Absolutely Fabulous - with Jennifer Saunders
TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Jennifer Saunders about the making of Absolutely Fabulous. From 2020.
TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to the writers, producers, and performers behind Britainβs biggest TV comedy hits, and hear the inside story of how they brought their programmes to the screen.
In this episode, Jennifer Saunders discusses her BAFTA and Emmy award winning hit Absolutely Fabulous.
She reveals the inspiration for Edina Monsoon, why recordings of the show were always finished by 9.30 pm (clue: the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ bar closed at 10), and what might charitably be described as Jenniferβs βlast minuteβ approach to script delivery!
With Peter and Jon as our guides, discover how Jennifer went about making a great bit of TV comedy. From the ideas stage through writing and commissioning to casting, and the reception the show received when it first aired.
Weβll do our very best to winkle out some backstage secrets straight from the horseβs mouth, as we hear the unvarnished truth from the people who were there, and who put these iconic shows on the telly.
Original Absolutely Fabulous clips written by Jennifer Saunders
Based on an original idea by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders
Producer: Owen Braben
Made for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra by Expectation Productions, and first broadcast in May 2020.
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Wed 27 May 2020 22:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra- Wed 21 Jul 2021 11:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 3 Aug 2023 21:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 3 Aug 2023 23:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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