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==Legacy==
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Various spin-off shows and specials related to the programme were broadcast.

===''Mr Blobby Meets Hyacinth Bucket''===
In 1993, a short sketch aired during an episode of ''[[Noel's House Party]]''. The clip featuring Mr Blobby, saw the character causing havoc in Hyacinth's home. This clip was also featured in the "Blobbyvision" VHS release in 1994.

===''Daddy's Dead'' (Children in Need special)===
In 1995, a special six-minute sketch was broadcast as part of Children in Need. Hyacinth dreams Daddy has died, and demands the coffin be brought to her house.

===''The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket''===
In 1996, [[BBC Worldwide Americas]]<ref>{{cite book | author= Harold Snoad |year=2009 | title=It's Bouquet Not Bucket!|publisher = Book Guild Publishing Ltd| location = UK| pages=163–164 | isbn=978-1846243516 }}</ref> approached Harold Snoad about writing and producing a one-off special compilation episode.
Snoad was then tasked with reviewing all 44 episodes and choosing suitable clips and making notes for relatable dialogue for a script. [[Geoffrey Hughes (actor)|Geoffrey Hughes]] and [[Judy Cornwell]] both reprised their roles as Onslow and Daisy respectively.

The plot centred around Daisy and Onslow finding Hyacinth's personal diary which was accidentally left to Daisy by Hyacinth with some other belongings she had lent to her sister. It was first broadcast in March 1997, in the United States. With later reruns on [[PBS]]. The show sees the pair introduce clips from the series using Hyacinth's diary. The special was also released on VHS and DVD.

===''Comedy Connections''===
In 2004, the documentary series ''[[Comedy Connections]]'' featured an episode dedicated to ''Keeping Up Appearances''. Stars Clive Swift, Josephine Tewson, Judy Cornwell and David Griffin, along with writer [[Roy Clarke]] and producer/director [[Harold Snoad]], all discussed the series. Clips from an interview with Patricia Routledge from 2002 were also included.

The episode revealed that there were serious artistic differences between Clarke and Snoad. Specifically, Clarke refused to act as anything but a writer and rarely visited the set or location shoots, necessitating that Snoad make minor rewrites to accommodate the realities of taping. This infuriated Clarke, who disliked any tampering of his work, and Snoad thought Clarke was being unreasonable. The situation was mitigated in later series by the hiring of a [[script editor]] whose sole job was to keep Clarke apprised of Snoad's changes, and to keep Snoad informed of Clarke's opinion of them.<ref name="ComedyConn" />

===''Life Lessons from Onslow''===
In early 2008, Geoffrey Hughes reprised his role as Onslow once again for a clipshow of the series; this was for broadcast on American television and sees him teaching a credit course at the [[Open University]] having selected "successful relationships" as his subject matter. The programme was also released on Region 1 DVD.<ref>{{citation|title=Life Lessons from Onslow: A Keeping Up Appearances Special {{!}} Life Lessons from Onslow: A Keeping Up Appearances Special|url=https://www.ket.org/program/life-lessons-from-onslow-a-keeping-up-appearances-special/|access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Life Lessons From Onslow: A Keeping Up Appearances Special|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/life-lessons-from-onslow-a-keeping-up-appearances-special/1000435598/|access-date=1 June 2021|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Various|title=Keeping Up Appearances: Onslow Special|date=9 September 2008|url=https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Up-Appearances-Onslow-Special/dp/B0016RNLZW/ref=pd_sbs_6/140-5428916-7994924?pd_rd_w=q31Dr&pf_rd_p=43345e03-9e2a-47c0-9b70-a50aa5ecbd5c&pf_rd_r=1HTHAR7B985HK7PRVT9D&pd_rd_r=44f1cbb0-1011-440b-8eed-22c4f6416477&pd_rd_wg=LejND&pd_rd_i=B0016RNLZW&psc=1|publisher=BBC Home Entertainment|access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref>

===''Mind Your Manors''===
When ''Keeping Up Appearances'' did not return, after Patricia Routledge announced that she no longer wished to play Hyacinth, Roy Clarke proposed a spin-off series called ''Mind Your Manors''. The series was referenced in BBC in-house literature during 1997 and 1998 and later described by both Clarke and Geoffrey Hughes as part of a discussion of the character of Onslow in [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]'s ''[[Archive on 4]]: On Northern Men'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/93947ca7a09e480f947bf6f9834be8fa |title=BBC Radio 4 FM, 25 July 2009 |date=25 July 2009 |publisher=www.genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=14 June 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721120327/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/93947ca7a09e480f947bf6f9834be8fa |archive-date=21 July 2019 }}</ref> broadcast in 2009.

The spin-off would have seen Onslow forced to take a supposedly "easy" job tending the gardens of a large manor house estate owned by a doddery and rather forgetful old Lord. When the Lord dies suddenly, Onslow, Daisy and Rose (who it is implied was having a fling with the Lord, causing the heart attack which led to his death) end up "temporarily" moving into the manor house to mind it, due to a legal dispute with the deceased Lord's estranged brother (who Rose immediately starts lusting after), who wants the land.

A mislaid deeds paper left by the forgetful old Lord would supposedly clarify who has rights to the estate, buried somewhere in the gardens that Onslow is left to ineptly try and keep in shape. Most of the conflict would have come from the Lord's brother and the manor's snooty neighbours, the wealthy Hyde-Whytes, who are not happy about the "commoners" who have taken up residence next door (although it later transpires that Mr. Hyde-Whyte used to know Onslow in their youth and is indebted to him after Onslow once took the fall for him to stop him being arrested). [[Su Pollard]] was approached to play the role of Miss Dorothy "Dotty" Henshaw, the Lord's eccentric and easily flustered cook/housekeeper who remains with the estate, and some preliminary location shooting was reportedly undertaken. This proposed spin-off series was ultimately not commissioned.

===''Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances – 30 Years of Laughs''===
In January 2023, [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]] aired a 67-minute special retrospective for their "Comedy Classics" series. Cast, crew and celebrities pay tribute to the show. The documentary features an interview with Routledge, who was 93 at the time, sharing her memories of the show, along with supporting cast members [[Judy Cornwell]], [[Jeremy Gittins]] and [[David Janson]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/keeping-up-appearances-30-years-of-laughs | title=My5 }}</ref>

===''Roy Clarke...Remembers Keeping Up Appearances''===
In July 2024, [[BBC Four]] aired a 15-minute special interview with the sitcom's writer and creator [[Roy Clarke]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021ddc|title=Roy Clarke...Remembers Keeping Up Appearances |work=BBC|date=23 July 2024 |access-date=25 July 2024 |archive-date=23 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723171636/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021ddc |url-status=live }}</ref>

===''Dame Patricia Routledge...Remembers Keeping Up Appearances''===
On 3 September 2024, BBC Four aired a second retrospective 15-minute special interview with Patricia Routledge. In the short documentary, Routledge recalled how the character of Hyacinth Bucket entered her life, how she was cast in the role as one of television's most formidable comedy characters. Routledge also explained her found pleasures of working with her fellow cast members. Routledge shared her thoughts of why the character of Richard Bucket endured many years of his marriage with Hyacinth. Routledge explains why – despite her fondness for every element of the sitcom, that it was her own personal decision, to call time on the show, when the BBC and all of the other cast and crew members would have loved for it to have continued.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022nnp|title=Dame Patricia Routledge...Remembers Keeping Up Appearances|work=BBC|date=24 August 2024 |access-date=25 August 2024 |archive-date=24 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824013634/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022nnp|url-status=live }}</ref>