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.
- Series 2, Christmas Special repeated at 6:30pm on BBC2
Streaming rank this week: 963
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.