Editing Absolutely Fabulous (section)

==International broadcast==

=== 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 (Belgium)|Canvas]], respectively. In Sweden, all episodes were first broadcast by [[Sveriges Television|SVT]], but reruns have later appeared on other channels. In Germany, it was broadcast by the Franco-German TV network [[Arte]] and gay-oriented channel [[TIMM (TV)|TIMM]]. In France, before it was rerun on terrestrial TV arte, it was successively premiered on pay TV channel [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal +]], cable channel Jimmy, and is now broadcast on [[France 4]]. In Finland, the series was broadcast by [[YLE TV1]]. In Estonia, the series was broadcast by [[Eesti Televisioon|ETV]]. In Poland, two series were broadcast by [[Wizja Jeden]], later by TVP3, TVN7 and [[BBC Entertainment]].

=== Australia/Oceania ===
In Australia, all series were initially shown on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|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|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 broadcast in New Zealand on [[TVNZ]]. In India, all five series, including the specials, have been shown on BBC Entertainment.

=== North America ===
In the United States, ''Absolutely Fabulous'' premiered on 24 July 1994 on [[Comedy Central]] with a 12-episode marathon.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John J. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/22/arts/tv-weekend-more-acerbic-daffiness-in-a-series-from-the-bbc.html |title=TV WEEKEND; More Acerbic Daffiness in a Series From the BBC |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 July 1994 |at=sec. D, p. 17 |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608165305/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/22/arts/tv-weekend-more-acerbic-daffiness-in-a-series-from-the-bbc.html |archive-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kaye |first=Jeff |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-23-ca-19004-story.html |title='Absolutely Fabulous': Absolute Fright for the States? : Television: Comedy Central adopts a U.K. hit. Can Yanks take two aging hipsters who drink, smoke and shun being role models? |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=23 July 1994 |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608170214/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-23-ca-19004-story.html |archive-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> Some public television stations have also broadcast it, but not as part of the PBS program offerings, in addition to [[BBC America]], [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen Network]], and as of 2011, [[Logo (TV channel)|Logo]], a gay-oriented channel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hitfix.com/articles/complete-absolutely-fabulous-to-air-on-logo-tv |title=Complete 'Absolutely Fabulous' to air on Logo TV |date=24 March 2011 |website=[[HitFix]] |access-date=12 September 2011}}</ref> In Canada, the programme has appeared on the [[BBC Canada]], the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [[The Comedy Network]] and [[VisionTV]]. In the United States in April 2021, the entire series is being included with Amazon’s Prime streaming service; while listed slightly differently, e.g., ‘Season 5” adds the final three episodes from 2011 to the British series five from 2003 to 2004, all episodes are available with a Prime membership. It is also available on the [[Britbox]] streaming service.

=== Other ===
In Israel, some of the series was aired on [[Yes Plus]] and on [[BBC Entertainment]]. In Brazil, all episodes were aired on [[Eurochannel]] & [[Multishow]] in the late 90s & 2000s beginning, and in the 2010s at [[GNT]].