I love the TV show, and if you make a bad movie it means you've soiled it. Just like if we made an advert. We were offered so many times and I'd say, look, this is the good thing, and you can't compromise that, because then you compromise the integrity of the characters.

Fairy
1993: French and Saunders Live (V). (28 episodes 1982–1998)
1982: The Young Ones.

She received worldwide acclaim through the early to mid-1990s with her sitcom Absolutely Fabulous writing and playing the lead role of Edina Monsoon. She has won three BAFTAs (including the Bafta Fellowship) an International Emmy Award a British Comedy Award a Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival Award two Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards and a People's Choice Award.