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
Lill Roughley six comedy plays for television, and again in 1992's "Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast". Also in 1992 she played Alice in the first series of "Mulberry". In the following years Roughley appeared in "Minder", "A Touch of Frost", the film "Brassed Off", "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", "Dinnerladies" (another collaboration with Victoria Wood), "Absolutely Fabulous" (in the 2001 episode of the series, called "Small Openings", as the "actress" portraying Edina in the play written by Saffron, based on her own life) and "Heartbeat". Roughley played Lorraine Thomson in one episode of "Coronation Street", which aired on 17 May 1996. She also played