Keeping Mum is a British sitcom, written by Geoffrey Atherden and broadcast on BBC1 for two series between 1997 and 1998. It starred Stephanie Cole as the main character, Peggy Beare, Martin Ball and David Haig as her sons and Meera Syal as her daughter-in-law. Main cast Episodes Series one Series two Reception In his review for The Independent, Thomas Sutcliffe said that "Cole's performance is never just clownish", concluding his review by saying: "The result is a programme that is only intermittently funny, to be honest, but at least has larger ambitions for what popular comedy can do." Home media The entire series was released on DVD region 2 in 2007. References External links BBC television sitcoms 1990s British sitcoms Television series about families 1997 British television series debuts 1998 British television series endings