Absolutely Fabulous (series 1) released on 20 April 2006. "The Complete Collection" (every episode including 'The Last Shout') was made available on 5 April 2011. Absolutely Fabulous (series 1) The first series of "Absolutely Fabulous", a BBC sitcom, was created and written by Jennifer Saunders who starred in the title role of Edina Monsoon, a heavy-drinking, smoking, and drug-abusing PR agent who has dedicated most of her life to looking "fabulous" and desperately attempts to stay young. Edina is known as 'Eddy' to her best friend, Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley), a magazine editor who constantly takes advantage of Eddy by living the life of
Joanna Lumley once a regular contributor. She was chosen as the godmother of Princess Cruises' "Sea Princess" and christened the ship on its maiden voyage in 2005. In September 2008, the BBC aired "Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights", a documentary about her search to see the Northern Lights in northern Norway. In 2009 she portrayed a rock star, believed to be dead for 35 years, but more predominantly, her twin, in the "Counter Culture Blues" episode of the British television mystery series "Lewis" (known in the U.S. as "Inspector Lewis"). In 2011, Lumley appeared in "Uptown Downstairs Abbey",