Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

Oct 28, 1998

1h 18m

★ 10.0

Overview

During the filming of her very own documentary, 'A Day in My Life', Edina drops in on her mother who's working in a Help the Aged charity shop. There, she reminisces about the people and events which have made her what she is today.

Genres

Comedy

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Edina "Eddy" Monsoon

Jennifer Saunders

June "Gran" Monsoon

June Whitfield

Patsy Stone (archive footage)

Joanna Lumley

Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)

Julia Sawalha

Bubble (archive footage)

Jane Horrocks

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