Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Additional characters include Edina's overly serious daughter Saffron (Sawalha), her daffy mother (Whitfield) and her even daffier assistant Bubble (Horrocks). Deadline Hollywood broke the story in November 2011 that Saunders planned to begin writing a film version of the series in 2012. The movie would begin with Edina and Patsy waking up hungover after a party on an oligarch's yacht, with everyone else gone and the boat somewhere the middle of the ocean. Saunders later said that she hoped to shoot the film on the French Riviera. In March 2012, Saunders confirmed that she was working on the script. She
Absolutely Fabulous (series 5) Absolutely Fabulous (series 5) The fifth series of the British sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" premiered on BBC One on 17 October 2003. The series consists of eight episodes, which concluded on 24 December 2003, with a Christmas episode which was included as part of the series. A Christmas special, "White Box" followed the fifth series and was broadcast in 2004. At present, no further series have followed. However, three specials were broadcast several years later to mark the show's 20th anniversary for 2012. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Series 5 Television and Radio Industries Club Awards —Won: TRIC Award for Best TV Comedy Programme White