Julia Sawalha at the Lamb and Flag, whom Richie tries to woo by boasting of his false adventures in the Falklands. From 1991–94, she starred in the ITV family comedy "Second Thoughts" and continued with her character, Hannah (Lynda Bellingham's daughter), in the British Comedy Award-winning "Faith in the Future" (1995–98). In 1994, she played Mercy (Merry) Pecksniff in the BBC production of "Martin Chuzzlewit". From 1992 to 2012, Sawalha played strait-laced daughter Saffron Monsoon in the BBC sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" alongside Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley. She appeared in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" as Lydia
Jennifer Saunders Fabulous". The comedy was, in fact, based largely on a fourteen-minute "French & Saunders" sketch called "Modern Mother and Daughter". Saunders and French were going to star in the comedy together, but just as the studio had been booked, French received a long-awaited phone call confirming that an adoption agency had a new baby for her to adopt. Saunders proceeded to star in the comedy. The series, which she wrote and starred in as the irresponsible fashion PR agent Edina Monsoon alongside Joanna Lumley, who played Patsy Stone, brought her international acclaim and attention. The show ran for five full