Ab Fab Christmas Spoilers

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Absolutely Fabulous Ep 1/3

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Twenty years after Eddy, Patsy, Saffy, Bubble and Mother first staggered onto BBC screens, Absolutely Fabulous is back! In the first of three new episodes written by and starring Jennifer Saunders, with Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks and June Whitfield, there's an awful lot of catching up to do.

First of all there’s a homecoming for one of them who’s been ‘away’ for quite some time. She arrives at the Monsoon household with a new - slightly scary - best friend. Her presence could be either a blessing or a disaster, raising questions of identity that could even involve a certain person owning up to her real age ... if she can remember it.

Warning: A Royal Wedding is re-enacted by Bubble.

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Absolutely Fabulous Ep 2/3

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Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley return in the second of three brand new episodes of Absolutely Fabulous.

Edina has some crucial questions to answer, including: Has she still got it? And could a new client destroy her relationship with Saffy or make it stronger?

With fewer and fewer clients and a daughter who despises her, it’s business as usual but, when Eddy and Patsy meet a famous French film star whom Saffy hugely admires, Eddy hopes that the job of taking her on as a client could bring a new-found respect, and some much-needed income.

The problem is that her client’s talents aren’t everything they seem to be...

Warning: Edina Monsoon sings.

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Jennifer Saunders has admitted she couldn't help notice a few signs of ageing when the Absolutely Fabulous cast reunited to prepare for the Christmas special.

In publicity shots for the show, in which Jennifer, 53, resurrects outrageous PR Edina Monsoon, she and Ab Fab regulars Joanna Lumley, Jane Horrocks, Julia Sawalha and June Whitfield, have been credited with barely looking a day older.

But she tells this Friday's Graham Norton Show: "It was a lovely thing going back. It all seemed the same, except at the read-through there was a lot of snapping open of spectacle cases and people bending low to read their scripts."

Expressing her relief that the cast are all able to return for the BBC One specials, she jokes: "Everyone's still alive - phew!"

Jennifer tells the BBC One chat show there wasn't space for lots of celebrity cameos, saying: "With only three episodes there are a lot of people to pack in, but we've got the regulars, Lulu and Emma Bunton."

She says of making an Ab Fab movie: "I did say it to someone and it seems to have ballooned into an idea. I'm thinking about it, really seriously thinking about it."

Jennifer wrote three new episodes which will be aired at Christmas, while recovering from breast cancer.