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S04 E05: Looking at Properties
Season 4, Ep. 5
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Get your bugles out! William Hanson and Jonathan Vernon-Smith are back for another dissection of Keeping Up Appearances in their luxury podcast. Hyacinth’s search for a charismatic country cottage continues, although the scale of the property has somewhat increased since her and Richard’s last attempts. There’s also time for some strong views on pasta and stories of chauffeur driven Lada Rivas.
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