Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom which ran on BBC1 from 1990 to 1995. It has developed a rather devoted cult following in North America as well, airing regularly on PBS stations. It revolves around the constant struggles of the protagonist Hyacinth Bucket—who pronounces her surname as Bouquet, although her husband always pronounced it "Bucket" before he married. Hyacinth gets very aggravated whenever someone "mispronounces" it. She always seeks to appear to be of a higher social class than she is. Episodes often feature her latest scheme to move up in life from her middle-class existence—for example her sophisticated "candlelight suppers"—getting foiled. She frequently attempts to outdo her neighbours as well.

Episode List

Season 1

• The Name is Bouquet: B-U-C-K-E-T
• Welcoming the Dishy Vicar
• Visiting an Acquaintance's Stately Home
• A Fate Worse Than Senility
• Our Daisy and Her Toy Boy
• How to Manage a Family Christening

Season 2

• A Strange Man
• Driving Mrs. Fortescue
• Candlelight Supper
• Hyacinth Tees Off
• Problems with Relatives
• Onslow's Birthday
• Singing For Emmet
• The Toy Store
• The Three-Piece Suite
• A Picnic for Daddy

Season 3

• Early Retirement
• Iron Age Remains
• Violet's Country Cottage
• How to Go on Holiday without Really Trying
• Richard's New Hobby
• The Art Exhibition
• What to Wear When Yachting

Season 4

• A Job For Richard
• Country Retreat
• A Celebrity For the Barbecue
• The Commodore
• Looking at Properties
• Please Mind Your Head
• Let There Be Light

Season 5

• The Senior Citizens' Outing
• The Fancy Dress Ball
• Hyacinth is Alarmed
• Riparian Entertainment
• Skis
• Country Estate Sale
• The Boy Friend
• A Barbecue at Violet's
• The Rolls Royce
• The Hostess

Specials

• A Very Merry Hyacinth
• Sea Fever
• Angel Gabriel Blue
• Historical Pageant