‘COUNTRY ESTATE SALE’

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I love this ‘Keeping Up Appearances’ episode! This is one of my favourites! In this episode, Hyacinth is excited about going to a country house sale. But Richard is terrified, since he knows that Hyacinth will get carried away with what they purchase at the auction. But will Hyacinth listen to Richard? No!

Hyacinth is very naïve, thinking she and Richard can afford anything when they visit somewhere aristocratic like a country manor house. She considers herself as somebody important and wants people to mistake her for being very aristocratic. She tells Richard not to tell anyone else otherwise.

Also in this episode; Onslow, Daisy and Rose are woken up in the middle of the night with Mrs. Braddock knocking at their door. It seems Daddy ‘promised’ to marry Mrs. Braddock, whereas he offered her a ‘temporary position’. Mrs. Braddock gets to live the broken car. Onslow’s dog ran away.

I liked the scenes in Onslow’s house where he and Daisy are having bacon sarnies and cups of tea. I fancy having a bacon sarnie myself! 😀 It was very funny when Onslow checked outside to see if Mrs. Braddock was about and she shouts at him when in the car. It caused Onslow to fall onto a hedge. 😀

Jessica James guest stars as Mrs Braddock in the episode. I found it funny when Rose offered to hold Onslow’s bacon sarnie for him and he went “No, you won’t!”, snatching the slice of bacon she took from him back. It’s good acting on Geoffrey Hughes’ part when Onslow’s protecting his bacon sarnie.

Meanwhile at the auction, as well as Hyacinth and Richard, Elizabeth and Emmet are there and they hide behind a Victorian screen. 😀 It was very funny when Hyacinth tried to bid for items that they couldn’t afford. Richard stops her raising her hand. She even tries getting up from her seat in this! 😀

Eventually, Hyacinth wins several bottles of ‘the Dowager Lady Ursula’s homemade gooseberry wine’ at the sale. It was quite an easy purchase at £10 for Hyacinth in this. 😀 Hyacinth soon gets drunk from having some wine. It was funny to see Hyacinth in that state, even when they go to Onslow’s. 🙂

This episode also features guest star Bruce Montague as His Lordship. Bruce Montague has also been in a couple of ‘Doctor Who’ audios by Big Finish, including ‘The Genocide Machine’ with Sylvester McCoy and ‘Sword of Orion’ with Paul McGann. David Simeon plays the auctioneer here. 🙂

‘Country Estate Sale’ rating – 10/10