Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom written by Jennifer
Saunders and starring Saunders and Joanna Lumley. The
show, broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom, grew
from a sketch originally written and performed for the
comedy show French and Saunders, which co-starred Jennifer
Saunders and Dawn French, and has aired off and on since
it first debuted on November 12, 1992. The sketch itself
was developed from the earlier Eddie Monsoon: A Life?,
a comedy play written for The Comic Strip Presents...
TV series. With its frank depictions of drug and alcohol
abuse and irresponsible, irreverent and frequently illegal
behaviour, the series gained a large and loyal following
as well as attracting censure from various groups, despite
its outrageous depictions.
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