Keeping Up Appearances
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Clive Swift | Richard |
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Judy Cornwell | Daisy |
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Geoffrey Hughes | Onslow |
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Patricia Routledge | Hyacinth |
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Josephine Tewson | Elizabeth |
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Shirley Stelfox | Rose |
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Leo Dolan | The Postman |
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Jonny Lee Miller | The Youth |
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Charmian May | Councillor Mrs. Nugent |
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Norman Lovett | Mr Duxbury |
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Jeremy Gittins | Michael the Vicar |
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Gretchen Franklin | Daddy's Fiancée |
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Denis Bond | His Mate |
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Gerald Sim | The Vicar |
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Bruce Alexander | The Doctor |
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Peter Cellier | The Major |
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Jeanne Mockford | Mrs (Marjorie) East |
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Eileen Davies | The Gypsy |
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Michael Bilton | His Lordship |
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Eric Carte | The Car Park Attendant |
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Richard Ashton | The Hippie |
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Robert Rawles | The Milkman |
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Pamela Abbott | Lady at Church Hall |
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George Webb | Daddy |
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Marion Barron | The Vicar's Wife |
| Director | Harold Snoad |
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| Writer | Roy Clarke | |
| Producer | Harold Snoad | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Standaard (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Mono [Engels] |
| Subtitles | Engels | Nederlands |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Sep 13, 2006 |
| Regions | Regio 2 |
| Location | TV - Comedy |
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| Watched | |
| Index | 1048 |
| Added Date | Nov 17, 2019 13:01:09 |
| Modified Date | Jan 10, 2026 16:11:57 |