Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances1990

Director: Harold Snoad
Genre: Comedy
Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke. It aired on BBC One from 1990 to 1995. The central character is eccentric and snobbish middle class social climber, Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), who insists that … more »



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Hyacinth:
Good-bye, Sheridan! I do wish he'd reconsider wearing a vest. I used to so enjoy ironing his little vests. [turns] Ah, the postman.

The Postman:
Good morning, Mrs Bouquet, ah, Bucket... ah, Bouquet.

Hyacinth:
That was Sheridan.

The Postman:
Oh, really?

Hyacinth:
My son.

The Postman:
Oh, Sheridan Bouquet.

Hyacinth:
Exactly. He's at university, you know.

The Postman:
No, I didn't, actually.

Hyacinth:
They grow up so quickly. Do you have children?

The Postman:
Uh, seven.

Hyacinth:
Seven!

The Postman:
[counts on his fingers] Yeah.

Hyacinth:
Quite an achievement when you have to be up so early. It's a mercy you're on foot and not on a bicycle.

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