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In an effort to get Eddy to economise Saffy conspires with the family accountant to lead her to believe she is poor,so she instantly buys a smaller car - an expensive Alpha Romeo. Supermarket shopping for the first time with Patsy she gets tired of waiting and steals a crate of champagne and is later arrested for drunk driving. She and Patsy are arrested and taken to court where they are sentenced to community service in an old people's home.

We learn tha Eddie's full name is Edwina Margrette Rose Monsoon.

This episode was meant to air third, but the BBC changed the order at the last minute.

In a scene which turned into an outtake, Lumley races down the stairs holding four cigarettes in one hand, begging for a light. Saunders lights them, and Lumley smokes them all at once. Saunders asks, "Oh, no, Pats, not another no-smoking cab. They must see you coming these days." Launders says, "Bloody bastard asthmatic cab driver!" Saunders says, "Well, I hope you refused to pay him this time!" Lumley says casually, "It was on your account, Eds." Then, realizing, Lumley says, "Shit!" and Saunders turns away laughing. Knowing that the scene is blown, Lumley says to the camera, "They make me do this, 'cause I have to smoke just *packets* a day. I've actually given up smoking. So I find these lines very difficult." Saunders, knowing that Lumley has not quit smoking, replies, offhandedly, "It's good for you," and then, sweetly and slyly, "So perhaps you won't be around for the next series." Lumley opens her eyes and mouth wide, as if unbelieving that her best friend could say such a thing, then narrows her eyes, as though looking for a good come-back.

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    • Author: Weiehan
    "Poor" is the episode to wrap up some unfinished business that started in "Birthday." Ex-husbands Marshall and Justin took legal action, and Edina is no longer receiving alimony from them. Mrs. M. drops by to take inventory, and we learn she's gotten into a habit of stealing items from Edina's household. Saffy manages to get Edina to go into the office for a meeting with Edina's accountant. Patsy comes along to lend support. Bubble's at the office extra early (and mistakenly) due to a strike on the buses. Edina eventually gets fed up, and walks out of the meeting. Saffy seems to be having a mysterious nicotine fit when Justin daringly visits her at home. Harrods no longer delivers to the Monsoon household, so Edina and Patsy must go grocery shopping. Their hilarious confrontations and exploits lead them to an afternoon in court.
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    • Author: Neol
    Edina's full name is revealed as Edwina Margaret Rose Monsoon. It is highly likely that the names Margaret Rose were chosen because that was the full name of Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret (1930-2002), the younger sister of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (born 1926).

    The character Edina was supposedly born on 6 August 1960. Exactly three months earlier, on 6 May 1960, Princess Margaret married Anthony Armstrong-Jones in Westminster Abbey, London, England, the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television in the UK. The then 29-year-old princess was already well known to the British public and, indeed, overseas, and she was to many a very attractive woman. Princess Margaret was a colourful figure and the royal wedding captured the public imagination. There were probably a number of girls named Margaret Rose around this period.
  • Episode cast overview:
    Jennifer Saunders Jennifer Saunders - Edina
    Joanna Lumley Joanna Lumley - Patsy
    Julia Sawalha Julia Sawalha - Saffron
    Jane Horrocks Jane Horrocks - Bubble
    Mark Wing-Davey Mark Wing-Davey - Malcolm
    Christopher Malcolm Christopher Malcolm - Justin
    Miranda Forbes Miranda Forbes - Woman in Car
    Hugh Ross Hugh Ross - Judge
    Helena McCarthy Helena McCarthy - Old Woman
    June Whitfield June Whitfield - Mother
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