Video taking off 13x its usual first day

Hyacinth's candlelight supper hits a wardrobe problem

BBC Comedy Greats' Keeping Up Appearances clip pairs telephone etiquette with a family complication, drawing an unusually fast audience.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 137,480 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (10,278).

Who's wearing the trousers?

Richard mustn't shout that the telephone is ringing. Hyacinth, however, has no difficulty announcing that the caller is her sister Violet, the one with the luxury bungalow and swimming pool.

That distinction between vulgar noise and useful publicity sets up "Who's wearing the trousers?", BBC Comedy Greats' latest fast-starting Keeping Up Appearances Short. It has drawn around 84,000 views in ten hours, well ahead of the channel's usual first-day audience for Shorts.

Patricia Routledge's Hyacinth has a candlelight supper to arrange, but Violet says she has nothing to wear. The problem isn't a shortage of clothes: her husband Bruce is wearing them. Hyacinth attempts to dispense firm sisterly advice, while Clive Swift's Richard is left receiving the domestic bulletins.

Before the call even begins, Richard has another assignment to decipher. Hyacinth suspects something has fouled her polyanthus, and he wonders whether she wants confirmation or removal. Even a garden complaint becomes a small test of his ability to interpret instructions.

Viewers are picking out Routledge's facial expressions and commiserating with Richard. One also recalls Hyacinth's encounters with the postman, another subject that has already brought a large audience to this channel. For Richard and the people who deliver to her door, Hyacinth's standards leave very little room for manoeuvre.

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What viewers say

Poor Richard 😂
@AtlasBlizzardSee it on YouTube
The faces! Our beloved Hyacinth 💝
@carmenmejia783See it on YouTube
The episode with the postman is my fave, poor guy was afraid of Hyacinth😂😂😂
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She was so great in this role - I still laugh at it!
@Violet12224See it on YouTube
Violet and Bruce do keep up appearences! ❤
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