Still Ab Fab at 30, sweetie darling!

THE outfits aren't Lacroix, darling, and there's not a bottle of Bolly in sight.......

- Mike Parker

But, despite the lack of party atmosphere, the stars of hit sitcom Absolutely Fabulous appear to be enjoying much more normal lives as they celebrate a big anniversary.

Yesterday marked exactly 30 years to the day that Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley hit our screens as heavy drinking, drug-using, promiscuous PR agent Edina Monsoon and magazine fashion director Patsy Stone. At their side through the highs and lows was ditzy personal assistant Bubble, played by Jane Horrocks.