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Season 1 – Absolutely Fabulous

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A show brilliant in its uncensored bad behavior and satirical humor, this series features Edina and Patsy, two hard-drinking, drug-taking, completely and outrageously selfish middle-aged women. Their cruel humor focuses on the hypocrisy of today's society, much to the chagrin of Edina's more moral and conservative daughter, Saffron.
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Critics Reviews

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Tom Shales Washington Post Saunders and Edina are forces to be reckoned with from the very beginning of Episode 1, when Edina wakes in her fashionable bedroom well after dawn has cracked. Sep 18, 2018 Full Review Tim Gray Variety But the characters are originals, and "AbFab" has the courage of its convictions, encouraging audiences to find humor in such recent comedic taboos as substance abuse or mistreated offspring. Sep 18, 2018 Full Review William Tynan TIME Magazine Jennifer Saunders, who writes the show and plays Edina, can evoke both laughter and sympathy just belly-sliding down a flight of stairs. Sep 18, 2018 Full Review Eileen Jones The eXile Occasionally you get a genuinely fearless woman or two, like Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French, and they proceed as if there were no weight of history on them as they write uncompromisingly accurate comedy like Absolutely Fabulous. Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Emily Ashby Common Sense Media Hilarious in jokes and off-the-wall observations on life from the two opinionated, amoral main characters top off this riotous show. Rated: 4/5 Sep 17, 2018 Full Review Andrew Lewis Screen Rant Absolutely Fabulous is exactly what it is titled as, and that's no hyperbole. Sep 11, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Ab Fab gets off to a great start with this fantastically funny first series. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolutely Fabolous. Even though I’m not native english speaker I find this show hilarious. Patsy and her lines are just incredibly funny. Totally love it! ?? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member This show is hilarious. I love them. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member omg loved it, very funny Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member YES the beginning of brilliance. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member The most intelligent, witty, funny and still actual texts ever written to a TV show. By Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jennifer Saunders

Edina

Joanna Lumley

Patsy

Julia Sawalha

Saffron

Jane Horrocks

Bubble

Kathy Burke

Magda

Christopher Malcolm

Justin

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 12, 1992 Fashion Edina wakes up with another hangover and gets no sympathy from her daughter. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 19, 1992 Fat Anticipating a visit from a skinny model friend from the '60s, Edina turns to Patsy for advice on how to lose weight. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 26, 1992 Week In Provence With a suitably chosen wardrobe, Edina and Patsy go on holiday to Provence, where they find the language barrier is the least of their problems. Meanwhile, Edina hopes that, back home, daughter Saffron will transform herself into a raver. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 3, 1992 Iso Tank When Edina (Jennifer Saunders) experiments with her new isolation tank, she slips into a dreamlike state. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 17, 1992 Birthday Saffron organizes a family get-together for her mother's 40th birthday, but Edina isn't happy about the guest list. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 10, 1992 Magazine When Patsy makes her TV debut, she convinces Saffron and her grandmother to submit to a make-over. Details

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Season Info

Director
Bob Spiers
Executive Producer
Jon Plowman
Screenwriter
Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Nov 12, 1992