Keeping Up Appearances

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Social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket is determined to lord it over her neighbours.

Social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket (sorry, 'Bouquet') is determined to lord it over her neighbours. If only her long-suffering husband and family wouldn't keep dragging her down.

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Patricia Routledge

Clive Swift

Josephine Tewson

David Griffin

Geoffrey Hughes

Judy Cornwell

Mary Millar

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Marion Barron

Peter Cellier

Simon Merrick

Robert McBain

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Keeping Up Appearances: Series 2: Episode 6: Onslow's Birthday

Onslow's Birthday

Episode 6

Episode 6: Onslow's Birthday

Series 2

BBC One - Keeping Up Appearances, Series 2, Onslow's Birthday

Rose arranges for a limousine to collect Hyacinth and Richard for Onslow's birthday party.

Hyacinth is not looking forward to Onslow's birthday party, but news that a limousine awaits her and Richard to take them to the proceedings changes her mind.

Hyacinth is dreading being invited to Onslow's birthday party almost as much as he dreads her agreeing to come. However, she changes her mind when she learns that Rose's new boyfriend, a well-to-do Greek businessman, will be picking her and Richard up from their home in his limousine. 

In true Hyacinth fashion, she decides to hold a cocktails and canapes party starting an hour before the limousine's planned arrival time so that the invited crowd will see the prestigious form of transport being used. Sadly, things do not go quite as she expected...

Keeping Up Appearances: Series 2

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Patricia Routledge stars again as Hyacinth, still trying to impress the upper classes.

Patricia Routledge stars again as Hyacinth Bucket, whose continued attempts at impressing the upper echelons of society hit more social disasters.

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