British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
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 trivia

The term "Hyacinth Bucket Syndrome" was coined during the late 2000s/early 2010s recession, referring to "the middle-class desire to keep pre-recessionary appearances at any case".

Source: Schott's Almanac 2010

No episode titles were publicised at the time of original broadcast. Those given in our guide are taken from British DVD releases.

A number of informal short Keeping Up Appearances sketches were recorded through the programme's run. In one, on Saturday night entertainment show Noel's House Party, Mr Blobby paid a visit to the Buckets.

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