Keeping Up Appearances
TV Show • 1990
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Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. Centred on the life of eccentric, social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket, the sitcom follows her obsessive and determined attempts to impress in middle class society and portray herself as more affluent than she truly is.
The show stars Patricia Routledge, who received two BAFTA nominations for her performance as Hyacinth. Broadcast between 1990 and 1995 on BBC One, the sitcom spawned five series and 44 episodes—4 of which are Christmas specials. Keeping Up Appearances was a great success in the UK and also captivated a large audience in the US, Canada, and Australia, but production ceased in 1995 when Routledge wanted to move on to other projects. Since its original release, all five series—including Christmas specials—are available on DVD. In 2004, the sitcom was ranked 12th in the countdown of Britain's Best Sitcom. It is regularly repeated worldwide.
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In every episode, arguably. Richard is the Henpecked Husband trope personified, and it’s played for laughs. Hyacinth also has a sister who is in a toxic-both-ways relationship (the sister is the one HB always talks about having a large house “with room for a pony”). And that relationship is played for laughs, too.
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Caterpillar in opening credits.
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Hyacinth is sexually assaulted in 2 episodes by the Major.
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In one episode, I forget which one, Hyacinth’s father is said and implied to have a condition affecting his genetalia. We don’t see anything but Hyacinth did.
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Daddy believes there's a ghost in his room. It turns out to be a woman he forgot he brought home.
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No but in at least one episode Hyacinth’s sister Rose has suicidal thoughts and goes around dressed in black saying she’s “in mourning for herself”. It’s played for laughs. Honestly a lot of things in this show are played for laughs despite being things that aren’t really funny and are actually harmful irl.
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