Keeping Up Appearances - Hats Off to Hyacinth
Adored British sitcomKeeping Up Appearancesconcluded after its  fifth series, the second half of which is compiled onHats Off to  Hyacinth. Fans of the unflappably snobbish Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia  Routledge) will delight as she schemes to be cast a production of the  musicalThe Boyfriendand attempts to launch a new career as a  professional hostess. Along for the ride are her good-natured husband  Richard (Clive Swift), her trembling neighbors Elizabeth and Emmett  (Josephine Tewson and David Griffin), her tawdry sisters Daisy and Rose  (Judy Cornwell and Mary Millar), and Daisy's oafish yet sensible husband  Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes). Hyacinth terrorizes her world, armed with  nothing more than a voice that could pierce armor and an unshakable faith  in her own opinion. The series achieves its comic peak, however, when  Richard actually dares to raise his voice to Hyacinth, a moment that will  fill fans with shocked giddiness.--Bret Fetzer