Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous

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Absolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British television sitcom based on the French and Saunders sketch "Modern Mother and Daughter" created by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. The show is created and written by Saunders herself, who also stars as one of the main characters with Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha.

The series features Edina Monsoon, a heavy-drinking, drug-abusing PR agent who spends her time failing to lose weight and chasing bizarre fads in a desperate attempt to stay young and "hip". Edina is joined by magazine fashion director Patsy Stone, whose drug abuse, alcohol consumption and desperate promiscuity far eclipse Edina's. Edina is reliant upon the support of her daughter Saffron, a student and aspiring writer whose constant care of her immature mother has left her a bitter cynic. The series also stars June Whitfield in a supporting role as Edina's dotty, sarcastic and often thieving mother who appears in nearly all of the episodes. Jane Horrocks as Edina's utterly brainless personal assistant Bubble also features in many of the episodes.

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 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. A film based on the series was released to theatres on 1 July 2016. On 28 November 2016, Saunders announced that the series had ended.