Keeping Up Appearances
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A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
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- ርልዪረJanuary 31, 2025I used to watch this on Sunday afternoons with my mum, we used to sit and laugh out loud at Hyacinth and her permanently stunned and bewildered circle of friends and family. Dear Emmet, he's very fond of her you know. The writing and acting is so good, every character is loveable regardless of their flaws. The 'keeping up appearances' seems to work on two levels. On the one hand, Hyacinth struggles to maintain social standing, and on the other, those around her don't seem to have the heart to burst her bubble. Hyacinth may be a snob, but she's no monster. She's kind-hearted and, despite the veneer of social status, there's a genuiness about her; she might like to pretend to Lydia Hawksworth that she owns a Rolls-Royce, but she'd never deliberately or maliciously tell a lie. Long-suffering Richard is her perfect foil and you really feel for him. Early retirement? Poor devil. Layabout Onslow, sex-starved Daisy and maneating Rose are equally loveable and believable. Poor Elizabeth lives in terror of coffee at eleven, and Emmet of being sung at. What makes it funny is that it finds its seam of humour in that peculiarly British trait of being too polite to say anything in the myriad awkward situations that arise. It looks at human flaws and frailties with warmth and compassion, never judging or criticising, just gently nudging and acknowledging them. Hard to believe it's almost thirty years since this show began. I still laugh out loud at it, decades later.
- Russel TaylorMay 8, 2026I love this show so much! It's consistently funny from one episode to the next. It is hard not to love all the characters. I enjoy just randomly picking an episode every once in a while and just seeing what escapades Hyacinth and Richard get up to. The episodes don't really need to be watched in order in order to enjoy them.
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Keeping Up Appearances has 5 seasons.
Keeping Up Appearances has 40 episodes.
The key characters in Keeping Up Appearances are Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), Richard Bucket (Clive Swift), Daisy (Judy Cornwell).
Keeping Up Appearances was directed by Harold Snoad.
Keeping Up Appearances was produced by Harold Snoad.
A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
Keeping Up Appearances is rated TV-PG.
Keeping Up Appearances is a Comedy show.
Keeping Up Appearances has an audience rating of 9.6 out of 10.
Keeping Up Appearances episodes are 30m long.
No, this show was canceled after 5 seasons.