Other television roles include Pamela Flitton in A Dance to the Music of Time ( 1997 ), Miss Gilchrist in St. Ives ( 1998 ), Bettina the obsessive-compulsive interior decorator in Absolutely Fabulous, the sadistic Queen Elspeth in Hallmark's Snow White: The Fairest Of Them All ( 2001 ), and the emotionally repressed Queen Mary in The Lost Prince ( 2003 ).

Richardson teamed up alongside Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders in the BBC sitcom, The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle.

Some of the of the biggest hits of the 1990s were Father Ted, Men Behaving Badly, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar of Dibley and One Foot in the Grave.

became a hit when it aired on the Public Broadcasting Service, while Absolutely Fabulous enjoyed a significant following when it aired on Comedy Central, and The Office won a Golden Globe award in 2004 for " Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy ", beating popular American favourites such as HBO's Sex and the City and NBC's Will & Grace.

Later she made frequent appearances on Jennifer Saunders ' television series Absolutely Fabulous ( 1992 – present ).

In " Panickin '," an episode of " Absolutely Fabulous ", Edina tries to take Saffy's " Trivial Pursuit " game into her Panic Room.

Absolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders, based on an original idea by her and Dawn French, and written by Saunders, who plays the leading character.

Creator Jennifer Saunders revived the show as a fourth series in 2001 after having written and submitted a pilot to the BBC entitled Mirrorball, which recruited nearly all of the original " Absolutely Fabulous " cast in new roles.

However, Saunders felt the " Absolutely Fabulous " characters were far too rich and interesting to put aside, and were far better suited for her new story ideas.

Instead of Mirrorball, a new series of Absolutely Fabulous was proposed to the BBC, who later commissioned the fourth series in 2001.

From 2001 to 2004, two full series were produced, along with three one-off hour-long specials ; Gay ( retitled and issued as Absolutely Fabulous in New York for the United States ) in 2002, Cold Turkey, a Christmas special in 2003, and White Box ( which included the tying-up of loose-ends and past semi-regular characters appearing in cameos in what seemed an ironic finale for Saffy, Patsy, and Edina ), which aired in 2004.

Absolutely Fabulous is ranked as the 17th greatest British TV show of all time by the British Film Institute.

Jon Plowman, executive producer and original producer of the Absolutely Fabulous series, said: " Viewers have been fantastically loyal in their devotion to our show, so we're really thrilled to say that it's coming back for three new shows to celebrate our 20th anniversary.

They are fixed expressions, and cannot be modified internally: beautiful King's College is acceptable, but not * King's famous College, except in cases of tmesis, such as Absolutely Fabulous ' " Aby-bloody-ssinian bloody Vogue ".

The names themselves come from Edmondson's and Mayall's own nicknames for each other ; many of Mayall's characters are referred to by some variation of the name " Richard " and " Eddie " is taken from " Eddie Monsoon ", Edmondson's nickname since University, which is a play on his then stage name, Ade Edmondson ( compare Edina Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous, who is called " Eddie " by her friend Patsy, and is played by Edmondson's Comic Strip fellow and wife Jennifer Saunders ).

Around the same time, the band were featured on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, and were referenced in an episode of the sitcom Roseanne as well as an episode of Absolutely Fabulous.

Since 1992, Whitfield has appeared in Jennifer Saunders's sitcom Absolutely Fabulous playing Edina Monsoon's mother.

Having appeared in an episode of French & Saunders in 1988, from 1992 June Whitfield played Mother / Gran in Jennifer Saunders ' sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.

In 2000, she starred with the rest of the Absolutely Fabulous cast in the pilot Mirrorball.

In 2009, she made a guest appearance in Kingdom and published an updated autobiography, At a Glance ... An Absolutely Fabulous Life, a collection of scrapbook pictures from her life and career.

She reprised her role of Mother / Gran in a two-part Christmas / New Year special of Absolutely Fabulous in 2011-12 and for an Olympic special on 23 July 2012.

Some of the most successful examples include As Time Goes By, Steptoe and Son, Dad's Army, Keeping Up Appearances, The Likely Lads, Fawlty Towers, Allo Allo, The Good Life, Are You Being Served ?, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses, Absolutely Fabulous, Red Dwarf, The Vicar of Dibley, Father Ted, Blackadder, One Foot in the Grave, Some Mothers Do Ave Em, Porridge, The Thin Blue Line, The Office, The Young Ones, Coupling, Outnumbered and Game On.

Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS ( born 1 May 1946 ) is an English actress, voice-over artist, former-model and author, best known for her role in the British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel and Sensitive Skin.

Over a decade later Lumley's career was boosted by her portrayal of the louche, solipsistic and frequently drunken fashion director Patsy Stone, companion to Jennifer Saunders ' Edina Monsoon in the BBC comedy television series Absolutely Fabulous ( 1992 – 1996 ), ( 2001 – 2004 ), and ( 2011 – 2012 ).

Absolutely opposed to this, she started a massive fast, something she had learnt from Bonaventura, whose husband had not been considerate in the least.

An early live version of his original composition " Plastic People " ( from his You Can't Do That Onstage Anymore series of live albums ) was set to the melody of " Louie, Louie " ( the official version was released on the album Absolutely Free in 1967 ).

In previous years, Absolutely Incredible Kid Day has garnered national recognition and acclaim, winning endorsements from child and family experts and advocates.

Absolutely key to bringing Unix to inside the company, DEC's Unix Engineering Group ( UEG ) was started by Bill Munson with Jerry Brenner and Fred Canter, both from DEC's premier Customer Service Engineering group, Bill Shannon ( from Case Western Reserve University ), and Armando Stettner ( from Bell Labs ).

Although essentially a reissue of greatest hits package Absolutely ( from 1990 ), the album featured two new songs by Fry, " Peace and Tranquility " and " Blame ".

The film starred Kate Beckinsale as Flora, Joanna Lumley ( also famed from her role as Patsy in the British TV comedy " Absolutely Fabulous ") as her friend and mentor Mary Smiling, Rufus Sewell as Seth, Ian McKellen as Amos Starkadder, Eileen Atkins as Judith, Stephen Fry as Mybug, Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Beetle, and Angela Thorne as Mrs Hawk-Monitor.

Metcalf has made guest appearances on Absolutely Fabulous, Malcolm in the Middle, My Boys, Dharma & Greg, Frasier, Without a Trace, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and Monk ; she was nominated for the Emmy Award as Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series for both of the latter two listed roles.

She had a cameo appearance in the 1994 episode of Absolutely Fabulous, " New Best Friend ", and also appeared on Star Spell, a spin off from Hard Spell in 2004.

In June 2009, Carmichael was involved in a successful campaign to ban the book by Max Scratchmann, " Chucking it All: How Downsizing To A Windswept Scottish Island Did Absolutely Nothing to Improve My Life ", an irreverent account of the author's experience downshifting from Manchester to Orkney, which Carmichael said was " hurtful and vindictive ", and attacked a number of " clearly identifiable " residents of the Islands .< ref >

( which features a " letter " from Suzy Creamcheese on the back cover ), Suzy Creamcheese was played by Jeannie Vassoir ; on Absolutely Free and Mothermania it was Lisa Cohen ; and on We're Only in It for the Money and Uncle Meat it was Pamela Zarubica.

Absolutely is the band's highest charting album on the Billboard charts following Fortress and it received 4 out of a possible 5 stars from Allmusic, a tie with Fortresss score.

It contains B-sides from the Absolutely recording sessions and some from previous albums.

has occasionally run acquired programming including reruns of Alice, Absolutely Fabulous, 20 / 20 lifestyle-based interview shows from ABC ( since removed under NBCU ownership ), and edited 60-minute versions of Saturday Night Live, though fewer of these programs currently air.

Christian Lacroix is the favorite fashion designer to Edina Monsoon from the BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous.

The original British edition of the show, produced by Absolutely Productions, starred Dom Joly and ran for two series on the British television channel Channel 4 from 2000 to 2003.

The second single from Heavy Rotation was " Absolutely Positively ", later served as a promotional single only.

Other notable sketch-based series include Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies, The Goodies, French and Saunders, Absolutely, Little Britain, The Catherine Tate Show and The Fast Show.

French group Mad ' House made an Eurodance cover of the song, that was included on their 2002 album Absolutely Mad.

She is also known for her regular appearances on French and Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous and Harry Enfield and Chums.