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Absolutely Fabulous

Season 3

6 listed hours · 1992–2012 · BBC One

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How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

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.

TV Flash files Season 3 of Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012) on BBC One as a mid listed season (3; 3 of 5) — 6 listed hours, 1995-03-30–1995-05-11 from “Door Handle” (S03E01) to “The End” (S03E06). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S03E01 Door Handle

    Door Handle: later-run title as a tiny object the room will wreck, PR still a contact sport.

  1. S03E01

    Door Handle

    Having burnt down Edina's kitchen, Patsy and Edina set out to find the perfect door handle - in New York. While they're there, Patsy persuades Edina to go in for body piercing.

  2. S03E02

    Happy New Year

    It's New Year's Eve and Edina and Patsy are awaiting the arrival of Patsy's long-lost sister, Jackie, so that they can go clubbing. But their plans are thwarted and Saffy's quiet night in with Dad, Gran and Sarah is ruined.

  3. S03E03

    Sex

    After a copy of Razzle is discovered in Serge's old bedroom, the conversation turns to sex, and Patsy persuades Edina to host an orgy. Meanwhile, Saffy and her friends plan a genetics lecture.

  4. S03E04

    Jealous

    Edina seems set to sweep the board at the imminent PR awards - especially as she has paid for them - but her rival has other ideas. Meanwhile, Saffy enjoys a romance with her psychology lecturer.

  5. S03E05

    Fear

    Saffy moves out, so Patsy moves in - but can her friendship with Edina take the strain? Eddy teams up with a US PR agency to retain top client Lulu, and Patsy is offered a job in New York.

  6. S03E06

    The End

    Edina heads to a retreat to find herself, while Patsy goes to work in New York. With Saffy away at university, only Mother remains in the house, alone with the Shopping Channel. Will the gang ever meet up again?

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