Keeping Up Appearances: Hats Off to Hyacinth

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Keeping Up Appearances followed the relentlessly snobbish Hyacinth Bucket as she maneuvered through life determined to climb the social ladder, despite her working-class relatives and long-suffering husband Richard. Created by Roy Clarke and directed by Harold Snoad, this beloved British sitcom starred Patricia Routledge as the unforgettable Hyacinth, alongside Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Josephine Tewson, David Griffin, and others. Hats Off to Hyacinth compiles the second half of the show’s fifth and final series, featuring Hyacinth’s schemes to land a role in a production of The Boyfriend and her attempts to establish herself as a professional hostess, all while terrorizing her neighbors and family with her piercing voice and absolute certainty in her own superiority.

This single DVD from PBS contains two hours of programming with a TV-PG rating. The collection includes the final four episodes of season five plus the special “The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket.” Grab this used copy and experience the comedy of manners that defined British television.