Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom starring Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders.

Table of contents

1 The plot
2 Cast
3 Similar Shows

The plot

Edina Monsoon (Saunders) and Patsy Stone (Lumley) are two out-of-place stuck-in-the-1970s substance-abusing ex-hippie Londoners who value style over substance. Saffron, Edina's daughter by a previous marriage, provides the voice of Monsoon and Stone's superego.

rough notes

written by Saunders
Edina is allegedly based on Lynne Franks
At least two "final episodes" were made with the characters older and not much wiser, but the series returned due to popular demand

Cast

Jennifer Saunders - Edina Monsoon ("Eddy")
Joanna Lumley - Patsy Stone ("Pats"), Edina's best friend
Julia Sawalha - Saffron ("Saffy"), Edina's daughter
June Whitfield - June Monsoon ("Mother" or "Gran"), Edina's mother
Jane Horrocks - Bubble, Edina's assistant; celebrity personality Katy Grin

Similar Shows

Cybill (1995) was an American sitcom about a Hollywood actress and mother who lived with her wisecracking daughter and had a boozing best-friend.
High Society (1995) was an American sitcom about a divorced mother who owned a publishing house that pressed her best friend's romance novels. They let an old college girlfriend who was pregnant and struggling move in with them.

An attempted American remake was put into motion by Roseanne but never got off the ground. It was to star Carrie Fisher. However Roseanne did incorperate many elements of the show into her final season (where Roseanne wins the lottery), including hiring some of the guest stars of Absolutely Fabulous.