BBC box sets including Absolutely Fabulous, The Young Ones and Top Gear are heading to Sky after the pay-TV platform closed a licensing agreement with BBC Studios. The move will see hundreds of hours of BBC shows launch on Sky's on-demand service as well as its Now TV platform via BBC Studios' UKTV channel brands Gold…

Dame June Whitfield, best known for her role in Absolutely Fabulous, died at her home on Friday night, according to her agent. She was 93. Made an OBE in 1985 and given a damehood in 2017 for services to drama and entertainment, Whitfield had a long and varied show business career, including starring in 12 BBC Radio 4…

Ab Fab star Joanna Lumley has been set to receive the BAFTA Fellowship at the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards which will be held May 14 in London. This is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, television or games…

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific Brit producer Damian Jones has inked a two-year, first-look deal with Fox Searchlight for his DJ Films LTD banner. The deal cements the already close relationship between Jones and Fox Searchlight. The two are currently working together on the feature adaptation of classic comedy Brit TV series Abso…

As Deadline previously reported, Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders are re-teaming for a big screen adaptation of their classic TV comedy Absolutely Fabulous. The BBC and Fox Searchlight, who are co-financing and distributing, have released a first look image, which shows the girls toasting to the good life in their…

Absolutely Fabulous creator and co-star Jennifer Saunders plans to write a movie version of the BBC TV comedy. She hopes to pen the feature film next year once she has finished work on the Spice Girls London stage musical Viva Forever. BBC Films boss Christine Langan tells me: "I think she’s a genius. I can’t imagine…

Cult BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous will return with three new specials, co-produced by BBC America and Logo. The two U.S. networks have come on board the specials, currently in production in West London, which feature the original cast led by its two stars, Ab Fab creator Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley…