The entire first series of Jennifer Saunder's Emmy and BAFTA
award-winning television show. Joanna Lumley stars as Patsy, the
Bollinger-swigging fashion writer; Saunders plays Edina, the
terminally-adolescent magazine editor; and Julia Sawalha appears
as Saffron, Edina's prudish daughter. June Whitfield also makes
an appearance, teetering on the edge of dementia as Edina's
mother. The six episodes included here are: 'Fashion', '',
'France', 'Iso Tank', 'Birthday', and 'Magazine'.
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Absolutely Fabulous was first broadcast in 1992 and became an
instant hit. Originally a sketch on the French and Saunders Show,
Jennifer Saunders saw its potential and created one of the most
ground-breaking and debauched comedies on British TV. Centred
around the hip London fashion scene the series follows Edina
(Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley), two women who refuse to
grow up and are constantly on a mission to lose weight, gorging
themselves with cocaine and/or champagne, endlessly throwing
parties (or throwing up at parties), and sporting outrageous
outfits which were the height of fashion at the time--honestly
sweetie! The superb comic performances offered star status to
Julia Sawalha as Edina's straight-laced daughter and Jane
Horrocks as the sublimely dippy Bubble, and re-invented the
careers of Joanna Lumley and June Whitfield. Saunders meanwhile
secured her status as one of the top female comedians Britain has
ever produced. Although its consciously chic clothing looks a
little dated now, its mad characterisations endure and the jokes
remain as hilariously slick and apt as ever.
Ab Fab remains a landmark in TV since it was the first time that
female comedians and writers had had the freedom and exposure to
satirise problems close to their own heart, from their own
perspective. With Feminist writers cling that the ideals of
feminism were dead in the 1990s and that female concerns were
moving in the wrong direction--towards the "Laddette
Culture"--and reports cling that careers were taking a central
role, forcing motherhood onto the back-burner, the series sought
to embody and satirise these new supposedly "female"
characteristics. As the show continued to grow in popularity both
in Britain and the States, plans were made to transfer the
formula to America. However, as with many other great British
series, the content was considered too risky for American
audiences due to the a of sex and drug references. Thus
domestic audiences breathed a sigh of release that their beloved
Ab Fab would forever stay British to the core. --Nikki Disney
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From the Back Cover
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Ever shared aperitifs with a legend? Or swapped catwalk tips with
a superstar? Well, now's your chance. Introducing Edine Monsoon,
doyenne of the fashion world...
Fashion
How should Edina and Patsy prepare for their latest celebrity
fashion show? How about starting with a small glass of wine or
two?
"Inside of me, sweetie, inside of me, there's a thin person just
screaming to get out."
"Just the one dear?"
France
The ideal getaway - a bon vacance in Provence. But endless peace
and quiet and Monopoly isn't exactly St Tropez is it?
Iso Tank
Banned from attending Saffron's college open day. Edina sulks in
brand new isolation tank. But she's got a few tricks up her
Lacroix sleeves yet...
Birthday
"Do you think we should pack some hormone replacement packs in
for emergencies, darling? One day you could come home sweeties
and find me just a toothless old wad of gum on the floor."
Magazine
Edina's ecstatic. She's got a new man and she's stayed out until
morning. Patsy's pretty bloody jealous and she's got to go to
work - if she can remember where the office is.
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