Category: Keeping Up Appearances
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The Odd Timelessness Of Keeping Up Appearances
I’m not really sure how to articulate this thought, so I’m just going to type and see what happens. It’s about Keeping Up Appearances again, sorry. I can’t get my head round when it’s set. I know full well that it’s set in the 1990s, but I think deep down it wants to be set…
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Bad News Cash In On Christmas
Seems timely to listen to this. I’m feeling festive today for some reason. Probably because I watched the 1991 Keeping Up Appearances Christmas Special last night. I particularly like that they made no effort to disguise the fact that it was shot in the middle of the summer. Looks like they took the same care…
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Hyacinth & Seinfeld
Keeping Up Appearances is a sitcom written by Roy Clarke for BBC One, starring Patricia Routledge, which ran for five series between 1990 and 1995. But you knew that already. You may not know that it is still one of the BBC’s most exported shows worldwide. Routledge demonstrated time and again her physical comedy prowess.…
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The Daniels Boyle
This is going to get a bit convoluted, so bear with me. Last night, I was watching Keeping Up Appearances, the Patricia Routledge sitcom from the 90s. As is my wont, I sometimes look at Wikipedia whilst watching 90s sitcoms (I mean, it’s a 90s sitcom but it has a whole episode about a vicar…
