Absolutely Fabulous
Hospital
TV Flash files “Hospital” as a desk essential hour — Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012) on BBC One, season 2, episode 1, aired 1994-01-27, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 7 of 33 in the Absolutely Fabulous guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1994-01-27 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Birthday” (S01E06). Next is “Death” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Hospital”. Hospital: self-destruction as house style, aging and money still the actual assignment, no apology attached.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Patsy becomes the centre of tabloid attention when news breaks of her relationship with an MP. Eddy goes to hospital suffering from pain in her toe. Patsy has a face-lift that goes terribly wrong.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Hospital sit in the Absolutely Fabulous guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 7 of 33 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did Absolutely Fabulous S02E01 air?
Hospital aired 1994-01-27 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is it a U.S. sitcom?
BBC One from 1992, with a U.S. cult via comedy imports. Saunders and Lumley as fashion-PR degenerates, not a Must-See clone.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Sweetie darling: fashion PR as self-destruction, champagne as plot, two women who refuse respectability. Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley treat aging, money, and taste as contact sports. British import comedy that dared U.S. living rooms — female excess without apology, ancestor of every later show that let women be disasters on purpose.
In medias res in a fashion-PR hangover: champagne as plot, two women who refuse respectability, a sensible daughter already judging the lighting. Jennifer Saunders created the BBC sitcom (premiere 1992) and starred opposite Joanna Lumley's Patsy; Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield, and Jane Horrocks completed a household that treats aging, money, and taste as contact sports. Max can keep his drop-day degenerates; this is British import comedy that dared U.S. living rooms via PBS and cable — female excess without…
Filed against
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- June Whitfield as Mother
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