TV series
Absolutely Fabulous
Overview
Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.
Details
- First air date
- 1992-11-12
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 6 seasons
- Episodes
- 34 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- BBC One, BBC Two
- Production
- French & Saunders Productions, BBC
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jennifer Saunders as Edina Monsoon
- Joanna Lumley as Patsy Stone
- Julia Sawalha as Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon
- June Whitfield as Mother
- Jane Horrocks as Bubble
- Naoko Mori as Sarah
- Harriet Thorpe as Fleur
- Helen Lederer as Catriona
- Christopher Malcolm as Justin
- Christopher Ryan as Marshall
- Mo Gaffney as Bo
- Kathy Burke as Magda
Creators and crew
- Dawn French - Creator
- Jennifer Saunders - Creator
- Jon Plowman - Producer
- Jonathan P. Llewellyn - Producer
- Justin Davies - Producer
- Bob Spiers - Director
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