Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances

The Full Bouquet

Created by Roy Clarke

On BBC One

1990–19955 seasons40 episodes30 min7.7 / 10

A brisk, character-driven sitcom built on the comic collision between a social climber's pretensions and her humiliating family circumstances, sustained across 40 episodes of reliable, rewatchable embarrassment.

A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.

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  • Is Keeping Up Appearances violent? Barely. Less violent than 89% of series.

  • Is Keeping Up Appearances easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 86% of series.

  • Is Keeping Up Appearances scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of series.

  • Is Keeping Up Appearances sad? Barely. Less sad than 75% of series.

  • Does Keeping Up Appearances leave you hopeful? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of series.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

52/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity77

How unlike any other series this one feels

Surprise36

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love48

How much audiences actually like it

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