Absolutely Fabulous (series 1) years before, to try and escape his mother's clutches. Her long-suffering daughter, Saffron "Saffy", whom Edina is reliant upon, is a Sixth form student and remains at home. The series also the includes Edina's sweet-natured-but-slightly-batty mother (June Whitfield), whom Eddy sees as an interfering burden, and Edina's dim-witted assistant Bubble (Jane Horrocks). The series was conceived from the French and Saunders sketch 'Modern Mother and Daughter', originally written by Saunders and Dawn French. Saunders has stated that the character of Edina Monsoon was based upon Lynne Franks, a PR agent whom she had joined on holiday. The first series premiered
Comedy of manners "Excellent Women", Douglas Carter Beane's "As Bees in Honey Drown", "The Country Club", "The Little Dog Laughed", "You Rang, M'Lord?" by David Croft and Jimmy Perry, and the Jeeves and Wooster series by P. G. Wodehouse. The television program "Absolutely Fabulous" is another contemporary example of the comedy of manners. Comedy of manners The comedy of manners is a form of comedy that satirizes the manners and affectations of contemporary society and questions societal standards. Social class stereotypes are often represented through stock characters such as the "miles gloriosus" ("boastful soldier") in ancient Greek comedy or the fop and rake