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Barbara Jane Horrocks (* 18. Januar 1964 in Rossendale Valley, Lancashire) ist eine britische Schauspielerin, Synchronsprecherin, Drehbuchautorin und Sängerin.
Jane Horrocks is a British actress who starred in Absolutely Fabulous, Little Voice, and Fifi and the Flowertots. She was born in 1964 in Lancashire, England, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
YearTitleRoleNotes2021–2022WendyMain role2021Baby HugoEpisode: "Baby Hugo"2020Sylvia BlackettTV series2019-presentGran Spud (voice)Except "Two Toots Spud", "An Honest Face" ...Jane Horrocks is a British actress known for her roles in Absolutely Fabulous, Little Voice, and The Witches. IMDb provides her personal details, credits, videos, trivia, and more.
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Edina "Eddie" Monsoon (Saunders) and Patricia "Patsy" Stone (Lumley) are two high-powered career women on the London fashion scene. Eddie runs her own PR firm, and Patsy holds a sinecureposition at a top British fashion magazine. The two women use their considerable financial resources to indulge in cigarettes, alcohol (most notably Bollinger Champ...
Development
Absolutely Fabulous evolved from a French and Saunders sketch called "Modern Mother and Daughter" (from series 3episode 6), which starred Saunders as the mother, named Adrianna, and French as the daughter, named Saffron (as in the series). The sketch revolved around a middle-aged single mother who acted like a teenager and was reliant upon the emotional and financial support of her teenage daughter, who behaved like a middle-aged woman. It has no connection, other than the character's name, t...
Theme song
The theme song for Absolutely Fabulous is "This Wheel's on Fire", written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko and performed by Julie Driscoll and Saunders' Comic Strip fellow and later husband, Adrian Edmondson. The song was also sung by Marianne Faithfull and P. P. Arnold for the two-part special, "The Last Shout", in 1996. Hermine Demoriane sang the theme song with a French accent over the closing credits of the series 4 episode "Paris" in 2001. At the end of the series 1 episode "Birthday", Edina...
Conclusion
On 29 November 2016, Jennifer Saunders confirmed that she was "done" with Absolutely Fabulous and that it would not return to television for another series or specials, nor would a sequel to the film be made. Saunders said she wished to focus on new projects and spend more time with her family.Even so, in 2018, Saunders, when asked about the prospect of reviving the programme yet again, did not entirely dismiss it, saying "I am thinking at the moment of writing a little something. It has to b...
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1. Jennifer Saunders as Edina "Eddie" Monsoon 2. Joanna Lumley as Patricia "Patsy" Stone 3. Julia Sawalhaas Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon 4. Jane Horrocksas Bubble (and as Katy Grin in Series 4 and 5) 5. June Whitfieldas Mother
Recurring and guest
1. Christopher Ryanas Marshall Turtle 2. Mo Gaffneyas Bo Turtle (née Crysalis) 3. Christopher Malcolmas Justin 4. Naoko Morias Sarah 5. Helen Ledereras Catriona 6. Harriet Thorpeas Fleur 7. Gary Beadleas Oliver 8. Kathy Burkeas Magda 9. Miranda Richardsonas Bettina 10. Patrick Barlowas Max 11. Celia Imrieas Claudia Bing 12. Eleanor Bronas Patsy's Mother 13. Tilly Blackwood as Lady Candida De Denison-Bender 14. Antony Cottonas Damon 15. Felix Dexteras John Johnson
Special guests
Many celebrities, mainly British or American, appeared in the series, most of them as themselves. They include:
Europe
In Portugal, Ab Fab has been shown on RTP2. In Serbia, the first series was aired in 1998, through a network of local television stations. In 2004, the series was aired on B92, while in the Czech Republic, all episodes have been shown. In North Macedonia, all episodes have been shown several times on Sitel. In the Netherlands and Flanders, the series is popular, and it is still regularly re-broadcast by the VPRO and Canvas, respectively. In Sweden, all episodes were first broadcast by SVT, bu...
Australia/Oceania
In Australia, all series were initially shown on the ABC and on cable on UK.TV, and moved to The Comedy Channel in 2007. Repeats of the first three series were also shown on the Seven network. ABC continues to show it sporadically, including Christmas specials and occasional repeats of series five episodes. ABC2 also shows repeats of the show. As of 6–7 August 2016, the series was shown on Nine Network's sister channel 9Gem to promote the upcoming film adaptation. All five series were broadca...
North America
In the United States, Absolutely Fabulous premiered on 24 July 1994 on Comedy Central with a 12-episode marathon. Some public television stations have also broadcast it, but not as part of the PBS program offerings, BBC America, Oxygen Network, and as of 2011, Logo, a gay-oriented channel. In Canada, the programme has appeared on the BBC Canada, the CBC, The Comedy Network and VisionTV. In the United States in April 2021, the entire series is being included with Amazon’s Prime streaming servi...
Critical reception
Tim Gray of Variety magazine said that "Absolutely Fabulous, British sitcom about a rich, self-absorbed, falling-down-drunk woman, is not as funny as it intends to be, but it is absolutely unique, absolutely rude and absolutely politically incorrect". He also said that "AbFab offers no sense of justice, which may give viewers the heebie-jeebies, since Americans like to believe that the wicked, even if they are amusing, will get punished. But the characters are originals, and AbFabhas the cour...
Cultural impact
In 2000, Absolutely Fabulous was ranked as the 17th greatest British television show of all time by the British Film Institute (BFI). In 1997, the pilot episode, "Fashion", was ranked #47 on TV Guide's "100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time" list. A scene from the show was included in the TV's 100 Greatest Moments programme broadcast by Channel 4 in 1999. In 2004 and 2007, the show was ranked #24 and #29 on TV Guide's "Top Cult Shows Ever" list. In 2019, the series ranked #9 in Radio Times' top 2...
A proposed American remake that would have starred Carrie Fisher and Barbara Carrera was put into motion by Roseanne Barr but never materialised. However, Barr did incorporate many elements of the show into the ninth season of her eponymous show Roseanne, in which her character wins the lottery: Saunders and Lumley reprised their characters Edina a...
Absolutely Fabulous was initially released on VHS in the UK by BBC Video ending with the eight-VHS box set Series 1–4 in November 2002. In the United States, series 1 and 2 were released together on Laserdisc by CBS/FOX in a boxed set in 1995, followed by series 3, released by CBS/FOX the following year and "The Last Shout" released by Image Entert...
Absolutely Fabulous at BBC OnlineAbsolutely Fabulous at British Comedy GuideAbsolutely Fabulous at IMDbAbsolutely Fabulous at epguides.comJane Horrocks plays Bubble, Edina Monsoon's brainless personal assistant, in the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. The show, created by Jennifer Saunders, ran from 1992 to 2012 and featured Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha and June Whitfield.
Jane Horrocks is an English actress known for her roles in Absolutely Fabulous, The Witches and Little Voice. IMDb provides her biography, filmography, awards, trivia and quotes.
- January 18, 1964
Jane Horrocks stars as Little Voice, a shy singer who impersonates famous voices, in this 1998 British musical film. She received critical acclaim and several awards nominations for her performance.
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard is a British drama series that aired on BBC One in 2006. Produced by Kudos, it was written by Sally Wainwright and stars Jane Horrocks in the title role of a woman with no previous political experience who becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
