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Absolutely Fabulous - General Information
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Status: Break -- Between Specials
Premiere: November 12, 1992
Classification: Scripted
Genre: Comedy
Network: BBC One (United Kingdom)
Airs: Fridays at 09:00 pm
Runtime: 30 Minutes
6x01 -- Dec 25, 2011 -- Identity
6x02 -- Jan 1, 2012 -- Job
Sketch -- Mar 23, 2012 (See below for URL and details)
6x03 -- Date/Title Unknown/TBA -- Summer/Fall 2012?
Episode Information & Lists:
http://www.tvrage.com/Absolutely_Fabulous/episode_list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Absolutely_Fabulous_episodes
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About the show
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Absolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders, based on an original idea by her and Dawn French, and written by Saunders, who plays the leading character.
It also stars Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. The series features Saunders as Edina Monsoon, a heavy-drinking, drug-abusing PR agent who spends her time chasing bizarre fads in a desperate attempt to stay young and "hip." Edina is joined in her quest by magazine editor Patsy Stone, her best friend and enabler, whose drug abuse, alcohol consumption, and promiscuity far eclipse Edina's comparatively mild self-destructive behaviour.
Despite being a middle-aged, twice-divorced career woman, Edina is reliant upon the support of her daughter, Saffron, a secondary school pupil (and later university student) whose constant care for her mother has left her a bitter cynic.
6x01 -- Dec 25, 2011 -- "Identity"
Edina picks up Saffy from prison where she has been held for two years after falsifying passports to give people asylum. After welcoming Saffy home, Saffy has her cellmate Baron visit, but it is soon revealed that Baron is Patsy's drug dealer and Patsy owes her 50 thousand pounds. Saffy's friend Sarah then turns up and it is revealed that she has been at some point sectioned and she is better now she is on pills however things take a turn for the worse when she reads too much into the relationship between Saffy & Baron and then Saffy slaps her resulting her saying the "voices are back" and running off, Edina still calls her Titicaca. Edina and Patsy must figure out a way to come up with the money, which means Patsy must fess up to her real age to collect her back wages and pension.
Guest stars: Sofie Grabol (Sarah Lund), Katy Wix (Annabelle), Christopher Malcolm (Justin), Lucy Montgomery (Baron), Naoko Mori (Sarah)
6x02 -- Jan 1, 2012 -- "Job"
When Saffy accuses that Edina has not made an honest day's work in years, she and Patsy decide to try to impress her by having her favourite French film star Jeanne Durand play the Royal Albert Hall. However, they soon discover that Durand cannot sing at all, and even with Lulu and Emma Bunton all hope is lost until Bubble is convinced to sing for Durand.
Guest stars: Lulu (herself), Emma Bunton (herself), Lindsay Duncan (Jeanne Durand), Harriet Thorpe (Fleur), Helen Lederer (Catriona), Kirsty Wark (herself), Mark Kermode (himself), La Roux (themselves).
Sketch -- Mar 23, 2012 -- "Sport Relief Special"
A short sketch in support of Sport Relief. While Edina is busy training for a Sport Relief charity function with Emma Bunton with disastrous results, Patsy fills in for her downstairs in a meeting with Stella McCartney. Patsy ends up taking the credit for Edina's idea to feature Kate Moss and David Gandy in the magazine, but the only condition is that Patsy must ot let Edina anywhere near the shoot. In the Gym upstairs, Edina boxes with David Haye and she and Emma end up fighting and Emma ends up punching Edina who gets wheeled through the hotel bar on a stretcher.
Guest stars: Llewella Gideon (Nurse), Kate Moss (herself), Stella McCartney (herself), Emma Bunton (herself), David Gandy (himself), Colin Jackson (himself), Linford Christie (himself), David Haye (himself)
BBC Youtube Channel - Absolutely Fabulous - BBC Sport Relief Night 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxhC6gxXB_c
Short link http://youtu.be/CxhC6gxXB_c
6x03 -- Date/Title Unknown/TBA -- Summer/Fall 2012?
A summary for the third episode is yet to be released, but the episode is said to revolve around the 2012 Olympics.
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Date of last review or update: April 26, 2012
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