Keeping Up Appearances. Image shows from L to R: Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), Richard Bucket (Clive Swift). Copyright: BBC
Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1990 - 1995
  • 44 episodes (5 series)

Suburban snob Hyacinth Bucket devotes her time to monitoring standards and attempting to impress influential people. Stars Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell, Josephine Tewson and more.

  • Series 1, Episode 6 repeated Monday at 8:20am on Gold
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 1,152

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Series 1, Episode 6

Hyacinth quite enjoys a family christening - except when it's Daisy's family!

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 3rd December 1990
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

  1. Monday 22nd April 2024 at 8:20am on Gold
  2. Monday 22nd April 2024 at 12:20pm on Gold
  3. Monday 22nd April 2024 at 6:20pm on Gold

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 13th January 2014 9:10am Gold
Monday 13th January 2014 4:40pm Gold
Sunday 2nd February 2014 7:30am Gold
Sunday 23rd March 2014 7:15am Gold
Friday 16th May 2014 8:20am Gold
Friday 16th May 2014 5:00pm Gold
Sunday 1st June 2014 10:45am Gold
Sunday 1st June 2014 7:00pm Gold
Monday 9th June 2014 3:20pm Drama
Monday 9th June 2014 8:20pm Drama
Monday 8th September 2014 11:20am Gold
Monday 8th September 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 7th November 2014 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 8th November 2014 7:00pm Yesterday
Monday 12th January 2015 6:20pm Gold
Tuesday 13th January 2015 3:00pm Gold
Tuesday 14th April 2015 5:40pm Gold
Wednesday 15th April 2015 1:20pm Gold
Friday 17th April 2015 1:40pm Drama
Friday 17th April 2015 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 16th June 2015 1:40pm Drama
Tuesday 16th June 2015 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 10th September 2015 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 10th September 2015 7:20pm Gold
Saturday 10th October 2015 8:20pm Yesterday
Sunday 11th October 2015 6:20pm Yesterday
Monday 11th January 2016 8:40am Gold
Monday 11th January 2016 3:20pm Gold
Wednesday 23rd March 2016 7:20pm Drama
Monday 23rd May 2016 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 1st June 2016 9:00am Gold
Wednesday 1st June 2016 6:20pm Gold
Thursday 28th July 2016 10:45pm Yesterday
Friday 29th July 2016 9:15pm Yesterday
Tuesday 24th January 2017 1:45pm Gold
Tuesday 24th January 2017 6:20pm Gold
Tuesday 21st February 2017 1:20pm Gold
Tuesday 21st February 2017 7:20pm Gold
Wednesday 12th April 2017 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 13th June 2017 7:20pm Drama
Monday 16th October 2017 12:20pm Gold
Monday 16th October 2017 5:40pm Gold
Tuesday 9th January 2018 12:40pm Gold
Tuesday 9th January 2018 6:00pm Gold
Wednesday 4th July 2018 8:00am Gold
Wednesday 4th July 2018 12:40pm Gold
Monday 10th June 2019 11:20am Gold
Monday 10th June 2019 6:25pm Gold
Monday 23rd September 2019 2:00pm Gold
Monday 23rd September 2019 6:25pm Gold
Thursday 17th October 2019 6:40pm Drama
Wednesday 5th February 2020 12:20pm Gold
Wednesday 5th February 2020 3:00pm Gold
Sunday 24th May 2020 7:20pm Drama
Monday 27th July 2020 8:00am Gold
Monday 27th July 2020 12:00pm Gold
Monday 27th July 2020 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 28th July 2020 7:50am Gold
Thursday 5th November 2020 6:40pm Drama
Tuesday 6th April 2021 11:10am Gold
Tuesday 6th April 2021 3:05pm Gold
Monday 17th May 2021 6:40pm Drama
Tuesday 10th August 2021 11:20am Gold
Tuesday 10th August 2021 3:20pm Gold
Tuesday 10th August 2021 7:20pm Gold
Tuesday 4th January 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Monday 10th January 2022 10:50am Gold
Monday 10th January 2022 2:40pm Gold
Monday 10th January 2022 5:20pm Drama
Monday 10th January 2022 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 11th January 2022 7:30am Gold
Friday 8th April 2022 11:50am Gold
Friday 8th April 2022 7:40pm Gold
Thursday 18th August 2022 7:00am Gold
Thursday 18th August 2022 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 18th August 2022 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 24th November 2022 5:30pm Gold
Thursday 23rd February 2023 6:00pm Drama
Thursday 30th March 2023 8:15am Gold
Thursday 30th March 2023 12:15pm Gold
Thursday 30th March 2023 5:35pm Gold
Tuesday 11th July 2023 8:00am Gold
Tuesday 11th July 2023 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 11th July 2023 4:40pm Gold
Wednesday 6th September 2023 7:50am Gold
Wednesday 6th September 2023 11:40am Gold
Wednesday 6th September 2023 5:00pm Gold
Tuesday 31st October 2023 7:45am Gold
Tuesday 31st October 2023 11:40am Gold
Tuesday 31st October 2023 3:40pm Gold
Wednesday 17th January 2024 8:05am Gold
Wednesday 17th January 2024 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 17th January 2024 6:00pm Gold
Monday 15th April 2024 6:00pm Drama

Cast & crew

Cast
Patricia Routledge Hyacinth Bucket
Clive Swift Richard Bucket
Geoffrey Hughes Onslow
Judy Cornwell Daisy
Josephine Tewson Elizabeth
Shirley Stelfox Rose
Guest cast
Gerald Sim Vicar
Bruce Bennett Reg
Jonathan Fryer Dennis
Patricia Leach Mrs Midgely
Rick Friend Hippie
Richard Ashton Hippie
Laura Shavin Stephanie
Writing team
Roy Clarke Writer
Production team
Harold Snoad Director
Harold Snoad Producer
Andy Quested Editor
Tim Gleeson Production Designer
Rita Reekie Costume Designer
Sharon Brushett Make-up Designer
Nick Ingman Composer

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