Absolutely Fabulous January 2012 and 23 July 2012 to mark the show's 20th anniversary. The episode broadcast on 23 July 2012 featured the 2012 Summer Olympics which were being held in London that week. A based on the series was released to theatres on 1 July 2016. On 28 November 2016, Saunders announced that the series had ended. Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (Saunders) and Patricia "Patsy" Stone (Lumley) are a pair of high-powered career women on the London fashion scene. Eddy runs her own PR firm, and Patsy holds a sinecure position at a top British fashion magazine. The two women use their
Absolutely Fabulous (series 1) region 1. It was initially released on 13 March 2001, with a re-issue on 13 September 2005. All subsequent releases following the initial release of Series 1 (apart from the re-issue) was released as part of DVD sets, with Series 1-3 released on 4 October 2005 and "Absolutely Everything" released on 28 May 2008. In Australia, the first series debuted on DVD Region 4 on 3 October 2001. Australia was the first country to release "Absolutely Everything", although, not every episode was released within the set; it includes series 1-5 and the specials, excluding 'The Last Shout'. This set was