Hint of Ab Fab reunion
Jennifer Saunders is toying with the idea of an Ab Fab reunion with Joanna Lumley.
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Be careful what you wish for…
There is talk of a reunion for the Absolutely Fabulous cast.
Joanna Lumley has told US theatre magazine Playbill, “I’ve heard talk, too,’
“Jon Plowman, who’s the executive producer, wrote to Jennifer, and Jen wrote to me before I left [England] and said, ‘Let’s talk through it. What do you think?’ And I said, ‘Bring it on.’
“Because we’re all still here. Mother’s still alive – the wonderful June Whitfield. Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks – the basic five J’s – all our names began with J. We’re all still alive and available – ish – to do it, and I think we just have to do it. And the great thing is that because in our show, we fast-forwarded to where they’re very old and nearly dead and practically plugged into vodka machines and things,” she said.
“It doesn’t matter how beyond [the original series] we do it because we know they’ve been that, that they still were Patsy and Edina at the time. So this makes it heaven!”
Source: Playbill
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I am so happy – its fun to guess what they might do…
I could see a special titled “Still Fabulous” being made – using the aged versions of Edina and Patsy. John Plowman and Jen discussed a series using these characters on the series 4 commentary. It could be set in an upmarket aged care facility where the two are under the care of Lleywella Gideon’s nurse character. Ruby Wax’s Beth De Woody could be a co-habitant of this home. If it were a special, I would have the girls being called out of retirement to consult on a BBC documentary on the fashion/PR industries. Much to the chagrin, the project would involved Eddie’s old nemesis – Claudia Bing. Bubble could make an appearance as the new CEO of Edina’s company – sporting her affected duchess persona from series five. This could even be the basis for a spin off series.
I would would also like to see a special tie up issues such as Edina’s professional rivalry with Claudia and Fleur’s growing insurrection against Patsy. Perhaps Serge – with assistance from Marshall and Bo, buys up part of Claudia’s company as an act of revenge against his mother. He could reconcile with Eddie, all the while feeding her secrets to Claudia. The scam could be uncovered by Bubble, unwittlingly, and Saffron, moved by her Mother’s grief at Serge’s betrayal, could establish a tentative communication with her again. Patsy, meanwhile, would ‘take care or the Bing woman’.
Any other ideas?
This would be all kinds of awesome, especially considering that they have not made a show during the Facebook, Youtube, Twitter era.
Do it or else Ab Fab!!
That would be Absolutely Fabulous.
Yes Bring it on cant wait
Fingers crossed! Lumley and Sawalha were great. They all were.
That’d be awesome!
Hell yeah! Love this show, been watching the reruns on ABC2
Bring it on! It’s great how Ab Fab comes back in cycles. No doubt Eddie will check in to a celebrity rehab clinic or be sent to a celebrity jail!
This show should come back every 5 years!