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Keeping Up Appearances is one of the best-loved British sitcoms and has now been seen in more than sixty countries around the globe, with a particularly huge following in the USA. The show, originally broadcast on the BBC from 1990 to 1995, starred Patricia Routledge as the unforgettable Hyacinth Bucket pronounced 'Bouquet!' the incorrigible snob whose desperate attempts at social climbing always end in disaster and humiliation.
Throughout the sitcom's five series (plus four Christmas specials), the producer and director was Harold Snoad, whose directing credits already included such classics as Dad's Army and The Dick Emery Show. In this hugely entertaining memoir of the series, Snoad takes us behind the scenes and into the hurly-burly world of TV production - from location shooting in the city streets of Britain's Midlands and the glamorous lounges of the QE2, to the daily grind of schedules and rewrites and the shenanigans and foibles of the actors ...
Witty and revealing, It's Bouquet - Not Bucket! offers both an exclusive insight into a great British institution - the situation comedy - and a comprehensive guide to one of its greatest examples, Keeping Up Appearances, with full plot synopses, cast lists and locations. Like the series before it, it's a book that looks set to gain its own band of avid admirers.
Throughout the sitcom's five series (plus four Christmas specials), the producer and director was Harold Snoad, whose directing credits already included such classics as Dad's Army and The Dick Emery Show. In this hugely entertaining memoir of the series, Snoad takes us behind the scenes and into the hurly-burly world of TV production - from location shooting in the city streets of Britain's Midlands and the glamorous lounges of the QE2, to the daily grind of schedules and rewrites and the shenanigans and foibles of the actors ...
Witty and revealing, It's Bouquet - Not Bucket! offers both an exclusive insight into a great British institution - the situation comedy - and a comprehensive guide to one of its greatest examples, Keeping Up Appearances, with full plot synopses, cast lists and locations. Like the series before it, it's a book that looks set to gain its own band of avid admirers.
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Harold Snoad joined BBC Television after working in the theatre and climbed the rungs of the production ladder, becoming a producer/director in 1969 - in those days one of the youngest in the business. He started by directing a number of episodes of Dad's Army and then produced and directed numerous comedy series over the years starring, amongst others, Ronnie Barker, John Inman, Eric Sykes, John Cleese, Leslie Phillips, Geraldine McEwan, Susan Hampshire and Dick Emery, with the last of whom he worked for eight years.
His series over the years include Oh, Brother!, Are You Being Served?, His Lordship Entertains, Sykes and a Big, Big Show, Rings on Their Fingers, Casanova '73, The Dick Emery Show, Tears before Bedtime, The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim, Partners and Hilary.
There then followed the six series of Don't Wait Up starring Tony Britton, Nigel Havers and Dinah Sheridan (which won the 1989 T.R.I.C. [Television and Radio Industries Club] award for 'Sitcom of the Year'), Ever Decreasing Circles, starring Richard Briers (which was nominated for a BAFTA award two years running), the Ray Cooney farce Wife Begins at Forty, and, of course, Keeping Up Appearances. This was twice nominated for a BAFTA and, in 1995, won Holland's prestigious Silver Tulip Award.
As a writer, Harold Snoad adapted 66 episodes of Dad's Army for the radio before writing two original comedy series for that medium, as well as a series for television starring Richard Wilson and Bernard Cribbins. After 38 years with BBC Television, he has now returned to the theatre and recently directed the stage play Say Who You Are. He has also given a number of talks on cruise liners, mainly the QE2 but others as well, about television comedy. He is the author of the BBC publication Directing Situation Comedy (1988).
His series over the years include Oh, Brother!, Are You Being Served?, His Lordship Entertains, Sykes and a Big, Big Show, Rings on Their Fingers, Casanova '73, The Dick Emery Show, Tears before Bedtime, The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim, Partners and Hilary.
There then followed the six series of Don't Wait Up starring Tony Britton, Nigel Havers and Dinah Sheridan (which won the 1989 T.R.I.C. [Television and Radio Industries Club] award for 'Sitcom of the Year'), Ever Decreasing Circles, starring Richard Briers (which was nominated for a BAFTA award two years running), the Ray Cooney farce Wife Begins at Forty, and, of course, Keeping Up Appearances. This was twice nominated for a BAFTA and, in 1995, won Holland's prestigious Silver Tulip Award.
As a writer, Harold Snoad adapted 66 episodes of Dad's Army for the radio before writing two original comedy series for that medium, as well as a series for television starring Richard Wilson and Bernard Cribbins. After 38 years with BBC Television, he has now returned to the theatre and recently directed the stage play Say Who You Are. He has also given a number of talks on cruise liners, mainly the QE2 but others as well, about television comedy. He is the author of the BBC publication Directing Situation Comedy (1988).
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story behind the making of the TV series "Keeping Up Appearances" is really interesting reading - the problems experienced by the author when producing and directing the series are fascinating. Because the book provides you with information about the locations used for each episode and also details the specific difficulties he had making that show it's great to be able to look up the episode in question before or after watching a repeat. All in all I would thoroughly recommend it. It's a really good read even if your not a devout fan of the series - although having read the book I suspect that you may well become one!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was given this book at Christmas. What an excellent present! I have just finished reading it and thoroughly enjoyed all the very interesting information it contains. "Keeping Up Appearances" is one of my favourite comedy series and this book gives you so much detail about the making of the series - some of which is really fascinating.
I have read books about the making of other television shows but learning about the 'behind the scenes' activities and difficulties during the making of this show is really enthralling. The book also gives you details of all the locations, etc. It's a sort of 'companion' to the series and I thoroughly recommend it - especially if you're a fan of the programme.
I have read books about the making of other television shows but learning about the 'behind the scenes' activities and difficulties during the making of this show is really enthralling. The book also gives you details of all the locations, etc. It's a sort of 'companion' to the series and I thoroughly recommend it - especially if you're a fan of the programme.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read this book over the Christmas break and loved it. It is a fascinating read - especially with regards to the many problems encountered during the making of the series. It covers everything from choosing the cast and locations through to script re-writes and shooting of the the episodes - plus insight into out-takes and other funny moments.
If you're a fan (like me!!) I recommend you buy this book.
If you're a fan (like me!!) I recommend you buy this book.
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