Absolutely Fabulous

Patsy's new job is not what she was expecting and Eddie turns up in New York where she meets her on the top of a building in a helicopter before heading back to London. There is also a sneak peek at them in 25 years time.

Edina's weight problem becomes critical when she hears she is going to be visited by her reed-like model friend from the 60s. When her doctor refuses to give her diet pills, best friend Patsy has some simple advice: 'liposuction on the stomach and hips, bum lift, boob job and lose a rib'.

Edina and Patsy head to Provence on holiday, but things do not go as expected. Bubble and Saffron come to their rescue.

Edina tries out the latest "in" experience: the immersion tank. It's just the first in a string of bizarre events - she also attends an open day at Saffron's school and adopts some Romanian babies.

Patsy decides to do a TV makeover show, but disaster strikes when she falls out with the models. Will Saffy agree to take part and save the day?

Edina turns 40 - and she's not happy about it! But Saffy organises a birthday lunch with Eddy's exes and their new partners to celebrate the occasion.

Patsy becomes the centre of tabloid attention when news breaks of her relationship with an MP. Eddy goes to hospital suffering from pain in her toe. Patsy has a face-lift that goes terribly wrong.

Edina's father has died and Saffron tries, amidst the usual chaos, to organise a funeral.

Patsy plans to go to Marrakech for a photo shoot. She's joined by Edina, who spies an opportunity for her current project, and Saffy, who wants to learn more about the indigenous population.

Patsy gets jealous when an old friend of Edina's brings her family to stay. The duo compete with each other to make a famous person their friend.

Edina is forced to make economies when her ex-husband, Justin, stops paying her alimony.

Patsy sets fire to the kitchen. Later, Edina, Patsy and Saffy get locked in the living room and begin to remember their time in the womb and relive the experience of birth.

Having burnt down Edina's kitchen, Patsy and Edina set out to find the perfect door handle - in New York. While they're there, Patsy persuades Edina to go in for body piercing.

It's New Year's Eve and Edina and Patsy are awaiting the arrival of Patsy's long-lost sister, Jackie, so that they can go clubbing. But their plans are thwarted and Saffy's quiet night in with Dad, Gran and Sarah is ruined.

After a copy of Razzle is discovered in Serge's old bedroom, the conversation turns to sex, and Patsy persuades Edina to host an orgy. Meanwhile, Saffy and her friends plan a genetics lecture.

Edina seems set to sweep the board at the imminent PR awards - especially as she has paid for them - but her rival has other ideas. Meanwhile, Saffy enjoys a romance with her psychology lecturer.

Saffy moves out, so Patsy moves in - but can her friendship with Edina take the strain? Eddy teams up with a US PR agency to retain top client Lulu, and Patsy is offered a job in New York.

Edina heads to a retreat to find herself, while Patsy goes to work in New York. With Saffy away at university, only Mother remains in the house, alone with the Shopping Channel. Will the gang ever meet up again?

Patsy has had injections to freeze her wrinkles, and persuades Edina to undergo the same procedure before her planned appearance on This Morning. Saffy wants to get a job so that she can leave home.

Edina rocks out with Marilyn Manson and makes a move on an aristocratic gardener. Meanwhile, Mother makes it in the movies.

Patsy and Eddy go on a photo shoot to Paris for a 'generation flex' feature in which old and young mingle. Patsy teams up with supermodel Erin O'Connor and Eddy reluctantly teams up with Saffy.

Eddy goes on a detox diet in a desperate attempt to lose weight. Saffy gets picked up by an old schoolfriend. Patsy tries life without a fringe.

Saffy's first play, based on her life, is due to open at a small theatre, but Edina and Bubble plot to get it cancelled. Meanwhile, Justin, Marshall and Bo arrive to offer moral support.

Edina's company is losing clients to her rival, Claudia Bing, and Patsy seems to be going through the menopause.

Edina is still trying to lose weight while also attempting to properly train Bubble as her PA. However Mother lets it slip that Eddy's long lost son Serge is not studying at the bottom of the ocean, but living in the party capital of America - New York.

Saffy is in Iraq and, in her absence, Edina's house and career are in a mess. Saffy returns with big news.

When Edina starts having nightmares about becoming a grandmother, she and Patsy decide to focus instead on their celebrity book club. Saffy invites John, the father of her child, over to the house in an attempt to tell him the big news.

Edina is thrilled by the newest addition to her house - a panic room fully stocked with champagne, toilet paper and a surveillance system. Patsy is busy impressing Hollywood actress Minnie Driver.

Edina and Patsy take up rural pursuits in an attempt to infiltrate the gentry but, to their distress, discover that money can't buy everything. Back at home, Saffy throws a baby shower with friends Emma Bunton and Sarah. Sarah develops an unhealthy obsession towards Emma.

As Saffy prepares to give birth, Patsy's plans to host the prestigious Style Awards are dashed by an unexpected arrival. Bo, Marshall and Justin add to the chaos.

Edina's new boyfriend is the proud owner of some lost Beatles tapes. Eddy agrees to lay on an industry party to play the tapes to a select group of producers. Plans of wedding bells and success are shattered.

While Saffy and John head off for a romantic day together, Patsy and Edina babysit Jane, taking her to a glamorous photo shoot with Jean Paul Gaultier. All seems to have gone to plan - until Eddy brings baby Jane back home.

Edina plans her first family Christmas. Meanwhile, Patsy is traumatised by the arrival of her sister Jackie.