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Joanna Lumley: How to be an Icon

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Oh darling ,sweetie ,darling we're talking about the national treasure Joanna Lumley! You don't have to be posh to be Privileged but we're privileged to be talking about such an icon, from her career in modelling to her big break in James Bond, becoming the talk of the Rovers Returns when she became the love interest of Ken Barlow in Coronation Street, getting her big break as the right hand woman for international man of mystery John Steed in The New Avengers and being cast as the glamour icon Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous! She also got to smooch Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street (and what's more iconic then that!) So grab yourself a bottle of Bolly darling and enjoy our Absolutely Fabulous podcast all about Joanna Lumley!




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