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Keeping Up Appearances
A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
- Created by:
- Roy Clarke
- Cast:
- Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Judy Cornwell, Geoffrey Hughes
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- BBC One
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E01
Episode 1
★ 10.0The Father Christmas Suit
1991-12-25 · 30mHyacinth has bought Richard a Father Christmas outfit for him to wear when distributing gifts to the old people at the Church Hall. Against his will, Richard puts on the outfit, but after having one too many sherries with Emmett, he is unable to fulfil the deed, hence Elizabeth puts on the outfit and pretends to be Richard.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 9.2Sea Fever
1993-12-26 · 60mHyacinth and Richard prepare for their luxury stay on the QE2. Yet traffic, a muddy field and too much luggage result in a disastrous start to a holiday that only gets much worse for Hyacinth when she has reason to believe Onslow and Daisy have stowed-away and are also onboard the luxury cruise.
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E03
Episode 3
Angel Gabriel Blue
1994-12-25 · 49mHyacinth is in search for her dream kitchen while Richard has developed a fungus infection, not to his wife's approval. As a result, Hyacinth claims it is gout, a disease supposedly caught by "good living". Meanwhile Daddy has gone missing again and there is a stranger in his place.
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E04
Episode 4
Children In Need Special
1995-12-24 · 7mDaddy has died, just when Hyacinth is expecting people for a candlelight supper, finger buffet and a first showing of her holiday slides.
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E05
Episode 5
Historical Pageant
1995-12-25 · 30mHyacinth and Richard arrive at the Church hall as Hyacinth organises a Pageant based on the English Civil War, with herself as Queen Henrietta Maria and Richard as Charles I. However all of the volunteers supposedly taking part are unable to make it. At a last minute attempt to get the show off the ground, Hyacinth invites Onslow, Daisy and Rose along with Bruce and Violet to participate. Later in rehearsals however, Hyacinth falls foul of a stage accident.
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E06
Episode 6
Mr. Blobby meets Hyacinth Bucket
4mA clip from Noel's House Party where Mr. Blobby pays Hyacinth and Richard a visit.
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E07
Episode 7
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997-03-01 · 61mDaisy and Onslow find the secret diary of Hyacinth and start reading in it. The rest of this TV-special are clips from previous episodes.
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Comedy Connections - Keeping Up Appearances
2004-07-26 · 30mThe documentary series Comedy Connections featured an episode dedicated to Keeping Up Appearances. Stars Clive Swift, Josephine Tewson, Judy Cornwell and David Griffin, along with writer Roy Clarke and producer/director Harold Snoad, all discussed the series. Clips from an interview with Patricia Routledge from 2002 were also included. The episode revealed that there were serious artistic differences between Clarke and Snoad.
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Life Lessons from Onslow
2007-11-30 · 59mYou'll laugh too hard to take notes when Hyacinth's beer-drinking and philosophizing brother-in-law, Onslow, gives a lecture on successful human relationships, using examples from Keeping Up Appearances.
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Interview with Judy Cornwell
12mAn interview with Judy Cornwell
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Interview with Patricia Routledge
2007-11-30 · 15mAn interview with Patricia Routledge
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Pebble Mill Interview
2007-11-30 · 10mPebble Mill interviews Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift.
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The Kitty Monologues
19mFrom the character Kitty that Patricia Routledge played on Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV.
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Second Chance Short
2mExclusive UK commercial featuring Hyacinth and Elizabeth.
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Funny Women
30mProfile of Patricia Routledge
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Series 1 Outtakes
4mEpisode overview is not available yet.
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Series 2 Outtakes, pt1
3mEpisode overview is not available yet.
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Series 2 Outtakes, pt2
3mEpisode overview is not available yet.
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Series 3 Outtakes
5mEpisode overview is not available yet.
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Series 4 Outtakes
7mEpisode overview is not available yet.
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Series 5 Outtakes, pt1
2mEpisode overview is not available yet.
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Series 5 Outtakes, pt2
3mEpisode overview is not available yet.
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The History Of
Air date unavailableEpisode overview is not available yet.
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Hyacinth Revealed - Newly Recorded Interviews
37mNewly recorded interviews with Patricia Routledge, Roy Clarke and others.
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E25
Episode 25
Young Hyacinth
2016-09-02Long before she became Mrs Bucket, young Hyacinth was already dreaming of matching china and a bedroom in pastel shades. But her desperate attempts to transform her sisters and her darling Daddy into an altogether better class of family are not appreciated. Daisy goes around wearing Daddy's overalls, Rose has a new boyfriend every week and if Violet continues consorting with her married manager, she could be inches away from shame and destitution.
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Patricia Routledge
Hyacinth Bucket
Clive Swift
Richard Bucket
Judy Cornwell
Daisy
Geoffrey Hughes
Onslow
Josephine Tewson
Elizabeth 'Liz' Warden
David Griffin
Emmet
Mary Millar
Rose
