# List of Absolutely Fabulous episodes

Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom, created and written by, and starring Jennifer Saunders, with Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks, and June Whitfield. It was produced by Saunders & French Productions and BBC Productions, and initially broadcast a successful first series on BBC2, before moving to BBC One. The series originated from a sketch featured on French and Saunders, which led to a four-year run from 1992 to 1996, followed by a revival from 2001 to 2004, and then a brief return to mark the show's 20th anniversary, from 2011 to 2012.
During the course of the programme, 39 episodes of Absolutely Fabulous aired, including seven specials over five series, between 12 November 1992 and 23 July 2012.

## Series overview

Series :
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Network |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | November 12, 1992 (1992-11-12) | December 17, 1992 (1992-12-17) | BBC2 |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | January 27, 1994 (1994-1-27) | March 10, 1994 (1994-3-10) | BBC One |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | March 30, 1995 (1995-3-30) | May 11, 1995 (1995-5-11) | BBC One |
| Specials | 2 | 2 | November 6, 1996 (1996-11-6) | November 7, 1996 (1996-11-7) | BBC One |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | August 31, 2001 (2001-8-31) | October 5, 2001 (2001-10-5) | BBC One |
| Special | Special | Special | December 27, 2002 (2002-12-27) | December 27, 2002 (2002-12-27) | | BBC One |
| 5 | 8 | 8 | October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17) | December 24, 2003 (2003-12-24) | BBC One |
| Special | Special | Special | December 25, 2004 (2004-12-25) | December 25, 2004 (2004-12-25) | | BBC One |
| 20th Anniversary | 3 | 3 | December 25, 2011 (2011-12-25) | July 23, 2012 (2012-7-23) | BBC One |

## Episode list
### Series 1 (1992)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 1 | 1 | "Fashion" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | November 12, 1992 (1992-11-12) | LLCC521X |
| 2 | 2 | "Fat" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | November 19, 1992 (1992-11-19) | LLVQ731H |
| 3 | 3 | "France" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | November 26, 1992 (1992-11-26) | LLVQ732B |
| 4 | 4 | "Iso Tank" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | December 3, 1992 (1992-12-3) | LLVQ733W |
| 5 | 5 | "Birthday" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | December 17, 1992 (1992-12-17) | LLVQ735J |
| 6 | 6 | "Magazine" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | December 10, 1992 (1992-12-10) | LLVQ734P |

### Series 2 (1994)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 7 | 1 | "Hospital" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | January 27, 1994 (1994-1-27) | LLVS602K |
| 8 | 2 | "Death" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | February 3, 1994 (1994-2-3) | LLVS606L |
| 9 | 3 | "Morocco" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | February 10, 1994 (1994-2-10) | LLVS605S |
| 10 | 4 | "New Best Friend" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | February 24, 1994 (1994-2-24) | LLVS604Y |
| 11 | 5 | "Poor" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | March 3, 1994 (1994-3-3) | LLVS601R |
| 12 | 6 | "Birth" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | March 10, 1994 (1994-3-10) | LLVS603E |

### Series 3 (1995)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 13 | 1 | "Door Handle" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | March 30, 1995 (1995-3-30) |
| 14 | 2 | "Happy New Year" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | April 6, 1995 (1995-4-6) |
| 15 | 3 | "Sex" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | April 20, 1995 (1995-4-20) |
| 16 | 4 | "Jealous" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | April 27, 1995 (1995-4-27) |
| 17 | 5 | "Fear" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | May 4, 1995 (1995-5-4) |
| 18 | 6 | "The End" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | May 11, 1995 (1995-5-11) |
| Specials ||||||
| 19 | S | "The Last Shout, Parts 1 & 2" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | November 6, 1996 (1996-11-6) |
| 20 | S | "The Last Shout, Parts 1 & 2" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | November 7, 1996 (1996-11-7) |

### Series 4 (2001)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 21 | 1 | "Parralox" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | August 31, 2001 (2001-8-31) | 8.28 |
| 22 | 2 | "Fish Farm" | Christine Gernon | Jennifer Saunders | September 7, 2001 (2001-9-7) | 7.59 |
| 23 | 3 | "Paris" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | September 14, 2001 (2001-9-14) | 7.47 |
| 24 | 4 | "Donkey" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | September 21, 2001 (2001-9-21) | 7.34 |
| 25 | 5 | "Small Opening" | Christine Gernon | Jennifer Saunders | September 28, 2001 (2001-9-28) | 7.44 |
| 26 | 6 | "Menopause" | Christine Gernon | Jennifer Saunders | October 5, 2001 (2001-10-5) | 6.64 |
| Special |||||||
| 27 | S | "Gay" | Tristram Shapeero | Jennifer Saunders | December 27, 2002 (2002-12-27) | 8.68 |

### Series 5 (2003)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 28 | 1 | "Cleanin'" | Dewi Humphreys | Jennifer Saunders | October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17) | 7.69 |
| 29 | 2 | "Book Clubbin'" | Dewi Humphreys | Jennifer Saunders | October 24, 2003 (2003-10-24) | 7.87 |
| 30 | 3 | "Panickin'" | Dewi Humphreys | Jennifer Saunders | October 31, 2003 (2003-10-31) | 6.15 |
| 31 | 4 | "Huntin', Shootin' & Fishin'" | Dewi Humphreys | Jennifer Saunders | November 7, 2003 (2003-11-7) | 7.02 |
| 32 | 5 | "Birthin'" | Dewi Humphreys | Jennifer Saunders | November 14, 2003 (2003-11-14) | 7.19 |
| 33 | 6 | "Schmoozin'" | Dewi Humphreys | Jennifer Saunders | November 28, 2003 (2003-11-28) | 5.22 |
| 34 | 7 | "Exploitin'" | Dewi Humphreys | Jennifer Saunders | December 5, 2003 (2003-12-5) | 5.86 |
| 35 | 8 | "Cold Turkey" | Dewi Humphreys | Jennifer Saunders | December 24, 2003 (2003-12-24) | 6.91 |
| Special |||||||
| 36 | S | "White Box" | Ed Bye | Jennifer Saunders | December 25, 2004 (2004-12-25) | 6.34 |

### 20th Anniversary specials (2011–12)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 37 | "Identity" | Mandie Fletcher | Jennifer Saunders | December 25, 2011 (2011-12-25) | 9.07 |
| 38 | "Job" | Mandie Fletcher | Jennifer Saunders | January 1, 2012 (2012-1-1) | 7.97 |
| 39 | "Olympics" | Mandie Fletcher | Jennifer Saunders | July 23, 2012 (2012-7-23) | 6.38 |

## Behind-the-scenes, clips and charity specials

| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| "How to Be Absolutely Fabulous" | Ron Korb | Glenn Eichler | January 6, 1995 (1995-1-6) |
| Prior to the third series, a dramatized behind-the-scenes special featured Jennifer Saunders as she enters the BBC studio in which the woman at reception is unaware of who Saunders is. Unable to convince the receptionist that she is in fact Edina for the series, Saunders, along with the camera crew runs up to the Absolutely Fabulous office, despite being refused access from the receptionist. Once in the office, Saunders talks about the origins of the series. The special features clips from the series. ||||
| "Absolutely Fabulous: A Life" | Bob Spiers | Jennifer Saunders | October 30, 1998 (1998-10-30) (video premiere) |
| The special features Edina and her mother as she and a camera crew are filming the story of Edina's life in a documentary. The setting for the documentary is in the charity shop in which her mother works. Edina talks about her surroundings in the charity shop, a setting that she is unaccustomed to and certainly is not to her taste. She also reminisces about her life. The special features clips from the series. ||||
| "The Story of Absolutely Fabulous" | TBD | TBD | January 2, 2004 (2004-1-2) |
| The special behind-the-scenes documentary gives a definitive account of the history of the series. ||||
| "Comic Relief" | TBD | TBD | March 11, 2005 (2005-3-11) |
| A Comic Relief sketch sees Edina and Patsy reluctantly accompany Emma Bunton to the taping of Comic Relief at the BBC Television Centre. Inside, a member of the production staff can't find Emma's name on the list of presenters, prompting Edina to suggest they check again under Queen Noor or Lulu. Emma and Edina bicker in a dressing room when Edina insists that the point of Emma's participation should be to gain greater exposure for herself. Edina urges Emma to lobby director and Comic Relief founder Richard Curtis for a role in one of his films. When Richard visits the dressing room to apologise for Emma having been left off the list, Edina and Patsy fail to recognise him and ask him to fetch Richard straightaway. Emma angrily writes a cheque to the charity and storms off. When the production staffer returns to collect Emma (now scheduled to appear after Graham Norton), Edina and Patsy first conceal (in the dressing room) and then loudly acknowledge (on-stage, live, during the Comic Relief special) Emma's departure. Patsy is struck by stage fright while Edina attempts a song. Once Patsy wets herself, both are quickly shooed from the stage by a horrified Graham. Guest stars include Emma Bunton, Richard Curtis, Graham Norton and Miranda Hart. ||||
| "Sport Relief" | TBD | TBD | March 23, 2012 (2012-3-23) |
| A Sport Relief special follows Edina as she is busy training for a Sport Relief charity function with Emma Bunton with disastrous results while Patsy fills in for her downstairs in a meeting with Stella McCartney. Patsy ends up taking the credit for Edina's idea to feature Kate Moss and David Gandy in the magazine, but the only condition is that Patsy must not let Edina anywhere near the shoot. In the gym upstairs, Edina boxes with David Haye and she and Emma end up fighting. Emma punches Edina who ends up getting wheeled through the hotel bar on a stretcher. Guest stars include Llewella Gideon, Kate Moss, Stella McCartney, Emma Bunton, David Gandy, Colin Jackson, Linford Christie and David Haye. ||||
| "Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out" | Simon Lloyd | Dawson Bros. | October 17, 2024 (2024-10-17) |
| A behind-the-scenes special that broadcast on Gold and features Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha and Jane Horrocks. ||||