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
Young & Fabulous lessons with his co-star Joyce Chu before filming began. "Young & Fabulous" is also Malaysian Internet celebrity Joyce Chu's film debut. Filming started on 15 April 2015, with a production budget of S$1.2 million. It was later revealed that the budget had risen to S$1.5 million. The film score for "Young & Fabulous" is composed by Taiwanese composer JerryC, who penned "Our Times'" movie theme song A Little Happiness. "Young & Fabulous"' theme song, entitled "3 2 1 Go!", is composed by Namewee and sung by Joyce Chu. Its music video was uploaded onto YouTube on 11 April 2016. Yip