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
Joanna Lumley Midler: One Night Only", a one-off ITV special. In 2015 she presented a three-part factual series for ITV called "Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure". The series saw Lumley travel 6400 miles from Hong Kong to Moscow, along the Trans-Siberian Railway. In September 2016, she presented "Joanna Lumley's Japan", a three-part documentary series for ITV and in July 2017, she presented "Joanna Lumley's India" for ITV. In 2018 she presented "Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure", a four-part travelogue covering eight countries which were part of the ancient trade route. Lumley is also known for her support for Gurkhas, the exiled Tibetan people