Absolutely Fabulous (series 1) Absolutely Fabulous (series 1) The first series of "Absolutely Fabulous", a BBC sitcom, was created and written by Jennifer Saunders who starred in the title role of Edina Monsoon, a heavy-drinking, smoking, and drug-abusing PR agent who has dedicated most of her life to looking "fabulous" and desperately attempts to stay young. Edina is known as 'Eddy' to her best friend, Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley), a magazine editor who constantly takes advantage of Eddy by living the life of luxury in Eddy's extravagant home. Edina is a twice-divorced mother of two. Her eldest child, a son, Serge, left home many
Absolutely Fabulous (film) day or night, shrouded in the smoke of tobacco and marijuana. Eddie leads Safrane, her daughter, into the chaos of her values. She is still a virgin at 17 and preparing for the Polytechnic entrance exam. Eddie's ex-husband can no longer put up with her permanent pranks, alcoholism, grotesque and pathological irresponsibility. Aghion's stated reason for making the film was to increase awareness of the series in France, where it was not widely known. For the screenplay, Aghion translated scenes from the original series, and tied them together into a coherent screenplay. The role of Patsy was originally offered to