Bell Biv Devoe – Poison

Keeping Up Appearances – Episode 5

Daisy tries to convince Onslow that she’s found herself a seventeen-year-old “toyboy”, in an attempt to make him jealous but Onslow doesn’t seem to take any notice.

‘The Ladies’ Circle’ are expecting a guest speaker at the church hall but to their dismay, Hyacinth decides to take charge of the arrangements. Read more...

Keeping Up Appearances – Episode 3

Hyacinth drags Richard off for a day out in the country – On the way, she decides to visit her father. She doesn’t get to see him because he has ‘escaped’ from Daisy and Onslow’s house by climbing down a drainpipe dressed as “Captain Midnight”! Apparently, he’s gone to save the woman at the Post Office from a “fate worse than death”.
Hyacinth and Richard then visit a stately home. Hyacinth insists on hanging around the “family area”, hoping to meet the nobility; To her dismay, Onslow, Daisy and Rose turn up, forcing them to make a hasty exit! Read more...

Keeping Up Appearances – Episode 1

Hyacinth Bucket makes her debut in this series premiere as a pretentious, middle-class housewife determined to hide her less-than-fastidious relations from the public. Through a series of events, Hyacinth learns the “naked” truth about her father and his sexual escapades, yet is determined to cover it up. When her timid neighbour Elizabeth is invited over for tea, Hyacinth subjects her mercilessly to the suffocating effects of her hospitality, culminating in Elizabeth dropping the china in her mounting nervousness. Throughout the episode, Hyacinth’s husband Richard obeys his wife’s demands painfully but meekly. Hyacinth does not hesitate to express her opinions and disdain for all that is less than orderly and sophisticated, like her. Read more...

Searching for 12 Years For This Song

Way back in the day I used to watch the Eurovision song contest religiously. I didn’t care what language the entries in it. There was something irresistable about the way it was a European thing and it was all in good spirit. Something the Yanks weren’t part of.

Anyway… this song is from Eurovision Song Contest 1996, Portugal’s entry by Lucia Moniz. It’s called ‘O meu coração não tem cor’. I have no idea why it stuck in my head these last twelve years, as I can’t even understand the lyrics, and it’s not even musically great. But stick in my head it has… and finally I can put this issue that’s been bugging me for 12 years to rest, now that I know the singer and song name.