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Keeping Up Appearances. Image shows from L to R: Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), Richard Bucket (Clive Swift). Copyright: BBC
Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1990 - 1995
  • 44 episodes (5 series)

Suburban snob Hyacinth Bucket devotes her time to monitoring standards and attempting to impress influential people. Stars Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell, Josephine Tewson and more.

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Press clippings

Onslow's Telly Redux

In some episodes, I couldn't quite figure out exactly what Onslow was watching. And I feel duty-bound to document it. So, stand by to be bored and confused.

Dirty Feed, 3rd October 2024

"Oh, Nice!" - what's on Onslow's TV in Keeping Up Appearances?

OK, so my planned Summer hiatus really didn't work. To be fair, would you rather have a nice walk outdoors enjoying the sunshine, or spend your free time working out what is showing on Onslow's television in every single episode of Keeping Up Appearances?

Dirty Feed, 8th August 2024

TV comedy powerhouse Harold Snoad dies

Prolific comedy producer Harold Snoad has died at the age of 88. His credits include The Dick Emery Show, Keeping Up Appearances and Dad's Army.

British Comedy Guide, 5th June 2024

Pope Benedict XVI was a fan of Keeping Up Appearances

'Hello the Vatican residence!': Late Pope Benedict XVI was a 'big fan of '90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances and mimicked snobby Hyacinth Bucket's telephone catchphrase'.

Daily Mail, 14th January 2023

Keeping Up Appearances house still 'tourist attraction' 30 years on

Rosemary Healey has lived in the house for 45 years and spoke to CoventryLive about her time there.

Nick Smith, Coventry Telegraph, 14th January 2023

Where are the new classic sitcoms?

When The One Show recently ran a poll to find the best-loved BBC shows ever, half of the top programmes were sitcoms - but none was launched within the last 15 years. So where are the future classics?

Ian Youngs, BBC, 14th May 2022

More classic comedies coming to iPlayer

Classic comedies including The Young Ones, Blackadder, Mum, Rev. and 2point4 Children are being added to the BBC's iPlayer to help the Corporation celebrate its 100th year.

Chortle, 7th April 2022

Keeping Up Appearances slapped with content warning

Keeping Up ­Appearances has been hit with a content warning over a gay joke.

Viewers tuning into the show on BritBox are told that the family programme "contains ­language and ­attitudes of the era that may offend".

John Ward, Daily Star, 15th May 2021

The Top 10 British sitcoms of the 90s

The 1990s were a period of renewed confidence in the UK. The economy continued to boom and Blair's huge majority made 'Cool Britannia' a phenomenon. Oasis and Blur fought it out as most influential band, and the Spice Girls were everywhere. What a time to be alive! Sitcoms didn't disappoint either, and offered a rich variety.

Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 13th May 2019

Definitive guide to British comedy since Fawlty Towers

The British are coming, and they want to invade your television. With ... laughter.

Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21st November 2018

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