ofa conjure characters seemingly at the drop of a hat saw her become a foil for benny hill and frankie howard1970s she teamed up with her regular comedy partner, terry scott, in terry and june. hello, darling. i'm having awful trouble deciding what to give you tonight. well, you can start on an explanation. i'm talking about food. what about eating out? what about the garage? 0h, i'd much prefera restaurant. it was gentle, undemanding comedy, hugely popular, and ran for eight yea rs. but, to younger audiences, june whitfield will be best known as edina's mother in ab fab. inside of me, there is a thin person just screaming to get out. just the one, dear? and, even in old age, she continued to delight audiences on programmes like radio's news huddlines. a versatile and reliable performer to the end. and in a statement, shane allen, the controller of bbc comedy, paid tribute to the actress. the bbc producerjon plowman, who produced the first four series of absolutely fabulous, spoke to us in the last hour to pay tribute to dame june. she was wonderful. she was a very, very skilled actress. i me