Alternate versions

Scenes from the episodes "Door Handle" and "The End" that were omitted and featured in an outtake special:

From "Door Handle":

• An extended sequence of Patsy in the car after she gets a breast-check from Saffy. She says to Eddy "You know, that bitch daughter of yours really does know a thing or two." They then go on to talk about "mamoliograms."
• An extended version of the scene where Eddy and Patsy arrive at the airport. Patsy is stoned and feels sad because she thinks that their plane is leaving without them (she's looking at a statue of a 747 taking off).
• On board the plane, Eddy complains because there's no curtain to separate first class from coach.
• In New York, a group of transvestite prostitutes mistake Patsy for one of them and ask where her she buys her clothes (this scene was edited into "The End")
• In New York, Eddy and Patsy go to a rug store, where Patsy gets stuck in one of the displays.

From "The End":

• Old Patsy asking Saffy's daughter for Vodka.
• There's an alternate take of the old Eddy and Patsy leaving Saffy's house. They both come shuffling out the door and Patsy says "Well, we're not dead... yet."

In the episode "Death", when Edina is having a midnight snack, she quotes lyrics from a Madonna song to Saffy. This scene was included on the initial TV broadcast of the show, but has been removed from many DVD versions of the series due to copyright problems.

The road rage incident in Episode #2.05 "Poor" was cut in some BBC2 re-runs, as the BBC did not want to encourage road rage.

The shot of Eddie snorting cocaine to wake up in the morning (looking in the mirror) in episode #3.01 "Door Handle" was taken out after the first run of the show and was left out for syndication. It was later put back in the DVD releases.

Episode #3.03 "Sex" was deemed "too adult" for the BBC, and wasn't allowed to air until the nudity was faded out. Since the first showing, the BBC has lightened up, and the episode aired the full version in 2000.

The majority of the sex stuff in episode #4.02 "Fish Farm" was cut out from the original version, and even more from the Comedy Central version. The full version was put on the AbFab Season 4 DVD.

Title song "Wheels on Fire" was performed by Deborah Harry in the 5th series in the UK only. Due to licensing rights, the song is replaced with a non-vocal version for US release. The Debbie Harry version was put back into the show for the reruns on Oxygen.

A few scenes were omitted from US versions of episode #5.05 "Birthin'" that revolved around Katey Grin's "Chicago" antics. The full versions have only been seen in the U.K, and weren't even put in the DVD set.