Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series)

The Christening (1990)

Patricia Routledge: Hyacinth

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Quotes 

• Richard : [Hyacinth and Richard are preparing for Daisy's granddaughter's christening]  At least they're bothering to have the little girl christened.

  Hyacinth : Kylie! What sort of a name is Kylie for a Christian person? It sounds like a foreign vegetable!

• [first lines] 

  Richard : Is this tie all right?

  Hyacinth : For where we're going, any tie's a novelty.

  Richard : It's no good being like that about it; it's a family occasion. The thing is to make the best of it. Anyway, I always think there's something rather nice about a christening.

  Hyacinth : There's something even nicer if there's been a wedding first.

• [last lines] 

  The Vicar : It's a lovely baby. Which one's the father?

  Hyacinth : Let's go into the church, shall we? Richard, don't dally.

  Richard : Hardly dallying, Hyacinth.

  Hyacinth : If we go in first, we can hide behind the pillar.

  The Vicar : Is it the tall one?

  Hyacinth : Well, at least it's stopped raining. Tell me, Vicar...