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Series 4

(2001)

Overview

The fourth series of British television sitcom Absolutely Fabulous premiered on BBC One on 31 August 2001 and concluded on 5 October 2001, consisting of six episodes. Originally, Absolutely Fabulous was to end with the third series, then two-part special "The Last Shout" was created to serve as an official finale to the series. However, in 2000, Jennifer Saunders created and wrote a television pilot for a proposed new series, Mirrorball, in which she intended to reunite the cast of Absolutely F…

Cast

Joanna Lumley as Patsy
Joanna Lumley

as Patsy

Julia Sawalha as Saffron
Julia Sawalha

as Saffron

June Whitfield as Mother
June Whitfield

as Mother

Jane Horrocks as Bubble
Jane Horrocks

as Bubble

Helen Lederer as Catriona
Helen Lederer

as Catriona

Episodes

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Parralox 7.3

August 31, 2001

Edina, who now runs a television production company, is slated to make a guest appearance with client Twiggy on Richard…

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Fish Farm 7.0

September 7, 2001

When Saffron hires a handsome landscape gardener to redesign the backyard, Patsy recognises him as Jago Balfour, the yo…

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Paris 7.3

September 14, 2001

Patsy is excited to be joining young supermodel Erin O'Connor for a magazine photo shoot in Paris. Edina and a reluctan…

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Donkey 6.3

September 21, 2001

Edina enrolls in a boot-camp fitness programme and subjects herself to a strict diet, after being ridiculed for her wei…

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Small Opening 6.5

September 28, 2001

Saffron's first play, Self-Raising Flower, which details her troubled relationship with Edina, is due to open in a loca…

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Menopause 5.5

October 5, 2001

Bubble accidentally emails Edina's clients' details to nemesis Claudia Bing, who poaches most of Edina's clients, inclu…

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Gay 10.0

December 27, 2002

Upon discovering that Serge is gay and living in New York, Edina is thrilled to reunite with her long-lost son as she p…