Absolutely Fabulous series 2 explained

Series Number:	2
Bgcolour:	82B096
Num Episodes:	6
Network:	BBC One
Episode List:	List of Absolutely Fabulous episodes

The second series of the British television sitcom Absolutely Fabulous premiered on BBC One on 27 January 1994 and concluded on 10 March 1994, consisting of six episodes.

Cast and characters

Main

• Jennifer Saunders as Edina Monsoon
  • Joanna Lumley as Patsy Stone Julia Sawalha as Saffron Monsoon
• Jane Horrocks as Bubble

Special guest

• June Whitfield as Mother

Guest

• Kathy Burke as Magda
• Helen Lederer as Catriona
• Harriet Thorpe as Fleur
• Jennifer Piercey as Antonia
• Naoko Mori as Sarah
• Llewella Gideon as Nurse
• Orla Brady as Nurse Mary
• David Henry as Mr Simpson
• Gwen Humble as Sondra Lorrance
• Christopher Ryan as Marshall
• Mark Tandy as Mark
• Natascha Taylor as art gallery assistant
• Ciaran McIntyre as vicar
• Haroon Hanif as Yentob
• Karim Skalli as Ali
• Mark Wing-Davey as Malcolm
• Christopher Malcolm as Justin
• Miranda Forbes as woman in car
• Hugh Ross as judge
• Helena McCarthy as old woman
• Wolf Christian as fireman
• Jane Galloway as 1950s nurse
• Mari Mackenzie as dancer
• Mia Soteriou as guitar player
• Suzy Aitchison as 1970s nurse

Special guest stars

• Mandy Rice-Davies as 'Patsy'
• Helena Bonham Carter as 'Saffy'
• Richard E. Grant as 'Justin'
• Suzi Quatro as 'Nurse'
• Germaine Greer as 'Mother'
• Sylvia Anderson as voice of Lady Penelope
• John Wells as Uncle Humphrey
• Britt Ekland as herself
• Lulu as herself
• Zandra Rhodes as herself
• Jo Brand as Carmen
• Meera Syal as Suzy
• Adrian Edmondson as Hamish
• Miranda Richardson as Bettina
• Patrick Barlow as Max
• Eleanor Bron as Patsy's mother
• Philip Franks as poet

Episodes

See main article: List of Absolutely Fabulous episodes.

Accolades

Award	Year	Category	Recipient(s)	Result
International Emmy Awards	1994	Popular Arts (for "Hospital")	Absolutely Fabulous
British Comedy Awards		Best TV Comedy Actress	Jennifer Saunders
		Best BBC Sitcom	Absolutely Fabulous
British Academy Television Awards	1995	Best Comedy (Programme or Series)	Jon Plowman, Bob Spiers and Jennifer Saunders	^[1]
		Best Comedy Performance	Joanna Lumley
CableACE Awards		International Dramatic or Comedy Special or Series/Movie or Miniseries	Jon Plowman

Home media

VHS

• "Series 2" – volume 1 ("Hospital"/"Death"/"Morocco") – 19 October 1994^[2]
• "Series 2" – volume 2 ("New Best Friend"/"Poor"/"Birth") – 19 October 1994^[3]
• "The Complete Series 2" – 3 June 1996^[4]
• As part of the "Series 1–3" VHS set (6-VHS set)^[5]
• As part of the "Series 1–4" VHS set – 25 November 2002 (8-VHS set)^[6]
• "The Complete Series 2" re-release – 25 November 2002^[7]

DVD

United Kingdom

• "The Complete Series 2" – 1 October 2001^[8]
• As part of the "Series 1–4" DVD set – 25 November 2002 (5-disc set)^[9]
• As part of the "Absolutely Everything" DVD set – 15 November 2010 (10-disc set includes series 1–5 and specials)^[10]
• As part of "Absolutely Everything: Definitive Edition" – 17 March 2014 (11-disc set includes series 1–5, specials and 20th Anniversary specials)^[11]

United States

• "The Complete Series 2" – 13 March 2001^[12]
• "The Complete Series 2" (re-release) – 13 September 2005^[13]
• As part of the "Series 1–3" DVD set – 13 March 2001 (4-disc set)^[14]
• As part of the "Series 1–3" DVD set re-release – 4 October 2005 (4-disc set)^[15]
• As part of the "Absolutely Everything" DVD set – 27 May 2008 (9-disc set includes series 1–5 & specials)^[16]
• As part of the "Absolutely All of It!" DVD set – 5 November 2013 (10-disc set includes series 1–5, specials and 20th Anniversary specials)^[17]

Australia

• "The Complete Series 2" – 28 February 2002^[18]
• As part of the "Absolutely Everything" DVD set – 20 April 2006 (9-disc set includes series 1–5 and specials; excluding "The Last Shout")^[19]
• As part of the "Complete Collection" DVD set – 5 April 2011 (10-disc set includes series 1–5 and specials)^[20]
• As part of "Absolutely Everything: Definitive Edition" – 30 April 2014 (11-disc set includes series 1–5, specials and 20th Anniversary specials)^[21]

External links

• Absolutely Fabulous series 2 – list of episodes on IMDb

Notes and References

1. Web site: Television in 1995 . bafta.org . October 16, 2014.
2. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous: Series 2 – Hospital . . United Kingdom . October 16, 2014.
3. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous: Series 2 – New Best Friend . Amazon . United Kingdom . October 16, 2014.
4. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous – Series 2 . Amazon . United Kingdom . October 17, 2014.
5. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous: (Box Set) . Amazon . United Kingdom . October 16, 2014.
6. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous Series 1–4 Box Set . Amazon . United Kingdom . October 16, 2014.
7. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous – Complete Series 2 . Amazon . United Kingdom . October 16, 2014.
8. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous – Series 2 . Amazon . United Kingdom . October 16, 2014.
9. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous: Series 1–4 Box Set DVD . Blu-ray.com . October 16, 2014.
10. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything DVD . Blu-ray.com . October 16, 2014.
11. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything DVD (The Definitive Edition) . Blu-ray.com . October 16, 2014.
12. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous – Complete Series 2 . Amazon . United States . October 16, 2014.
13. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous: Complete Series 2 DVD . Blu-ray.com . October 16, 2014.
14. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous: Series 1 to 3 DVD . Blu-ray.com . October 16, 2014.
15. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous – Complete Series 1–3 . Amazon . United States . October 16, 2014.
16. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely All of It DVD . Blu-ray.com . October 16, 2014.
17. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything . Blu-ray.com . October 16, 2014.
18. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous Series 2 on DVD . dvdorchard . October 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221624/http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/prod.asp?PND=102198 . September 23, 2015.
19. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous Complete Collection on DVD . dvdorchard . October 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150329011611/http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/120474/absolutely-fabulous-complete-collection-bbc-tv-on-dvd . March 29, 2015.
20. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous Series 1 5 Plus Specials Complete Collection on DVD . dvdorchard . October 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150329070615/http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/177070/absolutely-fabulous-series-1-5-plus-specials-complete-collection-bbc-tv-on-dvd . March 29, 2015.
21. Web site: Absolutely Fabulous Absolutely Everything The Definitive Edition on DVD . dvdorchard . October 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141109114947/http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/196107/absolutely-fabulous-absolutely-everything-the-definitive-edition-bbc-tv-on-dvd . November 9, 2014.