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Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

jeremy3 Hyancinth comes from the lower middle to lower class, but has grown into being a middle class suburban housewife. Hyancinth almost like Anthony Hopkins' portrayal of the butler in Remains Of The Day. She is entirely possessed from dawn to dusk by a fantastic need to impress people that she is worthy of being of the highest caste in England. The problem is that she is about forty to fifty years too late. Even the wealthy she wants to impress have adopted the American appearance of classes not being something to be too openly snobbish about. No one is impressed by her hysterical attempts to show off. She is tragic, because she really has a good heart but drives everyone nuts with her obsession to impress upon people that she is of the highest caste. Her neighbors are a brother and sister. The brother is a struggling composer and the sister is a very nice and apologetic woman whose greatest terror is breaking Hyacinth's precious China. Hyancinth does not even let her neighbor through the front door, because she is afraid the right people will get the wrong impressions and she is terrified of anyone tracking mud or touching her walls. Hyacinth's son we never meet, but she is incessantly bragging about him to others and oblivious to her son's sexual orientation. Her relatives include an idle man named Onslow who drinks beer all day and never changes his shirt, a World War One veteran father who is senile pervert, a plump sister with a husband who shows no interest, and another sister who spends all her time flirting with and chasing men. Her husband is completely controlled by her and can never escape her constant schemes to impress the right people. The only people who are not trying to avoid her are her lower class relatives who always show up and spoil her schemes. I guess there is a little Hyacinth in all of us. Everyone is trying to impress, but most of us have the tact to not drive everyone nuts by it.

Dave This BBC sitcom is about a pretentious middle-class suburban woman who is from an underclass background. She pretends to be cultured and sophisticated - and desperately tries to impress various people. She is frequently embarrassed by her family, including her senile father, lazy slob brother-in-law Onslow, slutty sister Rose, cross-dressing brother-in- law Bruce and polyamorous niece Stephanie.

DrDesiree Renaud-Hunnicutt There are few well written comedies anymore. When I found this comedy on Netflix it was with a "well.. let's have something on in the background while we do chores", type of interest (there wasn't any).As we cleaned and went about our day, I caught some of the lines being said.. it was funny! My husband and I sat down and started to watch the show; we were hooked! A funny story-line, well written witty lines, interesting and well thought out characters whom were very well developed.My only regret is there is not a season two. I am looking for more of these types of shows; clean, wholesome, family able to view together, and witty! Truly enjoyable - Hollywood could learn a lot.

TheLittleSongbird Now I like sit-coms, from Britain I love Open All Hours, Last of the Summer Wine, Only Fools and Horses and of course this. Keeping Up is just delightful to watch, it is charming and very funny. Complete with engaging characters and great writing.I like how Keeping Up Appearances is filmed, the scenery is beautiful, the costumes are luscious and the photography is very nice. Also lovely is the music, the main theme is just great especially. The story-lines are always well-written with the characters getting into situations with uproarious results and the writing is consistently hilarious as are the visual jokes. And the acting is wonderful, Patricia Routledge is perfect as Hyacinth, Geoffrey Hughes is a sheer delight as Onslow and Clive Swift is wonderful as Richard, Hyacinth's slobbish husband.Overall, a real jewel of a British comedy. 10/10 Bethany Cox