It 's official , darling – the stars of hit BBC show Absolutely Fabulous are set to reunite for a film . Jennifer Saunders , who wrote and starred in the series , confirmed yesterday the cast will begin filming in the autumn . She revealed that Joanna Lumley , who plays Patsy in the comedy ( pictured with Saunders ) had told her to ‘ do it before we die ’ and she was spurred on to finish the script by a £10,000 bet with Dawn French . Jennifer Saunders ( left ) and Joanna Lumley ( right ) are set to reunite for a film of Absolutely Fabulous . The film will be based in London , with some scenes in the south of France , or in the Bahamas if the budget allows . Saunders , 56 , who plays immature Edina , told ITV ’ s Loose Women that she had been 'nervous ' about writing the film script . She said : ‘ I think that ’ s why I didn ’ t do it for a while . I thought , wouldn ’ t it be awful if it was awful but now we ’ re all so old , Joanna said to me “ Do it before we die ! ” We ’ re all on the brink. ’ When pushed for details about the film ’ s plot , she said : ‘ There is a plot and that ’ s the miracle ! ‘ It involves all the main characters and virtually everyone that ’ s ever been in the series , all those characters , and we ’ re in London and sometimes we might go to the South of France , I ’ m hoping . ' I ’ m waiting for the budget ! It could be anywhere – if it ’ s a big budget it will be the Bahamas ! ’ The film will be based in London , with some scenes in the south of France , or in the Bahamas if the budget allows . Jennifer Saunders plays Edina Monsoon while Lumley plays Patsy Stone . Miss Saunders said she was hurried along to finish to script because of a bet with Dawn French , 57 . She said : ‘ Dawn bet me on live radio a year and a half ago , that if I didn ’ t write it that year , I ’ d have to pay her £10,000 , which was a good kind of motivator and I just got it in on time . New Years Eve I gave it to her. ’ The award-winning comedy is set in the world of fashion and PR . Jennifer Saunders plays immature and fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and Julia Sawalha stars as her sensible daughter Saffron .
Cast will become filming in Bahamas , France and London in the autumn . Saunders spurred on to write script after £10,000 bet with Dawn French . 56-year-old , who plays Edina , said Joanna Lumley wanted to 'do it before we die '