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
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