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, Episode 3 repeated at 12:20pm on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 1,238
Press clippings
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 2023Keeping 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 2023Where 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 2022More 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 2022Keeping 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 2021The 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 2019Definitive 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 2018BBC Comedy Sitcom Signature Tunes
There is one element in the sitcom which is overlooked - the signature tune. Evocative 30 second sequences of tightly-composed music which set the tone for the half-hour which follows. Without you realising it, that signature tune embeds itself in your psyche. From now until the end of your life, that tune will be a shortcut to the time when that sitcom made the first and greatest impact on you.
Jon Jacob, BBC Blogs, 2nd September 2016Comedy reboots: never go back
If we want to wallow in nostalgia, let's have repeats rather than retreads.
Deborah Shrewsbury, The Custard TV, 11th July 201628 real life situations dealt by Hyacinth Bucket
As Kerry Howard prepares to take on the role of a young Hyacinth, we take a look at how Mrs Bucket's "executive" way of living could teach us all a thing or two, with 28 real life situations she could deal with perfectly.
Ash Percival, The Huffington Post, 28th June 2016