Category: Keeping Up Appearances
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Clipping Up Appearances
Hyacinth Bucket debuted on our screens in October of 1990. With it’s first episode, Keeping Up Appearances hit the ground running, winning an audience of 11.4 million. And it did that with little or no fanfare in the papers, though I’m sure it was heavily trailed on the channel. Apparently, it only takes 30 seconds…
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More Of Hyacinth’s Etiquette Book
I wanted to share some of the beautiful front matter of Hyacinth Bucket’s Book Of Etiquette For The Socially Less Fortunate. Here’s the very front page, complete with an inscription, as this book was obviously given as a gift. I think it says ‘A positive alternative to the QE1 3/4! Have an enjoyable read, Pete…
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Hyacinth Bucket’s Book Of Etiquette
Or, to give the book its full title – Keeping Up Appearances: Hyacinth Bucket’s Book of Etiquette For The Socially Less Fortunate. Published by BBC Books, in 1993, buried away in the front matter, we learn it was written by Jonathan Rice. Here’s the cover. And here’s the back. We’ll have a more in-depth look…
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Blooping Up Appearances
It’s hard not to like blooper reels, but it’s especially nice to see Patricia Routledge burst out laughing.
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Wetty Hainthropp Looks Into It
It’s always interesting to see which old posts suddenly start to get lots of new reads, and I like to go back and read them to see why that might be. At the moment, I am getting a lot of readers of The Daniels Boyle, but I’ve no idea why. This is one of those…
