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Absolutely Fabulous
Season 3
File:Absolutely fabulous series 3 dvd.jpg
Original UK DVD
No. of episodes6
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original releaseMarch 30 (1995-03-30) –
May 11, 1995 (1995-05-11)
Series chronology
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List of episodes

The third series of Absolutely Fabulous, a British sitcom, premiered on BBC One on 30 March 1995. This series consists of six episodes and concluded on 11 May 1995. Initially, the third series was to be the final series of Absolutely Fabulous, however, the following year, Jennifer Saunders decided to write two specials titled The Last Shout and this served as an official finale to the series. Again, these were not the final episodes of the series.

Guest stars for this series include Rebecca Front, Kate O'Mara, Celia Imrie, Naomi Campbell, Helen Lederer, Kathy Burke and Ruby Wax.

Cast

Main

Cast Character
Jennifer Saunders Edina Monsoon
Joanna Lumley Patsy Stone
Julia Sawalha Saffron Monsoon
Jane Horrocks Bubble
June Whitfield Mother

Guest stars

  • Kate O'Mara – Jackie (episode 2)
  • Christopher Malcolm – Justin (episode 2)
  • Gary Beadle – Oliver (episode 2)
  • Christopher Ryan – Marshall (episode 2)
  • Rebecca Front – Cherysh (episode 2)
  • James Dreyfus – Christopher (episode 3)
  • Ian Gelder – David (episode 3)
  • Idris Elba – Hilton (episode 3)
  • Andrew Loudon – Geoff (episode 3)
  • Naoko Mori – Sarah (episodes 3 & 5)
  • Caroline Waldron – Caroline (episodes 3 & 5)
  • Lee Walters – Boy 1 (episode 3)
  • Ben Soamers – Boy 2 (episode 3)
  • Damien Hunt – Serge (episode 3)
  • Stewart Piper – Serge (episode 3)
  • Corran Royal – Serge (episode 3)
  • Celia Imrie – Claudia Bing (episode 4)
  • Naomi Campbell – as herself (episode 4)
  • Simon Stokes – Gerard (episode 4)
  • Paul Reynold – Squeak (episode 4)
  • Peter Richardson – Tony (episode 4)
  • Joanna Bowen – Journalist (episode 4)
  • Lulu – as herself (episodes 4 [voice only] & 5)
  • Kathy Burke – Magda (episodes 5 & 6)
  • Helen Lederer – Catriona (episode 5)
  • Harriet Thorpe – Fleur (episode 5)
  • John Hudson – Lecturer (episode 5)
  • David Cardy – Candid Cameraman (episode 5)
  • Louis Hillier – Candid Cameraman (episode 5)
  • Kevin Allen – (episode 6)
  • Mossie Smith – Diane (episode 6)
  • Ruby Wax – Candy (episode 6)
  • Suzanne Bertish – Gina (episode 6)
  • Sean Chapman – Santé (episode 6)
  • Mo Gaffney – Bo (episode 6)
  • Josie Lawrence – Cable TV Presenter (episode 6)
  • Max Brandt – Mitchell Friedman (episode 6)
  • Drew Elliot – Justice of the Peace (episode 6)
  • C.G. Varesko – New York Transvestite (episode 6)
  • Raven Oh – New York Transvestite (episode 6)
  • Andre Shoals – New York Transvestite (episode 6)
  • Rupert Penry-Jones – Boy at Party (episode 6)
  • Daniella Denby-Ashe – Saffy's Daughter (episode 6)
  • Danny Newman – Saffy's Son (episode 6)

Episodes

Main article: List of Absolutely Fabulous episodes
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
'
131"Door Handle"Bob SpiersJennifer Saunders30 March 1995 (1995-03-30)
142"Happy New Year"Bob SpiersJennifer Saunders6 April 1995 (1995-04-06)
153"Sex"Bob SpiersJennifer Saunders20 April 1995 (1995-04-20)
164"Jealous"Bob SpiersJennifer Saunders27 April 1995 (1995-04-27)
175"Fear"Bob SpiersJennifer Saunders4 May 1995 (1995-05-04)
186"The End"Bob SpiersJennifer Saunders11 May 1995 (1995-05-11)
'
19—"The Last Shout I"Bob SpiersJennifer Saunders6 November 1996 (1996-11-06)
20—"The Last Shout II"Bob SpiersJennifer Saunders7 November 1996 (1996-11-07)

Award nominations

Series 3

BAFTA Awards

National Television Awards

The Last Shout

BAFTA Awards

Release

Home Media

VHS (United Kingdom)

  • Series 3 – Volume 1: "Doorhandle" / "Happy New Year" / "Sex" – 2 October 1995[1]
  • Series 3 – Volume 2: "Jealous" / "Fear" / "The End" – 2 October 1995[2]
  • The Complete Series 3 – 25 November 2002[3]
  • As part of the "Series 1-3" (6-VHS set) – 24 January 2000[4]
  • As part of the "Series 1-4" (8-VHS set) – 25 November 2002[5]

DVD (Region 1)

  • "Complete Series 3" – 13 March 2001[6]
    • "Complete Series 3" re-release – 13 September 2005
  • As part of "Complete Series 1–3" (4-disc set) – 13 March 2001[7]
    • As part of "Complete Series 1–3" re-release (4-disc set) – 4 October 2005[8]
  • As part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely All of It!" (9-disc set) – 27 May 2008[9]
  • As Part of the "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely All of It!" DVD set - 5 November 2013 (10-disc set includes Series 1-5, specials & 20th Anniversary Specials)[10]

DVD (Region 2)

  • "Series 3" – 12 November 2001[11]
  • As part of "Series 1–4" (5-disc set) – 25 November 2002[12]
  • As part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything" (10-disc set) – 15 November 2010[13]
  • As part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything - The Definitive Edition" (11-disc set) – 17 March 2014[14]

DVD (Region 4)

  • "Series 3" – 1 July 2002[15]
  • As part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything" (9-disc set) – 20 April 2006[16]
  • As part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Complete Collection" (10-disc set) – 5 April 2011[17]
  • As Part of the "Absolutely Everything: Definitive Edition" (11-disc set) – 30 April 2014[18]

The Last Shout

  • United States
    • DVD as part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Special" – 30 September 2003 (includes 2002 special "Gay")[19]
    • DVD as part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Special" re-release – 8 May 2007 (Includes 2002 special "Gay)[20]
    • DVD as part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely All of It!" – 5 November 2013[9]
  • United Kingdom
    • VHS – 11 November 1996
    • VHS re-release – 1 October 1999[21]
    • DVD – 27 November 2000[22]
    • DVD as part of Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything – 15 November 2010[13]
    • DVD as part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything - The Definitive Edition" – 17 March 2014[14]
  • Australia
    • DVD – 20 July 2002
    • DVD as part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything" – 20 April 2006[16]
    • DVD as part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Complete Collection – 5 April 2011[17]
    • DVD as part of "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything - The Definitive Edition" – 30 April 2014[18]

Other media

Prior to the third series, a dramatized behind-the-scenes special was broadcast on 6 January 1995. The special was titled 'How to Be Absolutely Fabulous' and featured Jennifer Saunders as she enters the BBC studio in which the woman at reception is unaware of who Saunders is. Unable to convince the receptionist that she is in fact Edina for the series, Sunders, along with the camera crew runs up to the Absolutely Fabulous office, despite being refused access from the receptions. Once in the off, Saunders talks about the origins of the series. The special features clips from the series.[23]

A second special, released in 1998 and titled 'Absolutely Fabulous: A Life' features Edina and her mother as she and a camera crew are filming the story of Edina's life in a documentary. The setting for the documentary is in the charity shop in which her mother works. Edina talks about her surroundings in the charity shop, a setting that she is unaccustomed to and certainly is not to her taste. She also reminisces about her life. The special features clips from the series.[24]

Both specials were featured outside of the actual series and are not included or counted as episodes.

References

  1. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: Series 3 - Doorhandle [VHS]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous - Series-3 Part-2: Jealous [VHS]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  3. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: The Complete Series 3 [VHS]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: (Box Set)". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  5. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous Series 1-4 Box Set". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  6. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous - Complete Series 3". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  7. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: Series 1 to 3 DVD". blu-ray.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  8. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous - Complete Series 1-3". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely All of It DVD". blu-ray.com. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  10. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything". blu-ray.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  11. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3 [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  12. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: Series 1-4 Box Set DVD". blu-ray.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything DVD". Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  14. ^ a b "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything DVD". blu-ray.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  15. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous Series 3 on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Absolutely Fabulous Complete Collection on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  17. ^ a b "Absolutely Fabulous Series 1 5 Plus Specials Complete Collection on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  18. ^ a b "Absolutely Fabulous Absolutely Everything The Definitive Edition on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  19. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous Special". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  20. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Special". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  21. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout [VHS]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  22. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  23. ^ "How to Be Absolutely Fabulous". Imdb.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  24. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: A Life". Imdb.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
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