"on 24 October 2002. Geoffrey Hughes, who played Onslow, died on 27 July 2012. Shirley Stelfox, who played Rose in series one, died on 7 December 2015. In 1998, the BBC released three episodes of the show: ""A Job for Richard"", ""Country Retreat"" and ""Sea Fever"" on audio cassette. Clive Swift reprised his role as Richard recording a narrative to compensate for the lack of images. ""BBC Video"" released three videos featuring episodes from the series. This was released in 1993 and featured the episodes: ""Iron Age Remains"", ""What to Wear when Yachting"" and ""How to Go on Holiday Without"
"the subject of landscaping and home gardening. His writing also includes ""Gardeners' World Magazine"", ""The Times"", and various magazine and newspaper articles. He has written three books - ""The Plant Room"", ""Joe’s Urban Garden Handbook"", and ""Joe’s Allotment"", published in April 2009. Swift's father is actor Clive Swift of the television sitcom ""Keeping Up Appearances"", and he is the nephew of Clive's actor brother, David Swift, who was well known for ""Drop the Dead Donkey"". His mother is novelist Margaret Drabble, and his brother is academic Adam Swift. His sister Rebecca Swift (died April 2017) was a poet and founder"
"actually based on ""DWM""s Christopher Bailey interview. Here was a writer who hadn't been interviewed for many years, and was obviously not bitter about it, but had [...] his own perspective of what he wanted to say and do. In February 2008, Cook had a contentious interview with actor Clive Swift. ""I'm quite aggrieved,"" Swift told him. ""Why should I do this? I'm not getting paid, am I?"" Swift refused to answer some of Cook's questions and replied brusquely to others. When Cook asked Swift – best known for his portrayal of Richard Bucket in BBC sitcom ""Keeping Up Appearances"""
"George Webb was the half brother of the actors Rita and Harry Webb. On 30 December 1998, George Webb, aged 86, died of natural causes. He left a son, Michael. George Webb (actor) George Augustus Webb (6 March 1912 – 30 December 1998) was a British actor, best known for television, including his role as ""Daddy"", the father of snooty Hyacinth Bucket in the sitcom ""Keeping Up Appearances"". The son of Henry Augustus Webb (1880–1926) and Gertrude (née Bolingbroke), Webb was born at 41 St Luke’s Road, Paddington in London. He had two younger siblings, Denis Alfred (1913–1918), who was"
"Adam Swift Adam Swift (born 1961) is a British political philosopher and sociologist who specialises in debates surrounding liberal egalitarianism. He has published books on communitarianism, on the philosophical aspects of school choice, on social justice, on the ethics of the family, and on how to make education policy, as well as an introduction to contemporary political theory. His books have been translated into several languages. Swift's father is actor Clive Swift of the television sitcom ""Keeping Up Appearances"", and he is the nephew of Clive's actor brother, David Swift, who was well known for ""Drop the Dead Donkey"". His"
"Keeping Up Appearances Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke. It aired on BBC One from 1990 to 1995. The central character is eccentric and snobbish middle class social climber, Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), who insists that her surname is pronounced “Bouquet”. The sitcom follows Hyacinth in her attempts to prove her social superiority, and to gain standing with those she considers upper class. Her attempts are constantly hampered by her lower class extended family, whom she is desperate to hide. Much of the humour comes from the conflict between Hyacinth's vision of herself,"
"George Webb (actor) George Augustus Webb (6 March 1912 – 30 December 1998) was a British actor, best known for television, including his role as ""Daddy"", the father of snooty Hyacinth Bucket in the sitcom ""Keeping Up Appearances"". The son of Henry Augustus Webb (1880–1926) and Gertrude (née Bolingbroke), Webb was born at 41 St Luke’s Road, Paddington in London. He had two younger siblings, Denis Alfred (1913–1918), who was killed by a military vehicle at age five while picking flowers for his mother; and Joan (1915–1989) who committed suicide after years of ill health. From his father's earlier marriage,"
"Patricia Routledge Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge, (; born 17 February 1929) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom ""Keeping Up Appearances"" (1990–95), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance in 1992 and 1993. Her film appearances include ""To Sir, with Love"" (1967) and ""Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River"" (1968). Routledge made her professional stage debut at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1952 and her Broadway debut in ""How's the World Treating You"" in 1966. She won the 1968"
"of its broadcast, making it the 22nd most watched BBC One show for the week ending 4 September. A total of 4.39 million viewers watched the show within 28 days of its initial broadcast. Keeping Up Appearances Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke. It aired on BBC One from 1990 to 1995. The central character is eccentric and snobbish middle class social climber, Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), who insists that her surname is pronounced “Bouquet”. The sitcom follows Hyacinth in her attempts to prove her social superiority, and to gain standing with those"
"such as ""Jack and the Beanstalk"" amongst others. David Griffin (actor) David Griffin (born 19 July 1943) is an English actor best known for both his roles as Squadron Leader Clive Dempster DFC in ""Hi-de-Hi!"" between 1984 and 1988 and Emmet Hawksworth in ""Keeping Up Appearances"" between 1991 and 1995. Other television appearances include a guest role in an episode of ""Doctor Who"" (""The Sea Devils""), ""'Allo 'Allo!"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Emmerdale Farm"" and two episodes of ""Ripping Yarns"". After finishing ""Keeping Up Appearances"" in 1995, he toured worldwide, with Su Pollard, in the stage show ""The Good Sex"
"Jeremy Gittins Philip Jeremy Gittins (born 30 January 1956) is an English actor who is known for his role as the Vicar in the highly successful BBC sitcom ""Keeping Up Appearances"" from 1990 to 1995. Gittins has also appeared in many popular British sitcoms and leading television programmes. He has appeared in ""Doctor Who"" alongside Fourth Doctor Tom Baker and Lalla Ward, ""Tenko"", ""Boon"", ""A Touch of Frost"", ""New Tricks"", ""EastEnders"" (as John Charrington), ""Doctors"" and, more recently he has starred in ""Footballers' Wives"" in 2005. During his time playing Michael Partridge the vicar in Keeping Up Appearances, he worked"
"David Griffin (actor) David Griffin (born 19 July 1943) is an English actor best known for both his roles as Squadron Leader Clive Dempster DFC in ""Hi-de-Hi!"" between 1984 and 1988 and Emmet Hawksworth in ""Keeping Up Appearances"" between 1991 and 1995. Other television appearances include a guest role in an episode of ""Doctor Who"" (""The Sea Devils""), ""'Allo 'Allo!"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Emmerdale Farm"" and two episodes of ""Ripping Yarns"". After finishing ""Keeping Up Appearances"" in 1995, he toured worldwide, with Su Pollard, in the stage show ""The Good Sex Guide"". He has also starred in several pantomimes"
"series of the British sitcom ""Shelley"" (1979–82). Later, she played Jane Travers in Ronnie Barker's sitcom ""Clarence"" (1988), which he also wrote, and was his last starring television role before his retirement. Tewson is best known for her role as Elizabeth Warden, neighbour and confidant of social wannabe Hyacinth Bucket in ""Keeping Up Appearances"". Tewson appeared in nearly every episode for the 5 series run, providing an often rattled but pragmatic counter to the scattered and clueless ""Mrs Bucket"". Tewson was featured with John Inman in ""Odd Man Out"" (1977), an unsuccessful sitcom, where they played half-brother/half-sister roles. She was"
"Shirley Stelfox Shirley Rosemary Stelfox (11 April 1941 – 7 December 2015) was an English television actress, best known for her portrayal of the character Edna Birch, moralising busybody in a Yorkshire village in the popular British soap opera ""Emmerdale"", and as Rose Walton, sister of the snobby and overbearing Hyacinth Bucket in the first series of the comedy series ""Keeping Up Appearances"". The success of the soap had made her a household name in Britain. Furthermore, Stelfox had appeared in many British television soap operas over a fifty-year period. Stelfox was born at Dukinfield, Cheshire on 11 April 1941."
"cancer. Shirley Stelfox Shirley Rosemary Stelfox (11 April 1941 – 7 December 2015) was an English television actress, best known for her portrayal of the character Edna Birch, moralising busybody in a Yorkshire village in the popular British soap opera ""Emmerdale"", and as Rose Walton, sister of the snobby and overbearing Hyacinth Bucket in the first series of the comedy series ""Keeping Up Appearances"". The success of the soap had made her a household name in Britain. Furthermore, Stelfox had appeared in many British television soap operas over a fifty-year period. Stelfox was born at Dukinfield, Cheshire on 11 April"
"Mary Millar Irene Mary Wetton (26 July 1936 – 10 November 1998), better known by her stage name Mary Millar, was a British actress and singer best remembered for her role as the second actress to play Rose in the highly successful BBC sitcom ""Keeping Up Appearances"" between 1991 and 1995. Irene Mary Wetton was born in Doncaster, England, on 26 July 1936 to Horace and Irene (née Mellor) Wetton, both music hall singers. She intended to become a stable hand, but later decided to pursue a stage career. She toured the country with her parents, who had an act"
"Josephine Tewson Josephine Ann Tewson (born 26 February 1931) is an English stage and television actress. She is best known for her large roles in British television sitcoms, such as Elizabeth ""Liz"" Warden the neighbour of Hyacinth Bucket in ""Keeping Up Appearances"" (1990–95) and Miss Davenport in ""Last of the Summer Wine"" (2003–10). Tewson was born in Hampstead, London. Her father, William, was a professional musician and played the double bass in the BBC Symphony Orchestra; her mother, Kate (née Morley, born 1908), was a nurse, the daughter of Haydn Morley who captained Sheffield Wednesday in the 1890 F.A cup"
"Keith Barron Keith Barron (8 August 1934 – 15 November 2017) was an English actor and television presenter who appeared in films and on television from 1961 until 2017. His television roles included the police drama ""The Odd Man"", the sitcom ""Duty Free"", and Gregory Wilmot in ""Upstairs, Downstairs"". Born in Mexborough in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Barron's career started at the Sheffield Repertory Theatre, where he also met his wife, Mary, a stage designer. He became well known to British television viewers in the early 1960s as the easygoing Detective Sergeant Swift in the Granada TV series ""The"
"with comedy legends Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Josephine Tewson, David Griffin, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell, Shirley Stelfox and Mary Millar. As well as ""Keeping Up Appearances"", he has also made appearances in several other sitcoms, namely ""Fresh Fields"", ""Terry and June"", ""Andy Capp"", ""Blackadder Goes Forth"" and ""The Upper Hand"". As of 1999, Gittins and his wife Sara Hollamby host travel programmes together. Jeremy has also appeared in a television advertisement for Cadbury Crispello. He was cast as the father. Jeremy Gittins Philip Jeremy Gittins (born 30 January 1956) is an English actor who is known for his role as"
"important. They are visited by a faded star who is reduced to selling cosmetic soap. They gossip about how they all want a man with plenty of money, so they do not end up the same way. Businessman Stephen Lee (Conway Tearle) angrily forbids his nephew Wally (William Bakewell) to marry Violet, one of the showgirls. A corpulent lawyer friend, Blake (Albert Gran), advises him to befriend the showgirl first before making a decision. The showgirls are friends who stick together, and the most raucous girl called Mabel (Winnie Lightner) takes a fancy to Blake, calling him 'sweetie' and showing"
"2013, he resurrected ""Open All Hours"" for a sequel series, ""Still Open All Hours"" starring David Jason. So far five series have been broadcast. In 2016, he created a prequel to ""Keeping Up Appearances"" titled ""Young Hyacinth"". The one-off episode premiered on 2 September 2016 on BBC One. Clarke currently resides in rural Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire with his wife, Enid Kitching. For quite some years he owned Horton Rounds in Northamptonshire, which is a Grade II listed house designed by the Northamptonshire architect Arthur A. J. Marshman. Roy Clarke Royston Clarke OBE (born 28 January 1930) is an"
"cast and crew biographies, series photographs and an interview with Harold Snoad. Since it was written during the filming of the final series of episodes, Snoad included the co-authors of the guide as extras in the episode ""The Fancy Dress Ball"". In 2010, the television show was adapted into a play entitled ""Keeping Up Appearances"" that toured theatres in the UK. The cast included Rachel Bell as Hyacinth, Kim Hartman as Elizabeth, Gareth Hale as Onslow, Steven Pinder as Emmet, Debbie Arnold as Rose, David Janson (who had previously appeared in the TV show as the postman) as Mr Edward"
"Bennett and later Victoria Wood in the 1980s. She first appeared in Alan Bennett's ""A Woman of No Importance"" in 1982, and then as the opinionated Kitty in ""Victoria Wood as Seen on TV"" in 1985. She performed two further monologues in Bennett's ""Talking Heads"" in 1987 and 1998. Routledge was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for the monologue ""A Lady of Letters"". In 1990, Routledge was cast as Hyacinth Bucket in the comedy series ""Keeping Up Appearances"". She portrayed a formerly working-class woman with social pretensions (insisting her surname be pronounced ""bouquet"") and delusions"
"Love"". In 2010 she played Hyacinth Bucket in a theatrical adaptation of the BBC situation comedy ""Keeping Up Appearances"" that toured the UK. In 2017 she took on the recurring role of Eve Haskey, mother of doctor Al Haskey, in the BBC daily drama series ""Doctors"". Rachel Bell Rachel Bell (born 1950) is an English actress. Bell has many television credits to her name and has been associated as a long-running character with three series: Margaret Holmes in ""Grange Hill"" (1997–2002); Edith Pilchester in ""The Darling Buds of May"" (1991–1993); and Louise, the overbearing chair of the divorcee support group"
"a part in the Angelic choir, darling."" An episode of ""Keeping Up Appearances"" was broadcast on BBC One the following week and dedicated to her. Mary Millar Irene Mary Wetton (26 July 1936 – 10 November 1998), better known by her stage name Mary Millar, was a British actress and singer best remembered for her role as the second actress to play Rose in the highly successful BBC sitcom ""Keeping Up Appearances"" between 1991 and 1995. Irene Mary Wetton was born in Doncaster, England, on 26 July 1936 to Horace and Irene (née Mellor) Wetton, both music hall singers. She"
"Black and White Actor"" in December 2009. Glyn Houston Glyn Houston (born 23 October 1925) is a Welsh actor best known for his television work. He is the younger brother of film actor Donald Houston. Houston was born in Clydach Vale, Glamorgan, Wales. He served in the army during the Second World War, and was briefly a stand-up comedian performing to soldiers during the war. He made his first film appearance in ""The Blue Lamp"" in 1950. Houston had a role as ""Duncan Thomas"", literary agent, in the 1980s British sitcom ""Keep It in the Family"". He appeared in a"
"forces workmen and other visitors to her home to remove their shoes before entering. Michael, the vicar of the local church (Jeremy Gittins) is also loath to face the overbearing Hyacinth, to whom he refers (to others) as ""the Bucket woman"". The vicar and his wife sometimes exact comic revenge on Hyacinth for her snobbishness; on one occasion, when she was one of a group of volunteer helpers at the church, the vicar's wife saw to it that Hyacinth's hand went up prematurely and assigned her the job of cleaning the church toilets. ""Keeping Up Appearances"" aired for five series,"
"man"". He was a plumber who liked a bit of betting and a drink before coming home. His wife, Thora, was noted for her incessant talking while giving her husband a hard time. The couple had at least two children, one named Peter who is now 23 and married. The series has much in common with the later BBC sitcom ""Keeping Up Appearances"", except that the central couple were unmistakably working class while in ""Appearances"" social climbing was a central element of the programme. The catchphrases of the series were both Thora's. The first occurred whenever the socially-aspiring Thora introduced"
"Simon Greenall Simon James Greenall (born 3 January 1958) is an English actor, writer, producer and voice artist, well known for his roles as Michael in the BBC TV series ""I'm Alan Partridge"", as well as in """", the Caretaker in the CBBC game show ""Trapped!"", Richard in ""Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married"" and various roles in TV comedies such as ""Harry Enfield's Television Programme"", ""The Armstrong and Miller Show"", ""Alas Smith and Jones"" and ""The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson"". As a voice artist, Greenall is known for voicing Iqbal and Martin in ""Bromwell High"", the Twins in"
"in the United States. She also played a school teacher in a Sugar Puffs ""I Want My Honey"" advert during the late 1980s/early 1990s. In 2012, Tewson launched her one-woman show ""Still Keeping Up Appearances?"" and is on tour across the UK. Josephine Tewson Josephine Ann Tewson (born 26 February 1931) is an English stage and television actress. She is best known for her large roles in British television sitcoms, such as Elizabeth ""Liz"" Warden the neighbour of Hyacinth Bucket in ""Keeping Up Appearances"" (1990–95) and Miss Davenport in ""Last of the Summer Wine"" (2003–10). Tewson was born in Hampstead,"
"Dave Matthews (Family Affairs) David (Dave) Matthews was a fictional character in UK soap opera ""Family Affairs"", played by Richard Hawley. Dave first appeared in Charnham in 1998 before moving away in 2000. He then returned in 2003 and stayed until 2005. Dave first appeared in Charnham in late 1998 along with wife Cat and his son from his first marriage, Josh, who he had left to face his debts. Initially an extramarital love interest for local resident, Annie Hart, Dave soon turned his attentions to her adult daughter Holly. Dave and Holly had secretly planned to elope together the"
"built along the Rugby Road. The phone company successfully appealed and work on the mast started in April 2007 and was completed within a month. Suggestions to set up a Cubbington music festival were cancelled after several objections were raised. The village football team, Cubbington Albion, used to play an annual match against a team of former Aston Villa stars. Leamington Hibernian of the Midland Football League started playing on the same pitch as Cubbington Albion from the 2017-18 season. The village was used for some scenes in the BBC Television comedy series ""Keeping up Appearances"" starring Patricia Routledge and"
"1882. This group of aristocratic men had held a few other meetings around the county and had formed a cricket team. It was on this date however that Warwickshire County Cricket Club formally came into existence. In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, according to Billy Wright's autobiography ""Captain of England"" the England national football team used to meet before they travelled to away matches abroad. More recently the cast and crew of the British comedy ""Keeping Up Appearances"" including Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes stayed at the hotel whilst filming in Leamington. For some years now the hotel"