Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you that she is a gracious hostess, a respected citizen, and a well-connected member of high society. If you don't believe that, just ask her best friend Elizabeth, held captive in Hyacinth's kitchen; or the postmen and neighbours who bristle at the sound of her voice; or Richard, her weary and compliant husband.
In fact, Hyacinth's reputation could be as perfect as her new lounge set, if not for her senile father's love of running wild in the nip. Oh, and she would prefer it if her brother-in-law was a sharper dresser. And that her husband was more ambitious. And that her sisters were more presentable. And do take your shoes off before you come in the house, dear. Mind that you don't brush against the wallpaper.
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0x01 The Father Christmas Suit
25 December, 1991 9:00 pm
Hyacinth 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.
0x02 Sea Fever
26 December, 1993 9:00 pm
Hyacinth 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.
0x03 Angel Gabriel Blue
25 December, 1994 9:00 pm
Hyacinth 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
0x04 Historical Pageant
25 December, 1995 9:00 pm
Hyacinth 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.
0x05 The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
01 March, 1997 9:00 pm
Daisy and Onslow find the secret diary of Hyacinth and start reading in it. The rest of this TV special are clips from previous episodes.
0x06 Life Lessons from Onslow
30 November, 2007 9:00 pm
You'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.
0x08 Interview with Patricia Routledge
30 November, 2007 9:00 pm
An interview with Patricia Routledge
0x09 Comedy Connections - Keeping Up Appearances
26 July, 2004 9:00 pm
The 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.
0x10 Pebble Mill Interview
30 November, 2007 9:00 pm
Pebble Mill interviews Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift
0x11 The Kitty Monologues
01 January, 1970 9:00 pm
0x12 Second Chance Shorts
01 January, 1970 9:00 pm
0x13 Funny Women
01 January, 1970 9:00 pm
0x15 Outtakes 2
01 January, 1970 9:00 pm
0x16 Outtakes 3
01 January, 1970 9:00 pm
0x19 Outtakes 6
01 January, 1970 9:00 pm
0x20 Outtakes 7
01 January, 1970 9:00 pm
0x22 Young Hyacinth
02 September, 2016 9:00 pm
Set in the late 1950s, a young Hyacinth will be seen desperately trying to force her family to climb the social ladder.
0x23 The History of
01 January, 1970 9:00 pm
0x25 Hyacinth Revealed - Newly Recorded Interviews
01 January, 1970 9:00 pm
0x26 Mr. Blobby meets Hyacinth Bucket
01 January, 1970 9:00 pm
A clip from the Noel's House Party David Gower Gotcha episode where Mr Blobby meets Hyacinth Bucket on Keeping Up Appearances.
0x27 Keeping Up Appearances: 30 Years Of Laughs
14 January, 2023 9:00 pm
Documentary paying tribute to the iconic 1990s' BBC comedy Keeping Up Appearances. Features Patricia Routledge, Judy Cornwell, Jeremy Gittins and David Janson.
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