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.

Episode menu

1994 Christmas Special

Hyacinth is plagued by problems in this special extended episode. While busy planning a new kitchen she is told that there is someone else in father's bed. Then she learns that Richard has gone down with a fungal infection.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 25th December 1994
Time
5:25pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
50 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 11th December 2013 7:00pm Gold
Thursday 12th December 2013 12:55pm Gold
Sunday 5th January 2014 7:55am Gold
Saturday 19th July 2014 10:45am Gold
Sunday 20th July 2014 8:40am Gold
Monday 27th October 2014 4:00pm Gold
Saturday 13th December 2014 8:55am Gold
Saturday 13th December 2014 3:20pm Gold
Friday 19th December 2014 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 20th December 2014 11:45am Gold
Saturday 27th December 2014 5:10pm Drama
Sunday 28th December 2014 12:00pm Drama
Wednesday 8th July 2015 6:20pm Gold
Saturday 19th December 2015 7:00pm Gold
Sunday 20th December 2015 11:05am Gold
Sunday 27th December 2015 6:10pm Drama
Monday 26th December 2016 6:20pm Drama
Thursday 14th December 2017 8:00am Gold
Monday 25th December 2017 6:15pm Drama
Tuesday 26th December 2017 7:20am Gold
Friday 22nd June 2018 12:20pm Gold
Tuesday 9th October 2018 2:50am Gold
Wednesday 10th October 2018 1:40am Gold
Tuesday 22nd December 2020 4:40pm BBC2 Wales
Tuesday 22nd December 2020 5:10pm BBC2
Saturday 24th December 2022 7:15pm Drama
Sunday 25th December 2022 2:10pm Drama

Cast & crew

Cast
Patricia Routledge Hyacinth Bucket
Clive Swift Richard Bucket
Geoffrey Hughes Onslow
Judy Cornwell Daisy
Josephine Tewson Elizabeth
David Griffin Emmet Hawksworth
Shirley Stelfox Rose
Jeremy Gittins Michael the Vicar
George Webb Daddy
Guest cast
Trevor Bannister Mr Merryweather (Salesman)
Andrew Bicknell Customer
Caroline Strong Customer's Wife
Preston Lockwood Mr Mawsby
Writing team
Roy Clarke Writer
Christopher Bond Script Editor
Production team
Harold Snoad Director
Harold Snoad Producer
Andy Quested Editor
Derek Evans Production Designer
Laura Ergis Costume Designer
Nick Ingman Composer
Jill Hagger Make-up Designer

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