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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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Keeping Up Appearances. Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) TV

Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

Documentary paying tribute to the iconic 1990s' BBC comedy Keeping Up Appearances.

Roy Clarke Remembers... Keeping Up Appearances. Roy Clarke TV

Roy Clarke Remembers... Keeping Up Appearances

Roy Clarke tells the story of his classic sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.

Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers... Keeping Up Appearances. Patricia Routledge TV

Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers... Keeping Up Appearances

Dame Patricia Routledge looks back at the character of Hyacinth Bucket.

Young Hyacinth. Hyacinth (Kerry Howard). Copyright: BBC TV

Young Hyacinth

Keeping Up Appearances prequel set in the 1950s.

Waiting For God. Image shows from L to R: Diana Trent (Stephanie Cole), Tom Ballard (Graham Crowden). Copyright: BBC TV

Waiting For God

Sitcom about two elderly delinquents determined to grow old disgracefully at the Bayview Retirement Home.

Dear Ladies. Image shows from L to R: Dame Hilda Bracket (Patrick Fyffe), Dr Evadne Hinge (George Logan). Copyright: BBC TV

Dear Ladies

Quirky sitcom starring Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket, spinster friends who reside in the picturesque village of Stackton Tressel.

Mann's Best Friends. Image shows from L to R: Henry Mann (Barry Stanton), Hamish James Ordway (Fulton Mackay), Dolly Delights (Patricia Brake). Copyright: Thames Television TV

Mann's Best Friends

Comedy about the misfit residents of a lodging house, their landlord, and the ex-water board official who moves in to try to bring some order.

Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Walter C. 'Foggy' Dewhurst (Brian Wilde), William 'Compo' Simmonite (Bill Owen), Norman Clegg (Peter Sallis). Copyright: BBC TV

Last Of The Summer Wine

Gentle sitcom following a group of pensioners living in Yorkshire. This show was Britain's longest-running TV sitcom.

First Of The Summer Wine. Copyright: BBC TV

First Of The Summer Wine

A prequel to Last Of The Summer Wine, focusing on the youthful adventures of the principal characters.

Semi Circles Radio

Semi Circles

A couple attempt to climb up the social ladder.

Meet The Wife. Image shows from L to R: Thora Blacklock (Thora Hird), Freddie Blacklock (Freddie Frinton). Copyright: BBC TV

Meet The Wife

Domestic sitcom following working-class northern couple Freddie and Thora Blacklock, a plumber and proud housewife.

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