Absolutely Fabulous (UK)

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Sin Is In!

This hit British comedy series began 1992 and remains one of the BBC's highest rated and most popular shows.

Absolutely Fabulous follows the lives of three (and later four) generations of the Monsoon family and the people around them.

It began as a short... more »

Sin Is In!

This hit British comedy series began 1992 and remains one of the BBC's highest rated and most popular shows.

Absolutely Fabulous follows the lives of three (and later four) generations of the Monsoon family and the people around them.

It began as a short French & Saunders sketch with Jennifer Saunders in her familiar role as Edina and Dawn French playing her daughter. A pilot for the series was filmed with the comediennes in those respective roles but Julia Sawalha was cast to replace French. Add a dash of actress Joanna Lumley and the immensly popular and entertaining series was born.

Wheel's on fire,
Rolling down the road!
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• Favorite Ab Fab Episode?

  Mine would have to be "Sex" It's just too hilarious when Gran/Mother uses the condoms as gloves. =]

  Mine would have to be "Sex" It's just too hilarious when Gran/Mother uses the condoms as gloves. =]less «

  NorseAndDarcy
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• My Favorite Ever Episode

  I loved this show so much and i wish it would return but i wont hold my breath. My favorite ever episode was Season5/Episode...more »

  I loved this show so much and i wish it would return but i wont hold my breath. My favorite ever episode was Season5/Episode4 Huntin' Shootin' & Fishin. I loved it when Edina & Patsy thought they had killed that bird and it was in the cubard scratching to get out. When Edina opened the door and the camera paned out to show the bird on Patsys head...God i have never laughed so much. My favorite quote was in the Baby Shower episode and Patsy thought Edina was talking about a actual Baby shower. "Is It A Little Baby Shower....A Shower For A Baby". Loved this show and miss it so much.less «

  barbwirex Last online Apr 30, 2009
  1 comments, last one Apr 17, 2009 + Add Comment

• I'd just wish...

  I just wish that the BBC renews the show or cancels it, because we're constantly wondering if the show is ever going to emerge from it's hiatus. (which it'll probably not due to Jennifer Saunders saying that she isn't going to act anymore.)

  I just wish that the BBC renews the show or cancels it, because we're constantly wondering if the show is ever going to emerge from it's hiatus. (which it'll probably not due to Jennifer Saunders saying that she isn't going to act anymore.)less «

  Chuukou Last online Apr 23, 2009
  7 comments, last one Mar 1, 2009 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  Its Fabulous Sweety Darling! hide « show »

  I didnt watch the first two seasons of this show at the time it first aired as i was too busy been a teenager but i do remember the hype and so many people talking about this been a great new show. I started watching it when the third season aired and it was so funny, I had to watch more. I then went out and bought the other two seasons and realy got into it. It was way ahead of its time and the only show of its kind. Patsy & Edina made a great duo act with funny story lines and adventures. This is my favorite TV show of all time & Nothing will ever rival it. I now own all the DVDs and often watch them all again and love it even more ever time i do.

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  barbwirex Added Apr 17, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Want a good, hilarious and bizarre British TV show? Meed the "fab duo"! hide « show »

  Eddy and her best friend Patsy are possibly the funniest and most bizarre couple in tv history. The way they threat people around them is terrible and at the same time hilarious. Their regular victim is Eddy's daughter Saffy, that puts up with lots of insults from them, but is simply not strong enough to strike them back.
  Eddy is also a very irresponsible person and has problems with drugs and alcohol (but it's not as bad as her friend Patsy). I recommend this show to everyone that appreciates a good old British sense for humor with addiction of lots of bizarreness.

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  FlyButterfly Added Mar 16, 2009 All my reviews
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  9.5 Superb

  All time Favorite British Comedy. hide « show »

  When i first saw their show I was laughing my A off and I still do I love Jennifer Saunders and the whole cast. Her daughter and best friend on the show are such great actresses. The writer is amazing I think Jennifer Saunders wrote some of the shows not sure if all plus she directed most of the shows also what talent Jennifer has in show business. I love the characters and each show was so much fun to watch. I even added the france episode to my myspace page I love that episode when patsy shues away an old french man it is hyterical.
  Im not sure if they have any new episodes or is BBC still playing the old episodes.
  
  I love Ab Fab...
  
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  Raemay18 Added Oct 2, 2008 All my reviews
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  9.9 Superb

  Absolute pleasure of a show, that did its fair share of things for the first time.
  
  A show with its finger on the pulse hide « show »

  Ab Fab was a breath of fresh air on the British Sit Com scene, I would n't the first person to say this show didnt quite a few things for the first time, and reached a group of people that had been waiting for something like this weather they knew it or not. I think it safe to say the Ugly Betty gets some of its inspiration from Ab Fab, their are many uncanny similarities if nothing else.
  
  The shows charecters are lovingly and convincing played throughout, the apprant natural dynamic that exists between the actress makes the show an utter joy to watch. On top of this are Jeniffer Saunders' gloruios rants about things in life that are told so colourfully!
  
  The show does go through some dull moments, however for me I have to confess these bit are those which relate to the 60s/70s, simply because i'm much younger. And so loving everything else about it, I can easily overlook it!

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  CellBlocknutter Added Apr 12, 2008 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  It took me a while to get this hide « show »

  I remember seeing a few episodes of this show when I was a lot younger, like 13 or something, and I really didn't get it. It wasn't until I borrowed it from the video store when I was about 18 that I fully got into it. I don't know if I was over thinking it, or if the dialogue was just too fast for me when I was younger, but having grown up on Blackadder I would have thought I'd be used to that. Regardless, when I was actually able to appreciate this show I feel totally in love with it. It's not just the characters, its the absolutely painfully nasty script. Some of the lines that come out of Patsy's mouth are just twisted. Not to mention the absolute rubbish that sometimes comes from Eddie and Bubble ('The world is heading towards eternal dalmation!') :) Classic.
  
  I don't really have a favourite season. The majority of my other favourite shows (possibly all of them in fact) definitely have season themes, but Ab Fab seems to just travel along at it's own pace. I do have favourite episodes however (Iso Tank, Birthday, The Opening).
  
  I think one of the really interesting things about this show is that while Eddie may occasionally be fun to hang out with, she is the epitome of what we THINK we would want for a mother. Someone who wears roller-skates round the house, who offers to buy your school a swimming pool, has a panic room in the basement and has more fun playing on the play ground than you do. Despite all this, it is clearly obvious from watching Saffy and the things she has to go through that Eddie really doesn't make a very good mother. She may love Saffy but she loves herself a little bit more. She's kinda selfish. And the very fact that she is this way means that the roles between her and Saff are completely reversed. Saffy is more of a parent than Eddie will ever be and Eddie is more of a child than Saffy was ever allowed to be. Okay, now that I have that little philosophical discussion out of the way, this show is brilliant. It is incredibly funny and not only that but also very clever. Jennifer Saunders has written incredible scripts and all of the other cast members do an impecable job of bringing the characters to life and delivering what can sometimes be rather complicated lines. I love this show!

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  feobr1 Added Mar 19, 2008 All my reviews