Keeping Up Appearances - The Full Bouquet Set (Vols. 1-8)

Keeping Up Appearances - The Full Bouquet Set (Vols. 1-8)

starring: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes See Larger Image List Price: $129.98 You Pay Only: $99.99 You Save: $29.99 (23%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9780790794099 Format: Closed-captioned, NTSC ISBN: 0790794098 Label: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Manufacturer: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 07, 2004 Running Time: 1400 minutes Sales Rank: 3599 Studio: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Related Items: Are You Being Served? The Complete Collection (Series 1-14 Volumes) As Time Goes By - Complete Original Series Fawlty Towers - The Complete Series Are You Being Served? Again! (The Complete Series) As Time Goes By - Reunion Special see more Editorial Review: Product Description: This gift set encompasses series one through five as well as all the specials and EC in one complete set. Tireless social climber Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'Bouquet' of course) puts her best foot forward and takes her bow in this wildly popular high-class comedy.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 794051202529 Amazon.com: American sitcoms usually have a bland, likable central character who has to cope with obnoxious acquaintances--who usually provide most of the actual comedy. The British smartly put the comic personalities front and center, and Keeping Up Appearances has one of the best: The petty, pretentious, tyrannical Hyacinth Bucket (played by the impressive Patricia Routledge), a dowdy middle-class social climber with a piercing voice and an unshakable faith in herself. Upon learning that her mailman has seven children, she declares disapprovingly, 'Quite an achievement when you have to be up so early.' Whether she's scheming to invite a minor local celebrity to a garden party or scowling at an enormous dog left in her driveway, Hyacinth terrorizes all around her, particularly her long-suffering husband Richard (Clive Swift), who takes a small delight in subverting her efforts from time to time; her trembling neighbors Elizabeth and Emmett (Josephine Tewson and David Griffin), who scarcely leave their house lest they be invited in to coffee; and her sexually frustrated lower-class sisters Daisy and Rose (Judy Cornwell and Mary Millar) and Daisy's layabout husband Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes), who longs to be left in peace to eat chips and watch the races. Though Americans aren't as class-conscious as the Brits, snobbery is universal, and Keeping Up Appearances has developed an appreciative cult following on this side of the Atlantic. --Bret Fetzer Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - one of the best comedies of all time! if you like to laugh, this is the series for you. you will never laughed as much in your life. Rating: - Hours of Hyacinth Bucket, are you ready My wife and I have always enjoyed the British comedy "Keeping up Appearances". Our love of this show has gotten several other friends to also share our love. Hence, we had to buy more because of the ones we had given to our friends to enjoy. Rating: - excellent investment! I bought this box set brand new and still in factory seal. It was carefully delivered with no damage to it at all. All of the dvds work perfectly. The show is absolutely hilarious! This is Patricia Routledge at her very best! Highly recommended! Rating: - I LOVE HER! I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF THOSE LADIES, ALL OF WHOM ARE NAMED AFTER FLOWERS: HYACINTY, ROSE, DAISY, AND, ME SISTER VIOLET, THE ONE WITH A MERCEDES, JACCUZZI AND ROOM FOR A PONY....NOT IN THE JACCUZZI OF COURSE! I BOUGHT THIS AS A GIFT FOR ANOTHER HYACINTH FAN WHO IS ADDICTED TO HER CANDLIGHT SUPPERS TOO. POOR ELIZABETH! GET IT IF YOU WANT TO AVOID PBS MAKING YOU FEEL GUILTY AND DONATING. :-) DURING THEIR PLEDGE DRIVES... Rating: - BUCKETS OF FUN A must have for anyone who appreciates British humor. Poor, poor Richard. I just want to scream at him sometimes (and sometimes do.) From Emmett hiding in the house to avoid Hyacinth, to the dog in the car making Hyacinth fall in the shrubs....it's all hilarious fun over and over, each and every episode. In my opinion, there's nothing funnier on TV. I've cried "buckets" laughing hysterically as I watch over and over. They never get old. Best video purchase I've made in years !!!!! More Keeping Up Appearances - The Full Bouquet Set (Vols. 1-8) Reviews Browse for similar items by category: Comedy - Genres - DVD - Video - General Television ALF Abbott & Costello Absolutely Fabulous