The Best of British Comedy

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Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) goes to incredible lengths in her quest for perfection. Hers is a spick-and-span house. Her downtrodden husband, Richard (Clive Swift), acts as chauffer in their immaculately kept car. Their permanently absent son has a superior name, Sheridan. Even the empty milk bottles sparkle on the doorstep after their obligatory rinse in the dishwasher. In marked contrast to Hyacinth's meticulously ordered life, however, the rest of her family are as common as much. They live together in a rundown house that looks like a junkyard. Sister Daisy (Judy Cornwell) and her husband, Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes), are out-and-out slobs. Her other sister, Rose (Mary Millar), is an aging tart. Whatever Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "Bouquet!") does, her family can always be guaranteed to show her up.