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
Absolutely Fabulous 2016 feature film was cancelled. Although the series was intended to end in 1995 following the third series, an official finale, "The Last Shout", which was broadcast in 1996 and marked a closure for the series. However, it was revived in 2001. It was again mentioned that the series would not return following the 2004 Christmas special, "White Box", but three 20th Anniversary specials were screened some time later with speculation that a new series would be broadcast in the future. On 28 November 2016, it was announced that "Absolutely Fabulous" was finished, as Saunders said that "I'm not doing