Keeping Up Appearances

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Keeping Up Appearances is a British television sitcom centered on the snobbish and socially aspirational Hyacinth Bucket, whose obsessive efforts to project refinement lead to a series of comedic mishaps.

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Hyacinth Bucket 0
Richard Bucket 0
Rose 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television sitcom
fictional character
catchphrase It’s Bouquet, not Bucket
characterRole Hyacinth’s husband
protagonist
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Roy Clarke NERFINISHED
distribution BBC Worldwide NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Coventry NERFINISHED
Warwickshire NERFINISHED
finalAired 1995
firstAired 1990
genre sitcom
hasCharacter Daisy NERFINISHED
Elizabeth Warden NERFINISHED
Onslow NERFINISHED
Richard Bucket NERFINISHED
Rose NERFINISHED
hasHomeMediaRelease DVD
VHS
hasInternationalBroadcast Australia NERFINISHED
Canada NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
hasMainCharacter Hyacinth Bucket NERFINISHED
hasSpecialEpisode Christmas special
mainTheme middle-class snobbery
social class pretensions
notableElement Hyacinth’s attempts to appear refined
notableTrait snobbish
socially aspirational
numberOfEpisodes 44
numberOfSeries 5
originalLanguage English
originallyBroadcastBy BBC NERFINISHED
originalNetwork BBC One
portrayedBy Clive Swift NERFINISHED
Geoffrey Hughes NERFINISHED
Josephine Tewson NERFINISHED
Judy Cornwell NERFINISHED
Mary Millar NERFINISHED
Patricia Routledge NERFINISHED
Shirley Stelfox NERFINISHED
productionCompany BBC
setting English suburb
writer Roy Clarke NERFINISHED

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Roy Clarke notableWork Keeping Up Appearances
Roy Clarke creatorOf Keeping Up Appearances
Clive Swift notableWork Keeping Up Appearances
Clive Swift appearedIn Keeping Up Appearances
Lucy Aston notableWork Keeping Up Appearances