Joanna still Ab Fab

beFore she took to the Silk road on itV this week, some wondered how Joanna Lumley, now 72, would manage the gruelling 7,000-mile journey from Venice to China.

She was, as always, sublime. From Purdey in the new avengers back in the Seventies to ab Fab’s Patsy in the nineties, we’ve remained entranced by her.

Forget tV ageism. if you’re fabulous, we can’t get enough of you — even in your 70s.