Set in the late 1950s, a young Hyacinth will be seen desperately trying to force her family to climb the social ladder.Set in the late 1950s, a young Hyacinth will be seen desperately trying to force her family to climb the social ladder.Set in the late 1950s, a young Hyacinth will be seen desperately trying to force her family to climb the social ladder.
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- TriviaIn this 2016 standalone prequel episode "Young Hyacinth", which may have intended to have been a back-door pilot leading to a prequel series, we learn more about the origins of Hyacinth's mindset. The family surname is finally revealed to be the Waltons. According to this episode, in the early 1950s, young Hyacinth Walton is working as a domestic servant for the Cooper-Smiths by day while living in a small canal cottage with her alcoholic father ("Daddy") and her three sisters (Violet, Rose and Daisy). Impressed by her eccentric employers, Hyacinth vows to escape her poor background and enter a world of the elegant upper class, thus leading to her ongoing behaviour seen in Keeping up Appearances, of "trying to climb the social (classes) ladder". Presumably, if the episode had become a series, it would finally have officially revealed just exactly how and why Richard and Hyacinth met and eventually got married, which continues to cause much debate and theories, even amongst the casual viewer.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Keeping Up Appearances: 30 Years of Laughs (2023)
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It isn't the same
Keeping Up Appearances is a true British classic sitcom - exported all over the world, loved by many people, especially in America. It also generated huge audiences in the UK and is often repeated. Whilst the plots were pretty much constantly recycled (Hyacinth wants to arrange a social occasion, but her friends and family hamper her efforts) and you could see the jokes coming a mile off it managed to be consistently very funny. Thanks largely to an almost perfect cast, led by Patricia Routlege who could convey so much just with a facial expression and provided incredible physical comedy as well as delivering the script brilliantly.
Unfortunately Young Hyacinth didn't work in the same way. The farcical elements were missing, and whilst it was nicely shot, it didn't have anything like the feel or charm of the original. However, Kerry Howard who took on the role of Hyacinth as a young woman in the 1950s was great in the role she was given - managing to get the voice and mannerisms of Hyacinth as played by Patricia Routlege.
As a one off show this was ok, raised one or two smiles but not the belly laughs of the silly and over the top original.
Unfortunately Young Hyacinth didn't work in the same way. The farcical elements were missing, and whilst it was nicely shot, it didn't have anything like the feel or charm of the original. However, Kerry Howard who took on the role of Hyacinth as a young woman in the 1950s was great in the role she was given - managing to get the voice and mannerisms of Hyacinth as played by Patricia Routlege.
As a one off show this was ok, raised one or two smiles but not the belly laughs of the silly and over the top original.
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