KeepingUpAppearancesisaBritishsitcomstarringPatriciaRoutledgeaseccentric,social-climbingsnobHyacinthBucket(bou-quet).CreatedandwrittenbyRoyClarke,itairedonBBC1from1990to1995—spanningfiveseasonsand44episodes—fourofwhichareChristmasspecials.In2004theshowcame12thintheBritain'sBestSitcompollthatairedonBBC2.ItisregularlyrepeatedonBBC1andonG.O.L.D.Allfiveseasons—includingChristmasspecials—areavailableonDVD.TheshowhasbeenairedinmanycountriesthroughouttheworldandispopularinNorthAmerica.The BOUQUET residence, the lady of the house speaking