Editing British sitcom (section)

===''Keeping Up Appearances''===
The frequently repeated and highly successful series ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' (1990–1995, 1997, 2008), was written by Roy Clarke. The show, which comprised five series and 44 episodes, including four Christmas specials, starred [[Patricia Routledge]] as the snobbish [[Hyacinth Bucket|Hyacinth 'Bouquet' Bucket]], [[Clive Swift]], playing her husband, and [[Josephine Tewson]], playing her neighbour, with [[Judy Cornwell]], [[Mary Millar]] and [[Geoffrey Hughes (actor)|Geoffrey Hughes]] as her working class relatives. The theme music was composed by [[Nick Ingman]]. It is the BBC's most exported television programme, having been sold nearly 1,000 times to overseas broadcasters.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbcs-most-popular-show-overseas-is-keeping-up-appearances-a6880806.html|title=BBC's most popular show overseas is...Keeping Up Appearances |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=18 February 2016|access-date=2 March 2016}}</ref> As of 2016 ''Keeping Up Appearances'' is the most-bought BBC and has outsold every other show to international broadcasters in the past 40 years. According to Roy Clarke : "...the secret to her wide fan base is that everyone knows a Hyacinth"<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/2029/keeping_up_appearances_bbc_most_successful_world/
|title=eeping Up Appearances is the BBC's most successful programme
|date=16 February 2016
|work=British Comedy Guide
|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> In a 2004 BBC poll it placed 12th in Britain's Best Sitcom and in a 2001 Channel 4 poll, Hyacinth Bucket was ranked 52nd on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.<ref name="GreatestTVcharacters">{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531160558/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html |archive-date=31 May 2009 |title=100 Greatest TV Characters |access-date=26 May 2019 |publisher=[[Channel 4]]}}</ref> Production ended after Routledge decided to move on to other projects.