Talk:Keeping Up Appearances

"Daddy"'s military service
Despite his advanced age, I don't think that "Daddy" could have been a First World War veteran, with memories of trench warfare (this would make him at least in his early 90's at the time of the series!). He almost certainly served in the Second World War. (There was an episode in which "Daddy" disabled Richard's car; Onslow said he must have done this by removing the rotor arm, because that's what he would have done during "the war"--a reference, for a man of Onslow's age, to the Second World War, I would think.) I would not like to make the relevant change without general approval; perhaps someone else could do so? Rontrigger (talk) 03:46, 27 March 2011 (UTC)


 * The references in the show are a bit indeterminate and it went for comic effect over strict historic accuracy. The character has various delusions as well so it's not too clear what is accurate. And to add to the mix he may be someone who was too young to go to the First World War and is "reliving" a imagined version. Timrollpickering (talk) 08:59, 28 June 2013 (UTC)


 * It's quite possible that he did see service in WWI. At the time that the show first aired, I worked the polls at election time, and one of the other precinct workers was a WWI veteran who had attended the Paris Caucus and helped found the American Legion.  When I knew him, he was in his mid-90s and his mind was in far better condition than Daddy's was in the show.  One year, the Saturday Evening Post did a special edition for Veteran's Day, featuring one vet from every war, as far back as they could, and he was the representative for his war, and I think the oldest one featured.  JDZeff (talk) 04:08, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

External scenes
Marston Hall in S4E5 and E5 is not the one in Lincs.203.219.80.168 (talk) 02:52, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

The social class of the protagonist?
"the sitcom follows her obsessive and determined attempts to impress in middle class society and portray herself as more affluent than she truly is", from the lead. She wasn't actually in a middle class society though. She wanted to impress the middle class or be in the middle class, but she wasn't in one. UK definition of middle class does not mean just having a job like it does in America 125.253.96.174 (talk) 09:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Pretty much. The term "non-U" is less well known today but Hyacinth is the classic example of the social climber seeking to impress but actually coming across as nothing like the real upper classes. Timrollpickering (talk) 16:53, 5 July 2013 (UTC)


 * After all, her real accent would be the same as Rose's. JHobson3 (talk) 13:42, 28 June 2014 (UTC)


 * She is middle class (lives in a middle-class area, has a comfortable lifestyle, a middle-class husband) but is from an underclass background; many people change social class. She tries hard to make it seem to those around her that she was born into the middle-class, but is shown up by her family. Jim Michael (talk) 18:03, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Keeping Up Appearances, the cafe
Found a cafe in Helsingør, Denmark themed after this show, would this kinda of information be worth adding? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.172.220.144 (talk) 16:17, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

The Vicar
"The Vicar sometimes exacts comic revenge on Hyacinth for her snobbishness; on one occasion, when she was one of a group of volunteer helpers at the church, he saw to it that her hand went up prematurely and assigned her the job of cleaning the church toilets." -- In the described scene it was Vicar's wife, not the Vicar himself - see Season 3 Episode 04: "How To Go On Holiday Without Really Trying". Cheers, 89.171.204.122 (talk) 21:16, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Theme song
Why no info about the theme song? I just compared to another TV series, and noticed that the theme-related entries are totally missing from the infobox. Some series boxes have them empty, but here they are absent. 82.141.67.208 (talk) 19:35, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Merger proposal
Notice: There is a proposal for the merger of Onslow (Keeping Up Appearances) to List of Keeping Up Appearances characters. Discussion here. GenQuest "Talk to Me" 19:32, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

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Removed From Netflix
The show has been removed from Netflix. Trevor Casey (talk) 02:09, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Hyacinth's Father
The article says he has flashbacks to WWII but judging from the style of helmet and other accoutrements he has, as well as his advanced age (if he is 85 in in 1975, say, he would have been born in 1895, or just about the right age to fight in WWI), I submit it should reference WWI instead. HerrProfessor10 (talk) 22:50, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Where does it state that he was 85 in 1975? JuliaDrydon (talk) 06:23, 21 February 2023 (UTC)