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Absolutely Fabulous Premiered on BBC One on November 12, 1992

Absolutely Fabulous began life as a sketch on French & Saunders but with Dawn French playing the role of Saffy. A pilot for the series was filmed but studio executives didn't believe that Dawn French was convincing playing a teenage girl and the part of Saffy was offered to Julia Sawalha. Joanna Lumley and June Whitfield were added to the cast and the popular BBC comedy series was ready to hit the airwaves. It remained one of the networks highest rated shows throughout it's complete run and was also a smash hit in the United States.

Cast:

Actor’s name	Character’s name
Jennifer Saunders	Edina 'Eddy' Monsoon
Joanna Lumley	Patricia 'Patsy' Stone
Julia Sawalha	Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon
June Whitfield	Mrs. June 'Gran/Mother' Monsoon
Jane Horrocks	Bubble, Katy Grin, Lola

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Episode 1: Fashion (Nov/12/1992)
Edina is worried about her debut fashion show that she is organising and tries to prove to Saffy that she can function properly with out alcohol. Her friend Patsy's constant drinking doesn't help matters.

Episode 2: Fat (Nov/19/1992)
When Edina learns that her friend Penny Casper-Morse intends to visit her, Edina decides she needs to lose weight as Penny used to tease her about being fat. Patsy suggests the best way to lose weight quick is liposuction.

Episode 3: France (Nov/26/1992)
Edina and Patsy go on holiday to Province in France but the accommodation isn't quite what they were expecting. Edina and Patsy are unable to communicate with anybody and Edina orders Saffy to bring some food over from England. Bubble comes with Saffy and informs Edina that her interior design business is in trouble. When it's time to go home, Edina discovers that they've been staying in a cottage when they should have been staying in the château just down the road.

Episode 4: Iso Tank (Dec/03/1992)
Edina buys an Isolation Tank. While spending some time in the tank she dreams of an alternate world where Bubble is efficient and her daughter Saffy is interesting.

Episode 5: Magazine (Dec/10/1992)
Patsy tries to organise a fashion display for a morning television show. When all the models drop out at the last minute, Patsy tries to get Saffy and Edina's mother to step in. Edina goes out on a date with long-lost boyfriend Hamish.

Episode 6: Birthday (Dec/17/1992)
With her mother turning forty, Saffy arranges a party for her. Feeling that she is getting old, Edina refuses to attend the party.

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Episode 1: Hospital (Jan/27/1994)
Patsy's real age is revealed after she is exposed as having an affair with a leading politician. After stubbing her toe, Edina insists on having surgery on it. Patsy decides to have a face lift with disastrous results.

Episode 2: Death (Feb/03/1994)
When Edina's father passes away, Saffy is upset that her mother is more concerned about her weight than his death. Edina realises that she is also mortal and decides to spend a small fortune on some art she doesn't even want just so she can leave something behind when she dies.

Episode 3: Morocco (Feb/10/1994)
After agreeing to put a fashion spread in her magazine promoting Edina's new product called Pop-Specs, Patsy heads off to Marrakesh for the photo shoot with Edina and Saffy. Unhappy with Saffy tagging along, Patsy ends up selling her to white slave traders.

Episode 4: New Best Friend (Feb/24/1994)
Edina's friends Bettina and Max are coming for a visit and remembering how minimalistic they are she attempts to make the house presentable, even getting Patsy to leave. When Bettina and Max show up Edina discovers that they have had a baby and they clutter her house up with baby things.

Episode 5: Poor (Mar/03/1994)
Edina finds out that she is no longer receiving payments from her ex-husbands and wonders how she will survive. After talking to Saffy and her accountant, Edina realizes that she will have to make some cut backs. A trip to buy some food with Patsy ends up with Edina appearing in court.

Episode 6: Birth (Mar/10/1994)
Patsy accidentally burns down Edina's kitchen with her cigarette after falling asleep. Forced to live in the lounge, Edina and Patsy plan a night out which makes Saffy happy as she is having her new boyfriend around to watch a documentary on the television. When Edina's mother accidentally locks them in Edina tries to talk to her daughter about sex.

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Episode 1: Door Handle (Mar/30/1995)
Edina is determined to find the perfect door handle to match her new kitchen's decor. She and Patsy end up taking a day trip to New York on Concorde to try and find one.

Episode 2: Happy New Year (Apr/06/1995)
Saffy plans to spend a quiet New Year's Eve with her father and grandmother whilst Edina and Patsy decide to go to an underground rave party. The arrival of Patsy's sister changes their plans. Having not seen her her for thirty years Patsy is shocked by how much she has aged and they all end up spending the New Year at Saffy's boring party.

Episode 3: Sex (Apr/20/1995)
Edina wants to have a bigger bedroom and decides to knock into Serge's old bedroom. After finding an adult magazine in the room, Edina realizes that she hasn't had sex in a long time. Patsy convinces her into hiring two male prostitutes on the night that Saffy has a presentation at school, both of which don't go as smoothly as they would have liked.

Episode 4: Jealous (Apr/27/1995)
Edina isn't happy when she doesn't win the PR of the Year award and is out for revenge. Edina comes to her daughter's aid for once in her life when Saffy gets some unwanted attention from her psychology lecturer.

Episode 5: Fear (1) (May/04/1995)
After Saffy leaves to go to University Patsy moves in with Edina. Lulu tells Edina that she no longer wants her to be her PA. When Patsy leaves her job at the magazine both they both realize that they have reached a crossroads in their lives.

Episode 6: The End (2) (May/11/1995)
Edina decides to move to a commune after falling out with Patsy where she tries to fit. Patsy's new job is New York isn't quite what she was hoping for. Edina is unable to fit in at the commune and heads to New York where she and Patsy are reunited. After heading home there is a glimpse of things to come in the future.

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Episode 1: Parralox (Aug/31/2001)
Patsy has injections to freeze her wrinkles. Edina is due to make an appearance on the television show This Morning. Saffy hopes to get a job with New Labour so that she can escape from her mother. Edina's mother gets hooked on the Internet.

Episode 2: Fish Farm (Sep/07/2001)
After attending a Marilyn Manson concert, Edina finds a good looking young man in her garden. Jago is a landscape gardener hired by Saffy and Patsy recognises him as the brother of a well known aristocrat. Edina tries to charm him to get her dream of a huge mansion with servants.

Episode 3: Paris (Sep/14/2001)
Patsy goes to Paris for a fashion shoot and to spend time with her new best friend Erin O'Connor. Edina and Saffy also make the trip. Patsy struggles to kepi up with the younger models whilst Edina tries to bond with Saffy.

Episode 4: Donkey (Sep/21/2001)
Edina decides to try detox as she is still desperate to be thin. She also signs herself up for a military fitness program. Edina suffers with nightmares featuring god and the devil. Saffy finds herself being used by an old school friend called Taylor Johns. Patsy tries out a new image.

Episode 5: Small Opening (Sep/28/2001)
Edina tries to get Saffy's first play at a local theatre canceled as she worries it will embarrass her. Unable to stop it Edina and Patsy attend the opening night with the rest of the family. Patsy contributes her own ad libs from her seat.

Episode 6: Menopause (Oct/05/2001)
Edina isn't happy when Bubble accidentally e-mails her address book to her business rival. Going through the change makes Patsy behave strangely.

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Episode 1: Cleanin' (Oct/17/2003)
Saffy has been working overseas is in Iraq whilst her mother still has her P.A. business. The only problem is that she only has one client left who is Emma Bunton. Emma is only staying on as a client as she is an old friend of Saffy's. Patsy and Edina are always out partying and making a mess of the house. Emma forces them to tidy up when she learns that Saffy is returning home. Edina is shocked when Saffy returns home and announces that she is pregnant.

Episode 2: Book Clubbin' (Oct/17/2003)
Edina tells Saffy that she wants nothing to do with the baby. Saffy is shocked when a midwife gives her a demonstration on what child birth is like. Meanwhile Patsy and Eddy have a book club to which Edina's star guest doesn't show up and they end up discussing OK magazine. Edina finds out that Saffy's baby is going to be mixed-race and she has a dream about everyone liking her and she is cool. Edina decides the baby is an accessory she must have.

Episode 3: Panickin' (Oct/24/2003)
Edina has a panic room installed in her house. Patsy is at the shop and Minnie Driver walks in. Minnie is after some free clothes and Patsy arranges to meet her at Edina's house the next day for a styling session. Whilst they all at Edina's the next day Edina and Patsy end up getting locked in the panic room and end up watching Saffy on the CCTV cameras.

Episode 4: Huntin' Shootin' & Fishin' (Oct/31/2003)
Edina and Patsy go to a stately home for a weekend away where they meet the gamekeeper who will act as their guide. Saffy is at home with her friends Emma and Sarah. Sarah starts to display an unhealthy interest in Emma. Edina and Patsy find that their weekend away was not quite what they were expecting.

Episode 5: Birthin' (Nov/07/2003)
Saffy is about to give birth and Bo and Marshall arrive with plans to snatch Saffy's baby and sell it illegally. Patsy is to host the Style Awards at the Royal Albert Hall and isn't happy when Saffy's waters break all over her outfit. Edina nearly passes out as Saffy is about to give birth.

Episode 6: Schmoozin' (Nov/14/2003)
Edina is seeing her childhood boyfriend Pete again. He works at the Abbey Road studios and believes that he has discovered some lost Beatles recordings. Edina invites Elton John round to listen to them. Edina and Patsy go to the Abbey Road studios and convince Pete to show them around but will he end up regretting this decision.

Episode 7: Exploitin' (Nov/28/2003)
Edina bans her mother from her home after she invites her elderly friends to enjoy a spa in her bathroom. Patsy and Edina take baby Jane to a fashion shoot without Saffy's knowledge. Saffy tries to spend some time alone with John.

Episode 8: Cold Turkey (Dec/24/2003)
Eddie decides to spend her first Christmas at home but ends up going out all the time anyway. John Marshall and Bo arrive for Christmas and go on and on about their latest business venture. Patsy collapses and has to spend Christmas in hospital on drugs which makes her happy as she detests the festive season anyway.

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