Keeping Up Appearances

Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'bouquet') goes to incredible lengths in her quest for perfection. In marked contrast to Hyacinth's meticulously ordered life, however, the rest of her family are as common as muck. Whatever Hyacinth does, her family can always be guaranteed to show her up.

Comedy
Year 1990-2002
7 Seasons

Hyacinth's social goals get the better of her again, including a stab at musicals.

Year: 1995

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E1 • The Senior Citizens' Outing
1. 28 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
To the vicar's dismay, Hyacinth volunteers to befriend a group of senior citizens on a day out. But she has taken on more than she can handle.
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E2 • The Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball
1. 28 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Hyacinth suddenly has a lot on her hands - attending the mayor's fancy dress ball and getting to know an important new neighbour.
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E3 • Hyacinth Is Alarmed
1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Hyacinth is in a sunny disposition, which mystifies Richard. The real horror of his situation dawns on him when he realises that he has forgotten their anniversary.
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E4 • A Riverside Picnic
1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
While walking by an idyllic riverbank with Richard, Hyacinth conceives one of her most ambitious plans: to hold a riverside picnic as graceful as one of her candlelight suppers.
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E5 • Skis
1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Hyacinth has decided that, instead of her usual gift to Richard of slippers, he should receive skis instead. Richard, however, has no intention of taking up the sport.
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E6 • Country Estate Sale
1. 28 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Richard is worried that Hyacinth's attendance at an exclusive auction is going to cost him a lot of money. However, he ends up with a very different problem.
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E7 • The Boy Friend
1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
When Hyacinth hears that Emmet is rehearsing a musical, she is beside herself. Unfortunately sorting out Daddy's antics has to take priority.
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E8 • A Barbecue At Violet's
1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Hyacinth still wants to join Emmet's production of The Boyfriend but, fortunately for him, other things have to take priority.
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E9 • The Rolls Royce
1. 28 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
When Hyacinth decides that a new car is in order, she aims rather higher than most people - much to Richard's horror.
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E10 • The Hostess
1. 28 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Hyacinth decides to share her undoubted experience of being a perfect hostess and advertises in the local paper.
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E11 • The Pageant
1. 29 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Plans to hold a Civil War pageant do not go as Hyacinth anticipated. Could it be remotely connected with the fact that she is organising it?