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"Keeping Up Appearances: Best of Series 1" is a classic British sitcom that follows the life of Hyacinth Bucket, a snobbish housewife who will stop at nothing to maintain a facade of middle-class respectability. With her long-suffering husband Richard by her side, Hyacinth navigates a complex web of social relationships, often with hilarious results.
The show expertly explores themes of social class, identity, and relationships, showcasing Hyacinth's antics as she tries to outdo her neighbors and acquaintances. Her family members, including sisters Rose and Daisy, and brother-in-law Onslow, frequently undermine her efforts, adding to the comedic chaos.
This collection of episodes from Series 1 showcases some of the best moments from the show, highlighting Hyacinth's eccentricities and Richard's exasperation. With its witty dialogue and relatable characters, "Keeping Up Appearances" remains a beloved comedy classic ¹.
The show expertly explores themes of social class, identity, and relationships, showcasing Hyacinth's antics as she tries to outdo her neighbors and acquaintances. Her family members, including sisters Rose and Daisy, and brother-in-law Onslow, frequently undermine her efforts, adding to the comedic chaos.
This collection of episodes from Series 1 showcases some of the best moments from the show, highlighting Hyacinth's eccentricities and Richard's exasperation. With its witty dialogue and relatable characters, "Keeping Up Appearances" remains a beloved comedy classic ¹.
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00:00you're new only round here lady have you nothing for this address sorry I'd be
00:13greatly obliged if you'd make quite sure there's usually something for a mrs.
00:21Richard bouquet how do you spell bouquet b-u-c-k-e-t oh bucket well I'm sorry lady
00:41there's nothing here for bouquet and yet you have something for next door I find
00:48that very strange I can't help that lady but people will tell you it's common
00:54knowledge I received more mail than these next door there must be a card from my
01:01sister in Tenerife she's back home of course but we're still waiting for the
01:05card anything wrong Hyacin he's mislaid my letters at the sorting office this would
01:12never have happened with my former postman you will remember Elizabeth that you're
01:20invited this evening to my candlelight supper it's engraved on my mind Hyacinth
01:27telephone dear you want it on the phone I think it's urgent I'm not offering an
01:32opinion that's what she said don't shout in that excitable manner outdoors Richard I don't like you getting excited outdoors
01:39morning Major by God woman you can drive a man mad looking so attractive so early in the day
01:52you'll not forget my little candlelight supper this evening 1930 hours I'll be there you mix you can always tell
02:08breeding
02:15it's urgent it's about your father
02:19we're going to have to emulsion this ceiling we've just done it it's not a fit ceiling to bring a major under
02:28sister Daisy she's not coming as shit
02:35it's okay
02:37how are you feeling mr. Oxley
02:42better than him
02:44daddy
02:46I'm afraid he won't be aware of very much mrs. Bucket
02:51okay he's quite comfortable but heavily sedated
02:54oh daddy
02:58should he be at a ward with a person who wears his hat in bed
03:02I'll leave you with your father
03:04doctor
03:05what condition was my father in when he was admitted
03:08drunk as a skunk
03:09I expect he was flushed from excessive cycling can you describe what he was wearing doctor
03:20very quickly very little really be honest nothing at all
03:26there must be some mistake
03:28yes that's what I thought it was quite a chilly evening
03:31he'd been in the canal
03:34he was that blustered he wobbled off into the canal
03:38well that explains it
03:40my father was cycling along the canal when he saw someone in distress
03:44so he removed his outer garments and dived in to save them
03:48oh
03:52very commendable
03:54he must remove more than his outer garments mrs. Bucket
03:58bouquet
04:00when it was pulled out he was absolutely naked
04:03pollution
04:05I mean what he'd been wearing was obviously dissolved by the pollution
04:09if you'll excuse me I must attend to my other patient
04:12why is he sedated after such a plucky act
04:15well he was highly excited and then of course there was the injury
04:19from the milk bottle
04:21where is the injury
04:23you may tell me the worst
04:25I demand to be shown the extent of his injuries
04:29very well
04:32my name is bouquet
04:33b-u-c-k-e-t
04:47no it's not bucket it's bouquet
04:49I wish to place a large order a very important order
05:04I have the new vicar calling this afternoon for tea and light refreshments
05:08so how soon can you deliver
05:11yes I know it's Saturday and I'm very happy that you're busy
05:17I can understand that you don't deliver just anywhere but as I say I do have the new vicar coming for tea and light refreshments
05:23and I want six fresh cream cakes
05:30that is a large order
05:34hello hello
05:40I wish you wouldn't raise your arms like that Richard not when you're overheated it's very common out of doors
05:58warm work hasn't
06:01warm work hasn't
06:02if you have to perspire we should go into the back garden
06:06so you don't disturb people who respect us socially
06:09I didn't invent the human cooling system
06:13we mustn't abuse it must we dear
06:16why are my roses not as big as those next door
06:23maybe they're a different variety
06:26I don't like our roses not being as big as those next door
06:31are you neglecting them Richard?
06:33I wanted the vicar to be greeted by a blaze of petal glory
06:38this type only grows to this size
06:42I'm sure if you tried harder
06:44I keep thinking you're out here growing these huge roses
06:48and all the time I suppose you're gossiping with passers by
06:51it's funny you should say that
06:53do you know who passed by earlier this morning?
06:55my goodness is that a dead leaf?
06:58why are you collecting old dead leaves Richard?
07:02I'm gonna corner the market
07:04entire world market
07:06they're gonna be begging me for old dead leaves
07:10you can't just burst in they're having tea and light refreshments
07:22you can't begrudge a person a vicar when they're on the brink of the grave
07:26you're not on the brink rose you've hardly set foot in the cemetery
07:29have you any idea of the love I bear for Mr. Heppelweiss?
07:34you're dropping petals on my lacquered wood block
07:36this is the last time I shall inconvenience you
07:41don't try and stop me
07:43it's cruel to ask me to live with a broken heart
07:46rose
07:49he's very young
07:51you never said he was young
07:53what's very wicked of you Hyacin?
07:55rose
07:56keeping him all to yourself
07:57rose
07:59the bouquet residence the lady of the house speak
08:05oh Sheridan how wonderful to hear your voice dear
08:10what a close psychic bond between you and I
08:14fifty pounds
08:16why do you need fifty pounds dear?
08:19why do you want curtain material?
08:22a flat whose flat?
08:24Sheridan you're not moving in with some designing female
08:28oh it's not a girls flat it's a boys flat
08:32and you're making your own curtains
08:35how inventive you
08:37your friend always makes his own curtains
08:40sorry Dickie
08:45don't worry
08:47he shouldn't be muttering things like that Onslow
08:52not with a vicar in the vicinity
08:54by all means send me a sample of his embroidery
08:59it's a lifeline finding someone you can confide in
09:03rose
09:04what a pity you don't do confession
09:06rose
09:07you could have a ball with mine
09:08rose
09:09rose
09:10where are you going with the vicar?
09:11Sheridan dear
09:12hold just a moment
09:13I'm sure she's not hurt you
09:14she doesn't need a shoulder to cry on
09:16she didn't look as though she was about to cry to me
09:19she was doing everything but bite his neck
09:21she's very emotional dear
09:23think of it as a hormone imbalance
09:26we do
09:29we always think of it as a hormone imbalance
09:32not the kind of the vicar
09:34he may have saved my sister from a desperate act
09:37where's my husband?
09:38which way did he go?
09:39where's my husband?
09:44now we can go the Langley way or through Richard
09:47which way would you like to go?
09:51I wish you wouldn't leave everything to me Richard
09:56alright I'll take the B road and we'll go the Langley way
10:05I'd much rather we went the Ridley way
10:09on second thoughts I think we'll go the Ridley way
10:12I'll turn round in the garage
10:14you know I really ought to visit Daddy first
10:27turn left for Daddy
10:34on reflection I think it'd be better to go and see Daddy on the way back
10:37going round
10:48no my conscience is pricking me
10:50I must put Daddy first
10:52left again
10:54on second thoughts
11:00I think it'd be better to go to Carlton Hall first
11:03before it becomes too crowded
11:05second thoughts
11:17anyway I need time to prepare for Onslow
11:19I can't stand the sight of Onslow
11:23lounging about drinking beer in his undershirt
11:33watch the cyclist
11:34I'm watching the cyclist Harrison
11:35my eyes are riveted to the cyclist
11:40I'll be going too fast this is a built up area
11:42I'm under the limit
11:43well you went past number 23 too fast
11:50far too fast
11:52she had no opportunity to see my hat
11:56and watch the lorry
11:58which lorry?
12:00there you are you see
12:01you can't even see the lorry
12:03where is it?
12:04parked over there
12:06why should I watch a stationary lorry
12:08parked on the other side of a dual carriageway
12:11did you tell him?
12:17tell him what?
12:18you must have told him
12:19told him what?
12:20where we were going
12:21and they've mentioned something
12:23you fancy doing that
12:24you practically invited him
12:26I just think
12:28he's here now
12:30we just can't keep running
12:32I will not be found on stately premises
12:34in the company of someone who drinks beer in his undershirt
12:37only when he can afford it
12:41I don't think hyacinth will welcome it
12:44when we do find her
12:46what about that car park attendant?
12:49I rather like that car park attendant
12:51oh
12:53I don't know why you want to spend the afternoon with hyacinth
12:56I don't want to spend the afternoon with your hyacinth
12:59it's your father who's senile not me
13:01we're here to rescue poor old Dickie
13:05he's the one I feel sorry for
13:07I just thought someone should rescue him
13:08and get some bevies down him
13:18what the hell do you call that?
13:21it's art
13:23art?
13:25I wouldn't wrap me chips up in it
13:28here Rose, what do you reckon to this?
13:39ohhhh
13:40they're coming this way
13:53come on
13:54Richard!
14:09Can I help you?
14:37I don't think I've ever seen your sister Daisy's house, have a house in...
14:42No!
14:43No, I don't believe you have.
14:46Is it a nice house?
14:48Well, I'd really rather we were going to my sister Violet's.
14:51You remember Violet? She married that turf accountant.
14:55He built that big house with a sauna and room for a pony.
14:58You've heard me speak of Violet. Frequently.
15:01You like Violet's?
15:03Maybe I like Daisy's.
15:05Well, possibly you may. You well may.
15:09What kind of a house is Daisy's?
15:11Actually, but...
15:13It's quite like one of these.
15:16Yes.
15:17In fact, it's very like one of these.
15:20Come to think of it, it is one of these.
15:24Yes, here it is.
15:35Now, you stay there, Elizabeth, and don't move.
15:38Oh, all right.
15:40I won't invite you in, in case Daddy's contracted something unsightly.
15:45With my regards to Daisy?
15:47Hmm?
15:48Oh, I will.
15:49Yes.
15:50Yes, thank you.
15:51I will.
15:53Look at this.
15:54ßen and hang on.
15:55Oh, God.
15:56I have to ask you.
15:57Oh, God.
15:58Oh, God.
15:59Oh, God.
16:00Here I have to say, remember to lay?
16:02Hello?
16:03Do you see?
16:04Oh.
16:06Oh, God.
16:08I can't put it down?
16:09Oh, God.
16:10Oh, God.
16:11Oh, God.
16:12Oh, God.
16:13Oh.
16:14I don't know.
16:44I don't know.
17:14I don't know.
17:44I don't know.
18:14I don't know.
18:15I don't know.
18:16I don't know.
18:17I don't know.
18:18I don't know.
18:19I don't know.
18:20I don't know.
18:21I don't know.
18:22I don't know.
18:23I don't know.
18:24I don't know.
18:25I don't know.
18:26I don't know.
18:27I don't know.
18:28I don't know.
18:29I don't know.
18:30I don't know.
18:31I don't know.
18:32I don't know.
18:33I don't know.
18:34I don't know.
18:35I don't know.
18:36I don't know.
18:37I don't know.
18:38I don't know.
18:39I don't know.
18:40I don't know.
18:41I don't know.
18:42I don't know.
18:43I don't know.
18:44I don't know.
18:45I don't know.
18:46I don't know.
18:47He's still asleep.
18:49There's the answer.
18:51She forced herself on him while he was still asleep.
18:55Daddy.
19:00I am his oldest daughter.
19:03I have been consulted in this matter
19:05and it has been decided that you can't stay here.
19:09He offered me marriage.
19:12Daddy has not been well.
19:14I've got witnesses.
19:16Daddy is sometimes not altogether logical.
19:20He offered me marriage.
19:22Look, you cannot take advantage of an ailing old man.
19:25He took advantage of me.
19:30When?
19:32When?
19:32Never mind.
19:34I got witnesses.
19:36I think you must have misunderstood him.
19:40Oh, I understood him.
19:42He offered me marriage.
19:45Haven't you got a home to go to?
19:48Certainly.
19:50It's here.
19:53We're going to need a bigger teapot.
19:55You'll need nothing of the kind.
19:58This lady is going.
20:00I can't just leave him.
20:01I mean, what kind of basis is that for a marriage?
20:07He'll probably have forgotten all about you when he wakes up.
20:10He'll want to play with his trains.
20:11Trains?
20:13Oh, I like trains.
20:15I can play with trains.
20:18What about your family?
20:20Won't they be missing you?
20:21I've only got a son.
20:23Ah, a son.
20:26I have a son, too.
20:28You can't desert him.
20:30They need us.
20:31He's 45 years old.
20:35A very tricky age.
20:37Have you told Onzo yet?
20:57Twice.
20:58What did you say?
20:59I don't think he was listening.
21:01Are you going to tell him?
21:03I'm going to tell him!
21:04Come on, then.
21:07In he come.
21:08Come on.
21:08Come on.
21:09Come in.
21:10Come on.
21:11Oh, come on!
21:13Shut up, you!
21:16Come on, then.
21:30Onslow?
21:30Eh?
21:32I've got something to tell you, Onslow.
21:34Hang on, they're nearly off.
21:37I'm in love, Onslow, with a 17-year-old.
21:40It's got a good chance, this.
21:41I've got two quid on me.
21:44Onslow, I'm trying to tell you,
21:46your wife is in love with a 17-year-old.
21:52That's disgusting, that is.
21:55Interrupting a bloke's prime-time viewing.
21:59Anybody we know?
22:00I thought he belonged to Rose.
22:14He did, but they found they weren't compatible.
22:18Oh, he's nice enough.
22:19We just weren't compatible.
22:21How old is he?
22:2317.
22:24Is he old enough to smoke?
22:26He's old enough to drink.
22:27He's old enough to drink.
22:32Oh, Tart.
22:34Let me keep the pack.
22:36Oh, cheers.
22:39Do you think you can keep him interested
22:40till he's old enough to drink?
22:41Oh, no.
22:45Look, I've missed it now.
22:46Look, why don't you just bug off
22:48and let me watch the replay?
22:50Oh, dear, I forgot the sausage rolls.
22:56Hi, is it?
22:57Well, there should be somebody here.
23:08There's food on the table.
23:10Of a rather unimaginative variety,
23:12it must be said.
23:14I think it needs a smidgen of my own cuisine.
23:17Richard, bring my accoutrements through,
23:19will you, dear?
23:21Well, this'll be the principal buffet table, of course.
23:24Well, I must be getting on, Mrs Bucket.
23:26Oh, OK.
23:29I'll catch you later, Vicar,
23:31and fill you in on Sheridan's progress at university.
23:34Oh, good.
23:35He's doing brilliantly well, you know.
23:38Ah.
23:38His tutors all forecast astonishing things for him.
23:44Just put them down there, dear.
23:46They should be quite safe.
23:48Now, I'd better try and bring a little style
23:51and polish to this food.
23:53I shall need some extra people for the unskilled jobs.
23:57Receptive people who are willing to watch and learn.
24:00Elizabeth, come here, dear.
24:03While Richard is guarding my china,
24:06will you go and round me up a few willing helpers?
24:09Er, what if they won't come, Hyacinth?
24:12What do you mean, won't come?
24:13Just tell them who it's for, dear.
24:18It hasn't worked.
24:20You don't know that.
24:22Well, look at him.
24:23Does he look jealous?
24:26Maybe he's hiding it.
24:29Doing a very good job.
24:31Maybe he's in turmoil inside.
24:33Well, if he is, it's indigestion.
24:39Let's find out.
24:42Onslow, do you think you'll be able to cope
24:44now that Daisy's got a toy boy?
24:49He will.
24:50I think he'll be able to cope.
24:51I trust you've remembered your cruets, ladies.
25:00Oh, you do your lettuce like that, do you?
25:02Sort of lumpy and carefree.
25:05My Sheridan prefers his arrange rather more symmetrically.
25:09But then he has such natural good taste.
25:12My mummy, he used to boast,
25:14designs the perfect salad.
25:17That's wicked boy, Sheridan.
25:19I used to protest, of course,
25:21covered with embarrassment,
25:22but that's how he was.
25:24So perceptive, even at that age.
25:27Yes, you need real skill
25:29to master cling film, don't you, dear?
25:32Oh, yes, he always had good taste.
25:34Even as quite a small child,
25:36when other boys would come home from school
25:38looking as though they'd barely survived an explosion,
25:41my Sheridan would always have his tie on straight
25:44and the cleanest pair of knees
25:45in the civilised world.
25:47Oh, is that one of Mrs Watson's cakes?
25:51Oh, yes, I can see it is now.
25:53She does try, bless her.
25:57That's one of Sheridan's favourite cakes,
25:59when it's made properly.
26:02Not that he has a sweet tooth,
26:03he's very self-disciplined.
26:06Oh, I remember his scoutmaster used to say
26:08that he'd never known anyone
26:11apply more grit and determination
26:13to the acquisition of his cook's badge
26:15than Sheridan.
26:17Oh, that's nice, dear.
26:18Whatever it is.
26:30There's no reply from Reg.
26:32I don't think he's with somebody else, dear.
26:35Can you please forget men today, Rose?
26:39All day?
26:41All right, just for the christening.
26:43Done.
26:44I don't care if he is with somebody else.
26:46I wonder who she is, the bitch.
26:48Thanks.
26:49Sorry, sorry.
26:51Can I have the tea towel?
26:52Well, um, I'm ready.
27:02Is Onslow up yet?
27:04I shouted him an hour ago.
27:06Oh, that's cutting it fine.
27:08You know he needs at least two.
27:11Onslow!
27:13Have you seen me clean shirt?
27:15Daisy, where's Onslow's clean shirt?
27:18How am I supposed to remember?
27:20He never wears a shirt.
27:21How's she supposed to remember?
27:23You never wear a shirt.
27:24I do, on formal occasions.
27:27He does, on formal occasions.
27:30Have you tried looking in the wardrobe?
27:33Have you tried looking in the wardrobe?
27:36I hope our lass isn't going to start
27:38having babies every year.
27:39You hope your lass isn't...
27:41I hope the girl isn't going to make a habit of it.
27:47Stop worrying.
27:48People always ask what the father does.
27:52You can't just tell them he gets away.
27:57Oh, that's better, dear.
27:59She's not a bad girl.
28:00I've always liked Stephanie.
28:02Oh, I don't know about this piece of jewellery.
28:05It'll have to do.
28:06I'm not wearing my best.
28:08With some of Onslow's cronies about,
28:10I could be mugged.
28:10Just settle your mind to it.
28:13You've got to make the best of things.
28:15At least they're bothering to have the little girl christened.
28:18Kylie!
28:21What sort of a name is Kylie for a Christian person?
28:24It sounds like a foreign vegetable.
28:28Now, if on our way we meet anyone we know,
28:32I see no harm in telling them that we're going to a christening.
28:35But I see no need to be explicit about the details.
28:39Well, who am I going to tell?
28:40I'm just warning you.
28:42They needn't be told where the christening is.
28:46And they certainly needn't be told the exact circumstances.
28:50My lips are sealed.
28:52Right, let's start cooking, man.
29:20Psst!
29:22Which one is the father?
29:24I don't know.
29:32Must be that one.
29:48Let me have a go.
29:50With the van.
29:52Stop fiddling with your tie-ons, Lowe.
30:02Sorry.
30:03I feel like the first man in our family to be hanged.
30:09Here's our Violet.
30:13Bucky business looks good.
30:15Well, it gets most of your money for a start.
30:26Which one of you is the father?
30:28I am.
30:28Me?
30:30I am.
30:32It's me.
30:33I asked it.
30:33She told me.
30:34They're arguing.
30:35Which one is the father?
30:37Which one is the father?
30:38I'm the father.
30:38I'm the father.
30:40I'm the father.
30:40You're the father.
30:50I'm the father.
30:51You're welcome.
30:52I'm the father.
30:53did they tell you which one's the father never mind it's time we were going
31:23it's us death well time
31:53i will not be filmed emerging from a hippie caravanette
31:58what happened to your car richard wore it out
32:04that's hardly fair it's a lovely baby which one's the father let's go into the church shall we
32:13don't dally hardly dallying hyacinth if we go in first we can hide behind a pillow
32:23you
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