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 8:15am on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 1,232
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Kerry Howard talks about Keeping Up Appearances prequel
Having finished shooting the comedy last week, Kerry Howard admitted that she was aware that many fans of the original might be critical of the idea, but hopes that the public will enjoy it.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 6th May 2016John Lloyd critical of 'impertinent' sitcom remakes
Blackadder mastermind John Lloyd has insisted that his iconic sitcom will not follow the likes of Porridge, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and Are You Being Served? in being remade by the BBC.
Shaun Kitchener, The Daily Express, 21st March 2016The danger of constantly celebrating the past
Nostalgia. Easy promotability. A blend of old and new. Low risk. Lots of press. And a brand new half hour to be written by Clement and Frenais, writers of the near-perfect Porridge. What's not to like? As a consumer of comedy, I'm fine with all of the above obviously. As a writer of comedy, my feelings are slightly more mixed.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 14th March 2016Roy Clarke on the real life Hyacinth Buckets
Roy Clarke, the creator of Keeping Up Appearances, explains Hyacinth's enduring and global appeal...
Nick Webster, The Mirror, 18th February 2016Keeping Up Appearances is the BBC's most successful programme
BBC Worldwide has revealed that 25-year old sitcom Keeping Up Appearances is the show most bought in the last 40 years by international channels.
British Comedy Guide, 16th February 2016Why there's a bit of Hyacinth Bucket in all of us
In the week the BBC announced it was reviving Keeping Up Appearances, Debora Robertson celebrates the little bit of Hyacinth that blossoms in us all.
Debora Robertson, The Telegraph, 18th November 2015Keeping Up Appearances set to return as Young Hyacinth
BBC in talks to remake classic sitcom, with new version expected to chart the teenage travails of Hyacinth Bucket (sorry, Bouquet)
Patrick Foster, The Telegraph, 16th November 2015Keeping Up Appearances play hits Broadway
A stage adaptation of the BBC 1990s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, by series creator Roy Clarke, will receive its U.S. premiere next month in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church's Jones Auditorium in New York.
Andrew Gans, Playbill, 27th February 2015Patricia Routledge talks Hyacinth, KUA and comedy 101
As the great Patricia Routledge inches closer to her 83rd birthday on Friday, 17 February, I'm reminded of a point in time in the late 1990's that we had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interview Ms. Routledge for a salute to British comedy program for broadcast on public television in the States.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 9th February 2012Patricia Routledge: 'There's a fashion to speak badly'
What has tempted Patricia Routledge back on to the stage?
Laura Barnett, The Guardian, 1st November 2011