Absolutely Fabulous 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 (Julia Sawalha), a secondary school pupil (and later university student) whose constant care of her mother has left her a bitter cynic. The series also stars June Whitfield as Edina's sarcastic and thieving mother, and Jane Horrocks as Edina's brainless personal assistant. In 2000, the show was ranked number 17 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute. "Absolutely Fabulous" returned for three special episodes which were originally aired on 25 December 2011, 1
Absolutely Fabulous Video, except "The Last Shout" which was released by Vision Video, the final release being in 2002. All episodes have now been released on DVD in the United Kingdom. "White Box" which was released in North America, was never available individually in the UK and was not available until its inclusion in the 2010 "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything" box set. The North American release "Absolutely Special" has been released in the UK as two separate releases: "The Last Shout" and "Gay". All releases in the UK were distributed by BBC Video except "The Last Shout" which was released by Vision