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Keeping Up Appearances

(August 2003)

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HI
Hibee
Keeping Up Appearances was one of my favourite sitcoms of the 1990's and I say lets bring it back even it was just a Christmas Special I would love to see Hyacinth bucket (Bouquet) back again does everyone else agree. Very Happy
JE
Jez Founding member
I enjoyed this series when it was on in the early/mid 1990s - I sometimes see repeats on BBC 1 or UK Gold so it would be nice to have a new series
RE
Re-it-er-ate
I think its a brilliant programme - hilarious!! I'd rather see Prime Time repeats of this instead of Fame Acadamy rubbish.
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A former member
http://play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=112093

Don't buy the last copy, cause I want a copy (When I have some cash to spare Wink)
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
SkyTelevision posted:
Keeping Up Appearances was one of my favourite sitcoms of the 1990's and I say lets bring it back even it was just a Christmas Special I would love to see Hyacinth bucket (Bouquet) back again does everyone else agree. Very Happy


These are shown every so often on Sundays - there's an episode today at 12:30 on BBC One.
MI
Mich Founding member
I liked it back in the 90's, but look at the repeat later today. I'm considering launching "Ban Roy Clarke from writing petition" for crimes against comedy with Keeping Up Appearances and Last of the Summer Wine.
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A former member
Neil Jones posted:
SkyTelevision posted:
Keeping Up Appearances was one of my favourite sitcoms of the 1990's and I say lets bring it back even it was just a Christmas Special I would love to see Hyacinth bucket (Bouquet) back again does everyone else agree. Very Happy


These are shown every so often on Sundays - there's an episode today at 12:30 on BBC One.


Hurrah!
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Interesting link - Keeping Up Appearances on home video, can buy Series 1 and 2 for £17.59 off Amazon, a saving of 12%, although I'm not too sure about the "Perfect Partner" its suggesting...

Other videos to buy second hand off the Amazon Marketplace are Here.
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A former member
This series had great potential, but was very badly written. Each episode was so simlar to the previous one, then the wriitter did write "Last of the Summer Wine Rolling Eyes "
NW
nwtv2003
I think the show is brilliant, not the funniest thing ever made, but it was good and to be honest they did end it at the right time. Though a one-off episode would be a good idea, but I think it is true that since the show ended two of the cast have passed on, I think they guy who played Emmet died and the woman who played Violet too died. (Not the one who was married to Onslow) I thought the repeat on BBC One the other day was hilarious with the funeral car driving round the block several times.
JA
jay Founding member
nwtv2003 posted:
I think the show is brilliant, not the funniest thing ever made, but it was good and to be honest they did end it at the right time. Though a one-off episode would be a good idea, but I think it is true that since the show ended two of the cast have passed on, I think they guy who played Emmet died and the woman who played Violet too died. (Not the one who was married to Onslow) I thought the repeat on BBC One the other day was hilarious with the funeral car driving round the block several times.

Actually, I think it was Rose who passed on, not Violet.
Absolute classic TV - Patricia Routledge is a great actress! They should probably make an up-to-date series with new characters - the same mix of old characters can get quite boring at times.
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A former member
David Griffin is still alive, but Mary Millar (Rose) died several years ago. Rose was recast once during the run, and the original actress is still alive though.

I personally wouldn't want to see it return, just because it's a one joke idea that's already been stretched out to several series. If they were to shake it up and introduce something new, then maybe, but this is Roy Clarke we're talking about... You might as well watch the existing episodes for all the difference he'd bring to the writing of a new series.

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