Jane Horrocks Jane Horrocks Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is an English actress, voice artist, musician and singer, who played the roles of Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" (1992–2012). She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice", and received Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations when she reprised the role in the 1998 film "Little Voice". Her other film roles include "The Witches" (1990), "Life Is Sweet" (1990), "Chicken Run" (2000), "Corpse Bride" (2005) and "Sunshine on Leith" (2013). Horrocks,
British sitcom consciously avoids traditional situation comedy themes and storylines to branch out into more unusual topics or narrative methods. "Blackadder" (1983–1989) and "Yes Minister" (1980–1988, 2013) moved what is often a domestic or workplace genre into the corridors of power. A later development was the mockumentary in such series as "The Office" (2001–2003). The first British television sitcom was "Pinwright's Progress", broadcast by the BBC from 1946 to 1947, but the form did not take off until the transfer of "Hancock's Half Hour" from BBC radio in 1956. Hancock biographer John Fisher dates the first use of the term 'situation comedy'