Editing Absolutely Fabulous (section)

==Premise==
Edina "Eddie" Monsoon (Saunders) and Patricia "Patsy" Stone (Lumley) are two high-powered career women on the London fashion scene. Eddie runs her own [[Public relations|PR]] firm, and Patsy holds a [[sinecure]] position at a top British fashion magazine.

The two women use their considerable financial resources to indulge in cigarettes, alcohol (most notably [[Bollinger|Bollinger Champagne]]) and [[Recreational drug use|recreational drugs]] and to chase the latest fads in an attempt to maintain their youth and recapture their glory days as [[Mod (subculture)|Mods]] in [[Swinging Sixties|swinging London]]. The partnership is driven mainly by Patsy, who is both [[codependency|co-dependent]] and an [[enabling|enabler]] to Eddie.

Their lifestyle inevitably leads to various personal crises, which are invariably resolved by Eddie's daughter, Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (Sawalha), whose constant involvement in their exploits has left her increasingly bitter and cynical.

Eddie's mother visits the home frequently to keep Saffy company and help her with the cooking and cleaning; Eddie and Mother, on the other hand, have a strained relationship, as they disagree on virtually everything and are rarely alone together.

Also recurring in their lives are Eddie's ex-husbands, Marshall and Justin (Saffy's father), and their respective new partners, the American [[hippie]] Bo and the acidic antique dealer Oliver.