The Best of Hyacinth and Her Sisters | Keeping Up Appearances

[@wickandde]

Hyacinth, Violet, Daisy and Rose, a bouquet indeed

[@DaDitka]

You mean a "bucket," indeed! Lol

[@Tamara-nn1wr]

💐💐😂

[@walkawaycat431]

You win the internet! 🤣😂👍😁

[@brianhuffman2070]

Put the bouquet in a bucket

[@WinnyApio-t6c]

Just Lovely😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@soundseeker63]

When you consider that even when this was filmed, Hyacinth (Patricia) was well into her 60s, all that running around + climbing over things she did was actually quite impressive!

[@user-ou2wk7cg1g]

I know, not to mention the cast of "Grace and Frankie" with some @ 80! Actors may be high energy, but they all prove age is just a number. Jane Fonda wiggled through a dog door! Barbra Eden even is 90 and looks better/more vibrant than just about everyone too! I think it also shows if you love your job perhaps that also keeps you ageless. Patricia does not look like she's even 60, mid 50s tops, maybe even 40s. She's so lively too!

[@brendaleverick3655]

I think she was in her 50's, actually. But, I agree that her being overweight and at her age, she was quite active.

[@soundseeker63]

@@brendaleverick3655 Born February 1929. Series 1 aired October 1990. Series 5 ended December 1995. She was between 61 and 66.

[@brianwilson6403]

Especially in heels!!!

[@brendaleverick3655]

@@brianwilson6403 👌🏼

[@_historical_fashion_7567]

"Rose you will not commit suicide. I forbid it" 😂

[@joefamulari2595]

True talent. The entire cast is spectacular. Hyacinth is a national treasure.

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Agreed and a great script!

[@ivorytower99]

I'm sure Onslo would agree; and then want to bury Hyacinth! :P

[@mikejohnson515]

On both sides of the pond!

[@ophilliaophillia5918]

I adore Hyacinth

[@ophilliaophillia5918]

She is my hero

[@enthusedtosing9655]

That was such a flawless way to introduce Sheridan's silk pyjamas into the conversation

[@eddpower5425]

I never fail to fall into stitches at Rose's histrionic and theatrical antics. "The swine. The swine. He said he loved me". 😂😂😂

[@thecolorfox]

Daisy is just the sweetest ever.

[@sofiadober7393]

With all the sadness around us, she makes me laugh!

[@riverduck3]

The only sadness is the fact that Biden succeeded in stealing the election

[@spookygirl7761]

@@riverduck3 👍

[@Kibouo]

1:39 “not in an area with a postal code of this calibre” my favourite quote ever from Hyacinth lol

[@realgenjutsu8181]

"It's so thoughtless to look as poor as they do." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HALee-]

Patricia Routledge was brilliant at physical comedy. One of the best ever! Clive Swift was a great foil for her.

[@Julie-hb5qx]

This show takes me back to hanging with my grandparents on a Friday night. My grandfather got the biggest kick out of this show. How I wish I could hit rewind and go back to those days.

[@VeronicaValentine2236]

I know what you mean. I wish I could go back to them old days watching this with my Grandmom. That nostalgic feeling.

[@vikingsmb]

not the only one, I miss my grandparents as well,

[@mysticwolf75]

Same. I watched this every Saturday night with my Grandpa. He got the biggest laughs out of this show (and Are You Being Served?), and so did I!

[@Julie-hb5qx]

@@mysticwolf75 I'm happy to see others have the same kind of memories.

[@walkawaycat431]

All through the 90's it was on Sunday night on PBS. Sunday night was all brit coms. I loved it and it helped me relax.

[@jonnnyren6245]

Oh bloody hell I can't breathe from Hyacinth chasing dahling Violet. 😅😅😅😆

[@revmiguel2000]

I just love the fact that she’s always kind to everyone, not matter how plebeian.

[@madeleindiedericks7020]

Great cast , but there will never be another Hyacinth, she was priceless😘😘😘

[@lauratodd7707]

They amaze me running in heels. 😁 Absolutely hilarious fami!y.

[@noraodwyer8026]

They all had great talent each and every one of them

[@britjj5126]

1:10 “you swine! I told you I never wanted to speak to you again!... oh it’s you Hyacinth” 😒 🤣🤣🤣🤣 That line was hilarious 😂

[@omargoodnesssake]

*”It’s my sister Violet. The one with a Mercedes, sauna, and room for a pony!”* 😂

[@brianwilson6403]

Hadn't seen your post when I posted same. Great minds...

[@frogsoda]

I love how she doesn't actually have a pony. But she does have room for one!

[@tracycarter8731]

How I describe my home to people….the people who 😂laugh I immediately invite over😂

[@worfoz]

@@frogsoda I wish I had room for a pony. YOU wish you had room for a pony. admit it. I know how you feel

[@reneelagrandeur7220]

I just love how hyacinths shoes at the end sounded like a horses gallop 😂. That sound alone had me dying of laughter

[@DarlingNikki2]

OMG, I thought I was the only who fell out laughing at that sound!

[@donaldstanfield8862]

Violet and Hyacinth sounded very similar, you know Daisey and Rose would have their own unique sounds, too!!

[@martinmazzie2542]

​@@donaldstanfield8862 Rose's would probably be rapid light tappings due to the way she walks. Daisy on the other hand would probably be wearing sneakers

[@CG68810]

I started watching this on US TV back in the Mid-90s. They had it on PBS. I loved it. I loved Hyacinth's snobbery. She spoke my language!!🤣🤣🤣

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Rose and Daisy were brilliant!

[@joeness4601]

So so sad that there were not more episodes of this wonderful series made! Some of the best acting ever!

[@Mike0908]

"It's my sister Daisy. She's not the one with the Mercedes and Sauna. And there's certainly no room for a pony."

[@marycanary86]

dunno about that last one. they manage to fit in the dog

[@zachtoberen410]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jeffisaliar]

The dog lives in a junky car out front and constantly jumps out and scares hyacinth. There's no way a horse would fit in that car.

[@ML-gh2ig]

Hahah i love how rose answers the phone ... "You swine!" xD

[@jackjackson3769]

They are a great bunch of characters... esp the sisters 😂😂😂 I am glad they introduced Violet as a visiable character . This actress was the best Rose

[@brianwilson6403]

Mary Millar the second Our Rose.

[@BillinHungary]

And her comedy is so deliberately over-acted, that you don't react to the overt adulterous scheming from a moral standpoint, :)

[@jackjackson3769]

@@brianwilson6403 she was so much better

[@Mike0908]

i'm glad you included Violet. I know Violet was only in a handful of episodes onscreen i think.. she was mostly just mentioned on the phone. xd

[@AllenMQuinn]

The actress was hilarious. Shame they didn't include her more.

[@GoldLBS]

saw this show as a kid and i thought violet was only on the phone or referenced lol.

[@Mike0908]

Bruce and Violet were the rarely seen members of the family ironically. I don't know if the actors weren't available all the time. I think the father also wasn't seen much either. At least not his face. xD

[@DarlingNikki2]

@@GoldLBS I never knew Violet was seen, either!

[@DarlingNikki2]

@@Mike0908 I think I saw the father a few times and he was a hoot, too, lol!

[@sandybeach123]

I will always enjoy Patricia's acting during the scene with Violet "You cannot idly abandon marriage, Violet." It was like a switch was clicked on and Patricia did a slight change in her delivery....her tone....everything. It was a nice little scene. I think it was the episode when Hyacinth purchased a pair of snow skis for Richard.

[@TheFever77]

... yes you’re right, it felt like Downton Abbey for a moment.

[@eamongilligan3262]

There are some nice subtle moments like that throughout the series. I enjoy that they are rare and we're not beaten over the head with them, but that they still exist. In another episode, after Rose has been through another heartbreak and Hyacinth has told her off, she then calls Rose to her and gives her a kiss on the cheek. In the episode where Onslow and Rose are broken down outside Hyacinth's house and Councillor Mrs Nugent calls Onslow "some kind of thug", for a moment Hyacinth's expression is pure rage on behalf of her brother-in-law, rather than embarrassment. Richard occasionally does smile fondly at Hyacinth when she's excited and kisses her. Then there's also just the fact that however irritating they find her, every one of her sisters calls Hyacinth first when they have a problem they need solving.

[@lilliannabirye9397]

Daisy is the sweetest!

[@bernadettehynes-cafferkey3917]

Rose climbing the ladder in high heels, she had fabulous legs, sadly she died in real life, RIP Mary Miller

[@FrancoBenson]

RIP to Shirley Stelfox as well, who played Rose in Series 1.

[@dominikwawer8186]

Hi everyone reading! I was about 16 when I saw the first epizode of this show in 1998 in Poland, I'm Polish. I loved it so much then and I love it today. The best show on earth. Long live the Queen but even longer the Bucket Queen our lovely Patricia Routledge. May she have a life full of blessings and happines as she Has brought do much happiness and joy into my life with her Perfect acting, smart lines and amazing chemistry with other actors on set.

[@brianwilson6403]

In one episode, "Our Rose" was engaged to the man from Poland, Mr Whatzit. 😂

[@johnpick8336]

Dame Routlage as That Bucket Woman s Timeless World Class Class Comedy.

[@charliedrosario999]

DAME Patricia Routledge. And you should address her as DAME Patricia, sir

[@qarahiyo]

“not in an area with a postal code of this calibre” Hyacinth the Incurable social climber lol

[@I_Kan]

😆😆😆

[@medusagorgon9]

She almost laughed fighting with Rose over the phone.

[@naththoau]

Hahha love it when she says room for a pony! It makes me laugh!

[@robertrs00]

"No, I haven't a girdle that might fit Bruce." **Hyacinth twitching**

[@t-rexbatman36yearsago]

"Look a squirrel" 2:16 😂😂😂😂😂

[@xemnas9098]

🐿

[@t-rexbatman36yearsago]

@@xemnas9098 lol

[@anniinatakala9962]

She is such a talent!

[@robinellison6708]

I had never seen Violet in all the years of watching this wonderful show.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

She was a rare sighting!!

[@lucyhowarth1193]

Hyacinth sister Violet only appeared on screen as a fully fledged character during the 5th and final series of keeping up appearances Before then she was just like Sheridan often mentioned never seen hyacinth liked Violet being married to Bruce because she got to brag about her well off sister and brother in-law violet and Bruce were actually in a rather unstable and volatile relationship together They were often having very loud very public slanging match together

[@aquablue1252]

Lucy Howarth she was in an early episode too

[@aquablue1252]

She was in two shows , Richards birthday w the skis and the cookout episode

[@lucyhowarth1193]

@@aquablue1252 yes violet was in earlier episodes but she was played by a different actress she didn't become a fully fledged character until the 5th series of keeping up appearances the actress who played violet in the earlier episodes of keeping up appearances had no lines

[@annewilkinson9611]

Daisy is the most likeable and the only normal one of the four (well apart from believing Onslow is a sex symbol 😂😂😅)

[@SweetheartQuest]

he is a sex symbol have another look at his eyebrows

[@flyinghow]

You can't start calling him Brenda lol.

[@21anusha]

'Wasn't that ...' .. " yessss!!" . 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RichardX1]

Hyacinth believes in the sanctity of marriage... to a wealthy man of good social standing.

[@wonderspace90]

I love this show. I barely saw it on tc and couldn’t finish it before it was removed from Netflix, so I never got to meet Violet. Just realized they all have flower names.. cute

[@charmainekhadaroo2872]

The best Comedy of all times. Great Actors. Just like a tipical home. The Car when stops. Muffler blows.

[@TheFever77]

Exhaust pipe 🇬🇧😉

[@stephensnell5707]

You mean typical

[@noctusowl]

She might have married Onslow, but Daisy is the only sane of the lot.

[@llccal4605]

I agree Daisy is cool.

[@jay1hi547]

@@llccal4605 Oh, nice!

[@kateym7836]

I relate to Daisy and her desperate need for intimate connection. She is my favorite. She takes care of family with cheerful heart.

[@jessicaliddell5429]

I agree

[@lucyhowarth1193]

Onslow is Roy Clarke keeping up appearances writer favourite character Onslow is based on his own Daughter Alex his name is a combination of on and slow he was brilliantly played by the late great Geoffrey Hughes Geoffrey said that during his lengthy acting career he had played 4 memorable roles firstly Eddie yates in coronation then obviously Onslow in keeping up appearances arguably my favourite performance Vernon scripts in heartbeat and twiggy in the royle family i reckon Caroline Adherne and Craig cash took some inspiration from Onslow over jim royle both Onslow and jim were couch potatoes who liked a drink and were obsessed with the telly Geoffrey Hughes legendary acting will continue to entertain new audiences for years to come

[@sanctuaryrain2010]

"Not in tatters Violet.. not with a postal code of this caliber " o my gosh Hyacinth is such a nut :D

[@richparsons4205]

‘My son wears pure silk pajamas” 😆😂😂😂😀

[@adamsyed5535]

"The higher standards prevail in our family. My son Sheridan wears pure silk pajamas" 😂😂😂

[@TourPace]

"My son wears pure silk pajamas!"

[@preciousjey]

I think it's so thoughtless to look as poor. I like being married to Onslow. I think you're so brave dear. My son wears pure silk pajamas.

[@flamceber5125]

Just noticed they’re all named after flowers

[@Mike0908]

what always amused me is she tried to pronounce her last name "bouquet"... which is a group of flowers.. and hyacinth and her sisters are all named after flowers. xD

[@flamceber5125]

Even Elizabeth (Lily) the neighbour - although such informal derivatives are most distasteful in such company

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

I never thought of that before. They're a flower bucket sorry bouquet together😂👍

[@TheCimbrianBull]

@@JaneDoe-ci3gj It's on my bucket list, sorry - _bouquet_ list of things.

[@lucyhowarth1193]

Yeah i think it little inside joke Hyacinth Bucket pronounced Bouquet 💐 does have a Bouquet💐 in her life only it's her and her sisters that make the bouquet instead and they all seem to match their flowers Rose🌹 is the more attractive and passionate💋 one Violet is the more Violatile and violent one Daisy 🌼is the sweeter kinder more layback one and arguably Hyacinth favourite sister behind closed doors Hyacinth description of Daisy 🌼marrying Onslow was hilarious you grow up together play together have the same childish worries about monsters😈 little do you dream that your sister will grow up and marry one

[@maggieoakley9020]

Just fabulous will never be repeated hilarious ❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@JamieSMB]

"not in tatters, not in an area with a postal code of this calibre" XD

[@jessejagg3d]

"My son wears pure silk pajamas!!" 😂

[@patriciamartinez5836]

I adore the sisters

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Great actors, great script!😂❤ Very good compilation!👍

[@douglasgreene923]

One of the greatest of the comedy programs I’ve ever taken in and I still look for them today on PBS every week they’re just wonderful always will be with me take care folks

[@eleanor7]

Daisy really is the most sensible and sane one out of the whole crazy lot. Though I wonder if Violet had a husband like Onslow or Richard would she be so high strung. It's not easy when your husband is as eccentric as Bruce.

[@MegaMagicdog]

Richard definitely would have made a great husband for Violet - and he wouldn't have all the hang ups of being married to Hyacinth!

[@preciousjey]

I think he even prefers Jockeys.

[@magdatorruellas9122]

Watch it from beginning to end... awesome series.

[@eddpower5425]

Ah ffs 😂😂😂. I don't know which is funnier. Hyacinth's shame or Rose's dramatics 😂😂😂.

[@Seiferboi]

I always thought the actresses who played Violet and Rose (the second actress) looked like real sisters.

[@lucyhowarth1193]

Anne Dawson played Violet and Mary Millar played Rose. Shirley Stelfox was the original Rose she left after the first series and eventually went on to play Edna in emmerdale Mary Millar began playing Rose in the second series it's not often i prefer a new actor playing an original character but i much preferred Mary Millar portrayal of Rose Hyacinth said to Richard about Rose i wish Rose would find herself a husband and settle down one of her own and not someone else's Richard said to Hyacinth i like Rose Hyacinth on we all know you like Rose all the men do that the her trouble Mary Millar sadly died in 1998 her wonderful portrayal of Rose will continue to Entertain new audiences for years to come

[@infidel6728]

I always liked the Roses, the older I get the more I appreciate them. But Daisy would be the one to marry.

[@BashfulB]

I LOVE THIS SHOW 💘💘💘💘

[@nmart1n]

It is on Sky

[@miranduri]

I have tried imitating Hyacinth’s eyes twitches. I can’t.

[@yourmomeats6557]

I just realised that all their names are based on flowers.

[@mysticwolf75]

It's funny how Violet was an invisible character until later in the series. We saw Bruce a few times, but he was always played by a different (uncredited) actor (The Christening, Driving Miss Fortescu, and Playthings for Daddy are the ones I remember most with Bruce making a cameo appearance).

[@1andonlyzara]

Hyacinth, Daisy, Violet, Rose. I’m sensing a theme here. lol

[@davidshep45]

For some reason I thought of a Clydesdale when Hyacinth galloped by Onslows stalled rust bucket.

[@SusanneWuthrich]

It took me 10 years until I got the English comedy after migrating to Australia, being a Swiss Heidi! ☀️

[@lorrifrench4460]

Love this show.

[@Sandyzebs0616]

We can’t forget Michael the vicar and his wife the postman the milkman and we can’t forget poor daddy

[@michaeldickens7493]

I so love Patricia 💘

[@diannepridgen5954]

"It's so thoughtless to look as poor as they do." lol

[@hankwilliams150]

Be sure to look at "The Barchester Chronicles", Clive Swift plays Bishop Prouty and he is just as henpecked as Richard,

[@mikegalvin9801]

U love that Onslow is in the car getting pushed. Bone idle as always.

[@Bandido894]

-Follow that sister! 😅

[@jeffisaliar]

You must not start calling him Brenda. Patricia Rutledge is hysterical!!!

[@stephensnell5707]

You mean Patricia Routledge

[@maikeliRAIWALUI]

I think hyacinth dresses like queen elizabeth ii on her outings its probably the hats

[@Lionstar16]

Actually, the hats made for Keeping Up Appearances were made by the same people who made the Queen Mother's hats.

[@beatrizrosado898]

Love this show!

[@mp539]

Loved that show.

[@suzannep8371]

Brilliance

[@robespie2517]

Rose you will not commit suicide, I forbid it.

[@lruss5050]

Poor Richard is the only sane one among them!😂

[@BillinHungary]

Well, so was Onslow.. he was just bone idle.. lol

[@hazelgiles1119]

I love this show so much I bought it on Amazon! ❤

[@annabelledoulton2421]

She has it all going completely comedian.

[@jay1hi547]

Hyacinth always trying to make her sister stay in a marriage even though she clearly was not happy with Bruce.

[@humps678]

Hyacinth does it for her own benefit to keep her delusions of importance alive.

[@stacywilson4790]

So funny .Oh my goodness !

[@Anna8262]

Its amazing that she has the energy to repeat. "Its my sister Violet, she is the one with the Mercedes, sauna and room for a pony". 😂

[@lucyhowarth1193]

I've been watching keeping up appearances since i was a baby I used to say i wanna watch funny lady i never tire of them doesn't matter how many times i watched them it never stops entertaining me Patricia Routledge was legendary as Hyacinth Bucket pronounced Bouquet and yet the only bouquet she had in her life was her sisters

[@leonafasano9335]

I loved. Mary Miller as Daisy

[@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312]

What a show...Lucille Ball paved the way for females sitcom legends and for years I I have been maintaining that Patricia rutledge's hyacinth is the British version of Lucy Ricardo. Granted there characters are different in many ways but as far as the comedy the timing and the physicality Lucy and Hyacinth are tops!

[@Mike0908]

And both tried to break into show business and perform as well. xD

[@stephensnell5707]

It is spelt Patricia Routledge

[@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312]

@@stephensnell5707 thanks Nancy boy I will forward your whiny crybaby complaint to voice to text technology

[@monicacall7532]

Hyacinth rules!

[@adamjensen_2027]

Hyacinth is the best lol

[@Kiki-yw9kc]

Legend

[@aaronbarrari7654]

This used to crack me up as a child

[@dsoutherland1747]

I love KUA! 😂

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

I'm thick. My first thought was what's KUA, then it dawned on me😂👍

[@tfgreenplanespotter9231]

1:17 Rose what are doing 😂

[@TSquared2001]

That Rose was hella dramatic

[@brianwilson6403]

"It's my sister Violet, the one with the Mercedes, sauna, and room fir a pony!!!"

[@87654321j]

I always feel like 2:08 would of been like Queen Elizabeth with her sister Margaret