Product Details

• Actors: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Video
• DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000079DND
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,635 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Keeping Up Appearances - Hyacinth in Full Bloom Set (Vol. 1-4)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Tireless social climber Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "Bouquet" of course) returns with more hilarious high-class hi-jinks. The set 'Hyacinth in Full Bloom' includes 4 discs sold individually: 'My Way or the Hyacinth Way' 'Hints from Hyacinth' 'Home Is Where the Hyacinth Is' and the Holiday disc 'Deck the Halls with Hyacinth'.Running Time: 690 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 794051171429

Customer Reviews

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars That Bucket Woman!!!!!, June 9, 2003

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Daryl B (Nashville, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeping Up Appearances - Hyacinth in Full Bloom Set (Vol. 1-4) (DVD)

I have been waiting for this dvd set for a long time. This is one of my all time favorite "britcoms" (another being the delightful "Are You Being Served?) This 4 disc box set contains all the episodes from the first two seasons of "Keeping Up Appearances" plus some special episodes, such as the Christmas episode, that haven't been released in the United States. One of my favorite episodes "Three piece Suite" is included---as Hyacinth obsesses over the royal crest on the van bringing her new three piece suite and her desire for her neighbors to see her important new delivery. All of these episodes, however, are brillant. All the wonderful characters are there---Hyacinth's long suffering husband, Richard; Emmet and Elizabeth, her neighbors; Onslow, Daisy, and Rose---her brother-in-law and sisters and many more. If you haven't watched this comedy about a British housewife who brings social snobbery to a whole new level, then do yourself a favor and buy this dvd set. You'll laugh till you cry!!!! I hope they release the later seasons as well!

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the Best, March 29, 2003

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J. J. Dangermond (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keeping Up Appearances - Hyacinth in Full Bloom Set (Vol. 1-4) (DVD)

Patricia Routledge is incredible and wonderful as Hyacinth, and the other case members are superb playing off of her antics. At last four discs with my favorite lady. My favorite episode has to be when Richard is dressed as Santa Claus with a case of mistaken identity. And I loved Ms. Routledge's Kitty monologues (good extra) on Disc 4.

Many thanks to the BBC for finally starting to release this series on DVD in complete seasons rather than odd shows on the video series. Now, when are the next seasons coming?? Please do not piecemeal this - we may all be dead by the time they are released!

The only complaint that I have is that there was only 3 minutes of bloopers on Disc 1, Disc 2 and Disc 3. The Absolutely Fabulous set has 15 minutes on each disc. I laughed almost as much watching Ms. Routledge trying to get her story correct - best line by Geoffrey Hughes "Your Hyacinth on the phone is better than Hyacinth in bed"!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, Nice!, March 26, 2004

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Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keeping Up Appearances - Hyacinth in Full Bloom Set (Vol. 1-4) (DVD)

Patricia Routledge is a comic genius. Her portrayal of Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'Bouquet', of course) makes for the single best characterization to come out of a British comedy in the last decade. The series is impeccably written and acted with Hyacinth stealing the scene whenever she is in frame. The other characters are similarly well developed, from longsuffering husband Richard (Clive Swift), to her sisters Daisy (and her husband Onslow, portrayed to perfection by Geoffrey Hughes as an unemployed, lazy slacker who reads things like 'Principles of Particle Physics' in bed), and the always randy Rose (as well as the rarely seen third sister, Violet, the one with a Mercedes, a sauna, and room for a pony), to the neighbors Elizabeth and Emmet ("She'll sing at me!") and even the recurring bit players such as the postman the vicar and his wife. Altogether the ensemble cast supports Hyacinth so perfectly that the show has unrivalled chemistry and timing.

The four disk set contains the famous and hilarious "QE2" episodes, and the "Three Piece Suite" episode, which for absolute hilarity is impossible to top (watching Hyacinth with the traffic cones and the 'Imminent Delivery' sign is sublime.) Also on the disks are several extras, of which my favorites are the outtakes: seeing Hyacinth break character and actually laugh at the funny situations is a delight indeed.

For anyone who likes British comedies, or likes subtle, yet highbrow, humor in equal measure, this set is an absolute treasure trove and is not to be missed. Highly recommended.