Absolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a BBC television sitcom created by, written by and starring Jennifer Saunders. It is based on a 1990 French & Saunders sketch 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 editor Patsy Stone (played by Joanna Lumley),
her best friend and enabler, whose drug abuse, alcohol consumption, and
promiscuity far eclipse 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.
Absolutely Fabulous returned for three special episodes which
were originally broadcast on 25 December 2011, 1 January 2012 and 23
July 2012 to mark the show's 20th anniversary. The episode broadcast on
23 July 2012 featured the 2012 Summer Olympics which were being held in London that week.


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