when did ab fab start

June 27, 2026 • 1 min read

“Ab Fab” – short for Absolutely Fabulous – first aired as a full television sitcom on 12 November 1992 on BBC One in the UK.

Quick Scoop

The series grew out of the 1990 “Modern Mother and Daughter” sketch on the show French and Saunders , created by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French.

After that sketch’s success, the concept was expanded into Absolutely Fabulous , with the title and characters reworked into a full sitcom that launched in late 1992.

The show quickly picked up the nickname Abfab or Ab Fab in British media and fan communities during its early 1990s run.

In short: if you’re asking “when did Ab Fab start?”, the original TV series started on 12 November 1992 on the BBC.

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