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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I loved this!!!
As an avid fan of KUA, I walked into this, teetering on the fence between skeptical and cautiously optimistic.
Let me tell you...! The actress portraying Hyacinth was absolutely amazing! Everything about her performance was executed superbly. Her speech, timing, mannerisms, expressions! I just cannot sing her praises loudly enough.
The backstory was setting up wonderfully was promising to fill us in on the whole story. I was really anxious to watch the histories of the family.
I am a bit heartbroken that it was only the one episode. I hope hope that it will be finished one day as I think it's a fascinating and funny story.
Let me tell you...! The actress portraying Hyacinth was absolutely amazing! Everything about her performance was executed superbly. Her speech, timing, mannerisms, expressions! I just cannot sing her praises loudly enough.
The backstory was setting up wonderfully was promising to fill us in on the whole story. I was really anxious to watch the histories of the family.
I am a bit heartbroken that it was only the one episode. I hope hope that it will be finished one day as I think it's a fascinating and funny story.
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- naivej
- Nov 10, 2021
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