June Whitfield of the Irving Berlin song "You're Just in Love" in "A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars". In 1982 she was made a Freeman of the City of London and was made an OBE in 1985. Having appeared in an episode of "French and Saunders" in 1988, from 1992 Whitfield played Mother/Gran in Jennifer Saunders' sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous". In 2000, she featured with the rest of the "Absolutely Fabulous" cast in the pilot "Mirrorball". From 1993 to 2001, she played Miss Marple in 12 radio adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple books. Since 1990, she has appeared in films such
Jan Etherington Jan Etherington Jan Etherington is a British writer and producer. She first came to prominence as creator and writer of "Second Thoughts" along with her husband Gavin Petrie. "Second Thoughts" was originally a radio series (1988–1992) before being turned into a television series starring James Bolam, Belinda Lang, Lynda Bellingham and Julia Sawalha and broadcast for five series on ITV (1991-4). This husband and wife partnership also created BBC sitcom "Next of Kin" which aired for three series (1995-7) starring Penelope Keith and William Gaunt in the lead roles. Following the success of "Second Thoughts" a sequel was created in