Patricia Cocteau Stone. The only sibling seen in the series is her older sister Jackie (Kate O'Mara), a former high-class escort whom Patsy"