Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #833 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-11-12
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 188 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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 reinvented 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 claiming 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 claiming 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 risqué for American audiences due to the amount of sex and drug references. Thus domestic audiences breathed a sigh of relief that their beloved Ab Fab would stay forever British to the core. --Nikki Disney

Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
DVD 9
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital Stereo
15 Minutes Of Outtakes
Scene Selection
Photo Gallery
English

Synopsis
This AB FAB collection presents the hilarious third season of the acclaimed comedy. This time around, Patsy (Joanna Lumley) and Eddy (Jennifer Saunders) deal with door handles, orgies, and...the end

Customer Reviews

Rolling Over Laughing
If you only buy one DVD this year make it this as whatever you do or are you will be rolling about with laughter all over the floor. The comedy builds on the previous seasons work and takes the extremes of the characters much much further.

ab fab
FANTASTIC - This is is a classic! Just like dads army, hancock, steptoe, rising damp, etc. I can watch ab fab over and over and experience different nuances each time. Absolutely Fabulous!!

Classic
What can one say about Ab Fab that hasn't been said before? Classic, timeless comedy!