This date in 1990 saw the first broadcast of Keeping Up Appearances.10 facts about the show:
Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke. It’s about a snobbish social climber called Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced “Bouquet” as she constantly reminds people; although her long-suffering husband Richard says, “It was always Bucket until I met you!”) and her family.
Hyacinth has three sisters, all named for flowers: Daisy, Violet and Rose, possibly a play on “bouquet”, although their maiden name was Walton.
Daisy and Violet’s married names are never revealed.
Richard and Hyacinth live at 117 Heather Road, Binley Woods, Coventry CV3 2DB, UK; Onslow, Daisy, Rose, and Daddy live at Michell Close, Coventry CV3 1DL, UK.
A prequel produced in 2016 called Young Hyacinth explains Hyacinth’s snobbery. In it, Hyacinth is shown in the 1950s working as a domestic servant for the Cooper-Smiths, and while there, vows to escape her working class background and to be like them.
Hyacinth and Richard have a son called Sheridan, who is mentioned in virtually every episode but is never seen or heard. All we know of him comes from Hyacinth’s boasts about his accomplishments and the one-sided Telephone calls she has with him.
During the closing credits Hyacinth is seen setting a dining table while referring to a book called Modern Etiquette by Moyra Bremner. Hyacinth sets the table in exactly the way the book recommends (on page 69).
The series ended after the 5th series because Patricia Routledge had grown tired of portraying the role of Hyacinth Bucket.
Keeping Up Appearances had been sold nearly a thousand times to overseas broadcasters by 2016, making it BBC Worldwide's most exported television programme ever.
The first scene in the first episode and the final scene of the final episode both feature an ambulance.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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