Bob Spiers

Basil Fawlty is an inept and manic English hotel owner and manager who isn't cut out for his job. He's intolerant, rude and paranoid. Chaos frequently breaks loose as Basil tries to run the hotel. He is constantly under verbal (and sometime physical) attack from his unhelpful wife Sybil, and hindered by the incompetent, but easy target, Manuel, the Spanish waiter. Fortunately he has an intelligent and attractive maid to help him out of the various...

Comedians Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders spoof a number of motion pictures and television programs.

After receiving news of her father's death, Edina takes the theme of transience to heart and decides to invest in some immortal works of art. Patsy is called in to help her find the right acquisitions, but Saffy is disgusted that her mother is more upset about putting on weight than the death of her own father.

A tiff between Eddy and Patsy leaves them both in search of a new best friend, while Eddy's minimalist friend from the '60s, Bettina, has become preoccupied by her new baby. How long will the fashion-obsessed, champagne-drinking pair survive without each other?

Eddy has become frustrated with the size of her bedroom and wants to expand it by knocking down the wall to Serge's room. While rummaging through his stuff she finds an adult magazine and realises that it's been a very long time since she had sex - so Patsy comes up with a plan.

Patsy shacks up with Edina after Saffy leaves for university, but the pair find it hard to survive alone. Everything gets significantly worse for Eddy when Lulu decides to join a more efficient American PR company, and when Patsy also gets some bad news they are faced with a major crossroads in their lives.

Eddy and Patsy decide to go their separate ways. Patsy flies to New York to try her hand as a magazine editor, while a lonely Eddy joins a commune in search of her real self and Gran is left at home to become addicted to the shopping channel. It's not long before both Eddy and Patsy realise that life just isn't the same without the other.

Eddy is contemplating ways to lose weight. The problem becomes critical when she hears she is going to be visited by her reed-like model friend from the 60s. Drastic measures are taken as Eddy embarks on an aggressive weight loss regime, which includes 's

Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy face a heavy day. Eddy is frantically preparing for her debut fashion show and trying to prove to her daughter, Saffron, that she can function without booze. Patsy, content for alcohol to remain a substitute for foo

Eddy's determination to make sure the decor in the new kitchen is perfectly coordinated takes her to New York in search of the perfect door handle. Saffy is not impressed, and to make matters worse Patsy wants her help interpreting a letter from the health authority.