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Keeping Up Appearances: Season 1

Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances: Season 1

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1990)
DVD
PG (Parental Guidance)
6430017008036
TV Series | Comedy
UK | English | Color | 03:00

Keeping Up Appearances was one of the best and most popular British sitcoms, or 'Britcoms,' of all time. Patricia Routledge played Hyacinth Bucket, a woman who pretended to be upper-class but wasn't. To side herself with Britain's top ten percent, Hyacinth insisted her surname be pronounced "bouquet." Her attention to cleanliness, candlelight suppers, and desire to sing gave pain to her husband Richard and her neighbors. Hyacinth, who once wrote a book of "Etiquette for the Socially Less-Fortunate," wanted to give her skills to anyone she met: the vicar, the postman, the milkman. She shuddered to think of her poor father, living in a run-down house with her sister Daisy and her bare-armed husband, Onslow. Generally, though, the likes of Daisy and Onslow would weigh out, while Hyacinth bowed out.


Episodes View details

1 Daddy's Accident 30 min | Oct 29, 1990

Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet), an overbearing hostess, is stunned when her less-than-well-off sisters Daisy and Rose inform her that their father has been taken to the hospital. Hyacinth is even more stunned however when she finds out why he was taken there.

2 The New Vicar 29 min | Nov 05, 1990

As Hyacinth prepares to have the new vicar over for tea, Rose threatens to commit suicide and their father runs off with a gypsy woman.

3 Stately Home 30 min | Nov 12, 1990

After an eventful visits at Daddy's, Hyacinth and Richard visit a stately home where they wait to catch a glimpse of the residing family. But Hyacinth's attempts to attract her ladyships eye are stifled when Daisy, Onslow and Rose turn up.

4 The Charity Shop 30 min | Nov 19, 1990

Hyacinth is distracted from her community service at the charity shop when Daisy informs her that there is a strange woman in Daddy's bedroom claiming to be his fiancé.

5 Daisy's Toyboy 29 min | Nov 26, 1990

Attempting to get Onslow's attention, Daisy picks up a toyboy who--with any luck--will make him jealous; meanwhile, Hyacinth forces Elizabeth and Richard to help her organize the setup of a function at the church hall.

6 The Christening 30 min | Dec 03, 1990

Daisy and Onslow's daughter Stephanie is having her baby christened. When her car breaks down, Hyacinth and Richard volunteer to go pick her up and bring her to the church, but they are unprepared for what awaits them.

Cast View all

Clive Swift Richard
Judy Cornwell Daisy
Geoffrey Hughes Onslow
Patricia Routledge Hyacinth
Josephine Tewson Elizabeth
Shirley Stelfox Rose
Leo Dolan The Postman
Jonny Lee Miller The Youth
Charmian May Councillor Mrs. Nugent
Norman Lovett Mr Duxbury
Jeremy Gittins Michael the Vicar
Gretchen Franklin Daddy's Fiancée
Denis Bond His Mate
Gerald Sim The Vicar
Bruce Alexander The Doctor
Peter Cellier The Major
Jeanne Mockford Mrs (Marjorie) East
Eileen Davies The Gypsy
Michael Bilton His Lordship
Eric Carte The Car Park Attendant
Richard Ashton The Hippie
Robert Rawles The Milkman
Pamela Abbott Lady at Church Hall
George Webb Daddy
Marion Barron The Vicar's Wife

Crew View all

Director Harold Snoad
Writer Roy Clarke
Producer Harold Snoad

Trailer

Edition details

Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 2
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Subtitles Danish | Finnish | Norwegian | Swedish
Regions Region 2