Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced “Bouquet”) obsessively pursues social perfection, flaunting her spotless home, elegant “candlelit suppers,” and refined airs. Her meek husband chauffeurs her, while neighbors and friends dread her invitations. Yet her unruly, working-class relatives—slovenly Daisy and Onslow, flirtatious Rose, and her scandalous father—constantly undermine her pretensions.