Absolutely Fabulous
New Best Friend
TV Flash files “New Best Friend” as hour 10 of 33 in the TV Flash guide — Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012) on BBC One, season 2, episode 4, aired 1994-02-24, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E04: listed hour 10 of 33 in the Absolutely Fabulous guide, hour 4 of 6 in season 2. It aired 1994-02-24 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Morocco” (S02E03). Next is “Poor” (S02E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Patsy gets jealous when an old friend of Edina's brings her family to stay. The duo compete with each other to make a famous person their friend.
Viewer FAQ
Where does New Best Friend sit in the Absolutely Fabulous guide?
S02E04 is listed hour 10 of 33 — hour 4 of 6 in season 2, season 2 episode 4.
When did Absolutely Fabulous S02E04 air?
New Best Friend aired 1994-02-24 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
- Jennifer Saunders as Edina Monsoon
Jennifer Saunders’s Edina Monsoon made Absolutely Fabulous a champagne crime scene — fashion PR as self-destruction, two women who refuse respectability, aging and money and taste as contact sports. Sweetie darling as a 1990s import dare.…
- Joanna Lumley as Patsy Stone
Joanna Lumley made Patsy Stone a contact sport on Absolutely Fabulous — champagne as plot, fashion PR as self-destruction, two women who refuse respectability. Jennifer Saunders’s partner in female excess without apology. TV Flash files…
- Julia Sawalha as Saffron Monsoon
Julia Sawalha’s Saffron Monsoon was Absolutely Fabulous’s designated adult — fashion PR as self-destruction, champagne as plot, Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley treating aging, money, and taste as contact sports. British import that…
- June Whitfield as Mother
June Whitfield’s Mother sat through Absolutely Fabulous as the original problem — fashion PR as self-destruction, champagne as plot, Saunders and Lumley treating aging, money, and taste as contact sports. British import excess without…
- Jane Horrocks as Bubble
Jane Horrocks’s Bubble made Absolutely Fabulous sound like a PA with no filter — sweetie darling adjacent, fashion PR as self-destruction, champagne as plot, two women who refuse respectability. 1990s British import excess. TV Flash files…