Keeping Up Appearances - Interview
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- Опубликовано: 9 янв 2008
- Keeping Up Appearances: Interview with Patricia Routledge (Hyacinth Bucket) and Clive Swift (Richard Bucket).
The host is Judi Spiers.
For all those interested to know when this interview took place: Patricia Routledge says: We are going to do a Christmas special for 1994 and there is a Christmas special coming out for this year, which we shot glamourously on the QE II and had a wonderful time. So that's this year and then we're doing a Chrismas special for next year...
That means it was recorded somewhere in 1993. 
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Watching this in 2024. What a gem!❤
Me too, I am watching in 2024 and every time I laugh like I am watching for the first time
Me also. I never miss a show and when I saw this I had to watch it.
same 🥰
Me to in June
Me too ❤
“It’s my sister, Violet! She’s the one with a swimming pool, sauna and room for a pony!”
AND a Mercedes.
No it’s just my sister daisy she’s not the one with the Mercedes and room for a pony
I am watching this in 2024. I can't believe 30 years has passed after this amazing interview!! I'm obsessed with this sitcom 😃
What was your favourite episode?
@@Jaygazzilli Problems with relatives
When Clive said "Richard Bucket" I was expecting Patricia to say "Bouquet dear!"😂
One of those rare shows that you never really get tired of.
I totally agree! 🥰
Hyacinth is such a strong character that most of the attention is on her. But Clive plays the long suffering Richard to perfection. Clive is a wonderful actor.
He's already passed away, unfortunately.
@@MVK123 Yes, that's so sad.🌹
I've always found Clive Swift to be the consummate foil to Patricia Rutledge 's absurd, but lovable and comical foibles in the comedy " Keeping up Appearances." Both Patricia and Clive are finely talented and versatile actors her as Hyacinth Bucket, and he as Richard Bucket, in the above mentioned television series.
@@tommcconville677🤣 TV TV 😊😊
He deserves a medal lol
I am American and have been watching this show since the 1990s. I've always said to my friends that Patricia is probably the nicest lady in real life and this interview confirmed that. She is pure class. I miss that show.
Yes indeed. I love this television series.
An absolute British classic! I wish they still made shows like this. Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift truly made this show as brilliant as it was, along with Geoffrey Hughes and the rest of the cast
Onslow ❤
@@paularob2829
Onslow is dead now.
@@paularob2829 *Rose?!? She´s no longer with_us*
It is showing on Gold tv
@@kathrynboyd4448 *i don´t watch t.v*
"I don't like this level of intimacy..." as Hyacinth brushes past Richard in the kitchen. Just perfect.
This is now 2023 and Keeping up Appearances is still one of the funniest sitcoms ever made.IMO
I Love Patricia Routledge. She is one of those rare actresses who can do comedy, drama and has a beautiful voice. Her comedic timing is impeccable. This series is classic.
Totally agree, her voice is lovely, not a gonna/wanna etc spoken as you hear everywhere these days, ok this is from back in 1990’s,
I love her too, she is very funny, great actress and a accomplished singer!🌹
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I love her! She should play the Queen's role in her last years for The Crown! She is excellent! She is the queen of UK,s comedy!
I love when they're in the car. 'Watch out for the cow, dear." Richard "The cow is in the field!" Hyacinth "They've been known to jump fences."
Mind the pedestrian!
Hahaha. Indeed..😂
@@ctaylorluce "Mind the tree, dear"
I can imagine her saying "Watch out for the butterfly, dear." He'd say "Isn't it in the air?" She'd say "They've been known to land on windshields and startle drivers. As they say, dear, "butterflies are free!"
@@maryk446 "There's an ant hill there, Richard. Be aware."
Richard: "We're in the road. The ant hill is on the lawns!"
Hyacinth: "Ants have been known to get into people's pants, dear. It's quite difficult to drive with ants in one's pants."
I love this series and am still watching it in 2023
Television at its best. Never get tired of watching Keeping up appearances.
It's one of those shows you think has had a tone of episodes and seasons where it hasn't really. like fawlty towers - 12 episodes and you watch the reruns again and again. Similar to The Vicar of Dibley, there were only about three regular seasons and a few Christmas specials.
@@andrewmurray1550lr
@@andrewmurray1550 Where did you get that information? There were 5 seasons of KUA. Approx. 40 episodes.
I love that comedy, pure humor 😊
Keeping Up Appearances is still going strong every night in Denmark. I'm 54 years old and absolutely love it. My daughter is 25 and think it's weird how much I love watching. It's hilarious and let's not forget Onslow 😂
Fint skal det være! 😊
Alle kender da en Onslow 😅
@@moskavado Eller en Hyacinth. 🤣
@@moskavado Min tidligere svigerfar var en Onslow 😁
I loved it when Hyacinth would polish the leaves near her door talking all the while to the neighbor or whoever, like telling Elizabeth about tea time..
RIP Clive. Such a wonderful man.
I agree wholeheartedly. ❤
I think he was great 🤗
That he was!
Clive Swift was the perfect choice for a husband.
My mother died in 1997 and my last memories of her when she was healthy was how much she enjoyed keeping up appearances. It brings back lovely memories of her when I watch it😊
How wonderful you have such lovely memories to cherish.
I have similar memories from my mother, who passed away in 2006. She loved Keeping up appearances - and so do l!
Same with me my Mum & I loved 🥰 watching this show fond memories
My mum passed last year, and it was her favorite too..
❗I love them both ! ❤ And miss them ALL desperately. Our family never missed a show..
2024
Keeping up Appearances brought me and my children (all boys!) together every week. It was so wonderful for them to have such clean comedy. They were brilliant.
We’ve stopped watching FOX Nation, since they fired Tucker Carlson. Now, we’ve started watching the “Bewitched” series. Last night my hubby said “oh why can’t there be humour like this anymore”. My only wish is that they’d kept all the 1960’s commercials. We’re starting “Keeping Up Appearances”, next. ❤️
@@Bella-gj6wc Glad to hear you’ve stopping watching Tuckkker KKKarlson because of his firing 😮, now you can get to deprogrammed the appalling disinformation both Fox and that white supremacist spread for years …Comedy is a wonderful way to relax as against the nightly dish of fear mongering and hatred Fox gives, I live in the Canary Islands little crime and anyone caught with a gun except a strictly regulated shotgun will spend many years in jail….No hate channels on TV except for cable but very strict libel laws so companies like Fox Newsmax OAN etc would be scared to spill their propaganda…
@@Bella-gj6wc I guess you'll have to get a subscription to Russian television if you want to watch Tucker in the future 😂😂😂
@@JaRule64 til os
My brother and I used to watch this show with my mother. We were just kids but we used to laugh hysterically. To this day my mom and I quote this show and laugh. The humor is timeless!
Keeping Up Appearances, one television show I never grow tired of watching.
Patricia is so gracious, witty, & has wonderful pose. Clive seems genuinely sweet & they both have an emotional chemistry with each other & natural charm together. Love them both!
Classic British comedy, each character perfectly cast.
Daisy,Rose,Onslow top shelf casting.
I totally agree. And the outtakes show how much fun they must have had themselves!
I wish I could have met the late Clive, but Patricia is still alive. How time goes by so fast. I feel so depressed knowing so much time has gone and so many great people have been lost....
I do too. This truly was an endearing show and wonderful time for me to be a young adult. I’m 42 now and really mourn my youth thru shows like this. RIP Clive 🕊️
I could listen to her speak all day. She's so articulate and funny and very pragmatic. Wonderful upper class accent but that's where the upper class stops. She doesn't think she's above other people. Brilliant actress, love her
That’s not an upper class accent. She’s more clearly spoken than that and you can still hear her regional accent come through.
She lived round the corner from me, Tranmere, Birkenhead. Working class but a decent area then.
I'm an American and I love 'Keeping Up Appearances!" It was such a cleverly written show, and the acting was superb. The poor put-upon British husband and his overbearing, "Over-proper" Royal aspirant, yet loveable wife, genius!
Clive Swift's Richard is one of my favorite sitcom characters of all time.
They all are to me! Especially richard and Onslow
My dear mom is no longer with us but keeping up appearances was her favorite shows.
It is a lovely series!
So sorry for your loss!❤️🩹❤️
My Mom is gone😢, but it was her favorite!❤
When Patricia talks about the Christmas special for 93 being on the QE two and I had to smile. I remember that episode so clearly and I was 7 at the time. The fact that 30 years have gone by and I still remember it, shows how great this show and how wonderful the actors really were.
I'm not sure my son will have the experience unfortunately.
❤
This show was very popular in the Netherlands. Me and my relatives loved it and we still make references to the show.
Especially Onslow is a favorite of ours.
Onslow was played by the late great Geoffrey Hughes who often played comic characters such as. Eddie Yates in Coronation street Twiggy in the Royle Family and loveable rogue Vernon Scripps in Heartbeat.
As I watch this today, 5-15-23, it is with wistfulness. Clive Swift is now gone, and these two were such a treat in KUA. AI have all the episodes and the laugher I get is just as good each time. I particularly love the “Driving Mrs. Fortescu,” and “A River Picnic.”
I believe it was in "A River Picnic" that I first heard the word _riparian._ If I'm not mistaken, that was the only time I've _ever_ heard or come across that word; when I looked it up, I wasn't quite sure how to spell it, but found it eventually.
"An afternoon of riparian delights," if I correctly remember Hyacinth's invitation. Who could possibly refuse?! 😂
He also played George the II a Masterpiece series about the political FOX family.
I have very fond memories of the privilege of working on her show in the theatre I work at, when she was on tour talking about her long and amazing career..I looked after her in her dressing room to get her settled in, wired her up for sound, then operated the lighting desk for the show, at the end of the evening she was very obliging to have a pic with me, and sign a flyer, but what surprised me was when I walked up the centre aisle in the theatre, and she was at the back of the auditorium, as I approached her, she held out her hand and said in a very warm comforting voice, "Hello dear, what`s your name?". I was so made up, she then went to look at the organ, and was amazed, and engaged in conversation with all those woh came into contact with her.I had always admired her for her wonderful performances, and that night was certainly a great one for me, and the audience too, and yes Emmet used to worry about Hyacinth singing to her, but no fear, she really could sing, and has appeared on Broadway, and in London, in musical theatre..An absolutely lovely lady, with such a passion for theatre, a shame many only know her for playing Mrs Bucket, she has had many strings to her bow..
Patricia still lives, she will be hundred wonderful person.
These actors are SO talented yet so humble. It really says so much about them.
Love Patricia Routledge she's a delightful person and an incredibly talented actress. And Clive swift what a thoroughly nice man. No one else could have been Richard Bucket
Who is still LOVING these re-runs?
Meeeeeeeeeeeeee!❤
One of the most intelligent sitcoms ever made, in any country.
Love Clive and Patricia! They do have wonderful chemistry. RIP Clive, I bet Patricia misses you very much, as we all do
A match made in heaven.They were wonderful together.True comedy which is sadly rare now and nowhere near this quality
Both of my children in their late 20s and mid 30s love keeping up appearances; it has them in stitches!😂😂😂😂😂
One of my kids always gets a kick out of how she pronounces her son Sheridan's name 😂
As someone who lives in the United States I absolutely appreciate British comedy! 😂😁🙏
So do I. British Comedy is excellent. Actually I prefer British TV to American TV especially British Drama.
@@BlueSky-gu2bxme too
No question. The Britcoms were the only thing worth watching. And yet the Brits would admit that they had their junk, as well. Only the best programs came to the US.
@@MrTrashcan1 absolutely agree they're comedies are the best and their drama shows are some of the best to
Me too..
Love Keeping Up Appearances. So glad PBS is showing it on the USA. RIP Clive Swift.
Really im 8n Australia bren watching it to for while
I just love this show!!!! Long live the Bucket Woman!!
It's Bouquet!😂😉
It's Bouquet, dear.
Bouquet, is "Bouquet" ...the lady of the house speaking😂😂😂😂
I can't stop watching this series, i always laugh at the jokes.Fantastic actors 💗💗💗
If you've never watched Keeping Up Appearances, you must watch it. It's hilarious! I would always feel sorry for Richard! LOL!
Hello Dear
How are you doing today?
I love Keeping Up Appearances. I live in the U. S. And watch this every week on PBS
Patricia Routledge. Clive Swift. I remember this series from early childhood.
Midwest American (Kansas to be precise) here, and I love that series. That's some brilliant comedy to be able to reach that far.
Loved watching Keeping Up Appearances when i was a kid. Hyacinth and Richard were hilarious 😂
Her acting in Alan Bennetts Talking Heads episode, Lady Of Letters, is superb... Class actress
Keeping up Appearances is the best, I still watch it.
It's so timeless! 🥰
I love British comedy and to me this is one of those best shows back then! I have great respect for British humor! 😂😁🌍
English comedy is Top Shelf.
No comparison.
@@warrenreddaway5734 I am in absolute agreement with you😁 and the amazing thing is you can watch another different British program with a different English dialogue and they are all funny 😂
Check out Sarah Millican.
@@nigelbeaumont1109 is that the same woman that imitates Trump?
@@warrenreddaway5734 absolutely in agreement with you there from Boston no other comedy compares
I love this show. 😂 Makes me laugh after a bad day.
As an American I have to say I love this show!!! The Bucket woman is just to much!!!
It's "Bouquet" 😊🤩
Clive and Patricia bring me to tears when they are together in "Keeping Up Apperances" and I thank them for every tear that I wipe away from my cheek. Often over used but perfect for these two, "Simply Briliant"!
Absolutely one of the very best series ever made. Used to howl with laughter. Also lovely to see that they both love performing on stage.
Me too!!!!😂😂
Just found this. I have the full box set of the “Keeping up Appearances “ I am addicted and feel there is a lot of me in Mrs Bucket!!! So sad many of the cast have passed away 😢💕💕💕
Hi from Sweden, addicted to this too!
Funny thing I didn't realize until just last year, that Hyacinth and her sisters Violet and Rose together make a flower bucket!😂
Agreed, sad that a lot of cast has past away.
We can still enjoy their comedy though.
I think they would like that!
@@JaneDoe-ci3gj and Daisy! 🌼
Same here. Watching through it all now and it's such fun! I also like to time travel back to the early 90s for that lovely cottage style
Yes! But I realized that most of them have lived a full life.
Which of them, besides "Richard" have passed away?
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I bet Sheridan knew these guidelines
I do not think I have been laughing more in my life watching this fantastic lady! She was absolutely hysterically funny!!
Been in the states for 50 years, this brought me back home! 😂
Her physical comedy is wonderful
I have had such a good time watching the series with Hyacinth! So much fun and laughter! One of the best series ever!
Wonderful wonderful British Humour!!! Thank you so very much!!!
I love Keeping Up Appearances. I watch it on every Saturday night it comes on PBS on my local channel in King County Washington. Seeing this interview makes me wish I could see the stage play they were in together!
Nice to see its appreciated elsewhere in the world. Absolute British classic
Me, too.
I’m from the UK, but now a long time FL resident. I’ve been watching it for years on WPBT 2 in S Florida every Saturday night.
@@juliet7703 There are *many* fans of that show in the US. My late Mum *loved* it.
My neice was in love with this series as young as 3 years old, she just roared watching it. I hope I haven't missed any of the series, it is one of ny favourites of all time. Both these people have done other series with equal success. Love them both.
So pleased to have found this and so lovely to see that Patricia and Clive appeared to have a genuine rapport. Sadly, Clive is now no longer with us. His son Joe who is a noted gardener and tv presenter in the UK looks and sounds exactly like him. I noted with interest when Clive is asked if he might write a book on gardening, little did he know at the time that his son would go on to forge a successful career in the field of horticulture.
I used to watch this show on PBS all time with my grandma. We always laughed together. It brings me back so many wonderful memories.
Oh the QE2 episode was BRILLIANT! So fun seeing her dance with Onslo.
So much of this show was about physical comedy and slapstick of sorts. God bless all the cast , where ever they are now.
Compliments from the Kingdom of the Netherlands! 🇳🇱
This was a favorite show! Patricia Routledge's delivery, in particular, along with those facial expressions, made me laugh out loud!! And Richard was the perfect foil! So grateful!!! (How surprising to me to hear the Patricia's accent sounds just like Hyancinth!!)
Why don’t we see programmes like this any more.
Wokery?
@@SpeccyMan
Get a grip, Nick.
We’ll probably make the assumption Nick that the death of a lot of the principal cast would put pay to anymore of this.
@@curtisrobinson7962 you get a grip you wally.
Not only wokery but viewers have the brain capacity of an ant.
Patricia Rutledge is a very natural comedienne.
Omg, Patricia is amazing ! I have seen re runs of Keeping Up appearances over the years. Miss her and the cast of that great show.
They are both wonderful great actors, excellent comedians. She kills me in Keeping up Appearances,
Oh my Goodness! Thank you Sooo much for sharing this interviews. I grew up watching this, Are you being served and Mr.Bean. These are still my favorite shows of all time. It is such a shame that they don't make good Television shows like this anymore. The Chemistry is truly... Timeless!❤
What a treat to see these two interviewed. Has always been marvellous watching Keeping Up Appearances.
Keeping up Appearances is one of the funniest shows 😂 I think it breaks the age barriers. I think that Richard's character is probably a challenge to perform...and I used to wonder how Mr Swift kept up so long.
My mother IS Hyacinth Bucket.
My father IS the henpecked, long suffering, Richard Bucket.
From either side of the Mersey along with their co-star Geoffrey Hughes.
I love this show.
I have watched the show for years.
All of them are wonderful.
All of the characters are really funny.
Timeless comedy
Clive did such a great job as Richard. His character always seemed like someone who I'd have liked to have a beer and cigar with.
Golden era of TV...Brittas Empire, Red Dwarf, Generation Game, Noels House Party, Challenge Anika....be good to go back to those simple times
“She’ll sing at me!”
Both incredible artists ❤
They're both SO lovely, and such consummate professionals--gracefully sharing the limelight with ease and generosity.
This just goes to show that British actors get to show so much more intellect and method in their acting and preparation than what we get in America. And to the guy who added this video, so interesting that we both have an interest in Keeping Up Appearances AND conspiracy theory, and I also once lived in Denmark. =)
Absolutely wonderful. My go to comedy when needing a laugh ❤🙏🏽😂🇬🇧🇻🇨
I just found this series on Netflix and watched almost all of the episodes in a couple days. Whew! It's so nice to see her being normal. Shows you what a great entertainer she really is and that she isn't naturally like Hyacinth Bucket after all!
She was also in a series where she played a sleuth,the guy who played merry in LOTR movies was also in it
@@kathywright6853 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates... 😍🥰💚
I love Onslo
@@alamudesky1959oh nice
So great to see these two great entertainers!
Hyacinth was a best actress indeed.
My goodness, hard to believe this is 15 years ago. Timeless
This is 30 years ago
Thanks for clarifying
They were they best, I miss there antics. I am so glad I lived to see them.
Judi Spiers did a really nice job interviewing.
Every character was a superb gem so much so that being so real i barely recognise that the show had writers and producers who were similarly gifted.
Love this show along with their comedy tv show
Cleveland, Ohio, USA 🇺🇸
One of the GREATEST series ever. Pure funny.
What a great couple they made❤. Both tremendous at their job..Sadly missed, glad w
I see my grandma in Patricia 🥰🥹 very fun loving. I was born in 1990 and I watched the show since I was born😅 it always gives me a good laugh😂
This show has given my wife and I the most precious moments in laughter.. I drove to Binley Woods in Coventry with my wife and visited the location on Heather Road we were invited into Elizabeth and Emmet’s house for tea by the very kind home owners
This kind of reminded me when Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker) & Jean Stapleton (Edith Bunker) had a sit down.I'm Canadian but these two shows American & British were and are one of my favourite.Memory lives on,thank you!
I use watched Keeping Up appearances with my mum and sister when growing up. I’m now watching the reruns on gold. Tears of laughter and such memories. They really don’t make tv. Like this anymore! ❤