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

Series 2, Episode 1

Hyacinth is appalled when she sees a strange man at Elizabeth's who appears to have spent the night there. What will it do to the property values?

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 1st September 1991
Time
7:15pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

  1. Tuesday 23rd April 2024 at 7:50am on Gold
  2. Tuesday 23rd April 2024 at 11:50am on Gold
  3. Tuesday 23rd April 2024 at 6:10pm on Gold

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 18th November 2013 7:40pm Drama
Tuesday 14th January 2014 9:10am Gold
Tuesday 14th January 2014 4:40pm Gold
Saturday 29th March 2014 6:15am Gold
Monday 19th May 2014 8:20am Gold
Monday 19th May 2014 5:00pm Gold
Sunday 8th June 2014 11:00am Gold
Sunday 8th June 2014 6:25pm Gold
Tuesday 10th June 2014 3:20pm Drama
Tuesday 10th June 2014 8:20pm Drama
Tuesday 9th September 2014 11:20am Gold
Tuesday 9th September 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 7th November 2014 9:40pm Yesterday
Saturday 8th November 2014 7:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 15th January 2015 5:40pm Gold
Friday 16th January 2015 2:20pm Gold
Monday 20th April 2015 1:40pm Drama
Monday 20th April 2015 5:00pm Gold
Monday 20th April 2015 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 21st April 2015 12:40pm Gold
Wednesday 17th June 2015 1:40pm Drama
Wednesday 17th June 2015 7:20pm Drama
Friday 11th September 2015 1:20pm Gold
Friday 11th September 2015 7:20pm Gold
Saturday 17th October 2015 7:00pm Yesterday
Sunday 18th October 2015 5:00pm Yesterday
Tuesday 12th January 2016 8:40am Gold
Tuesday 12th January 2016 3:20pm Gold
Thursday 24th March 2016 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 24th May 2016 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 2nd June 2016 9:00am Gold
Thursday 2nd June 2016 6:20pm Gold
Thursday 4th August 2016 9:55pm Yesterday
Friday 5th August 2016 8:35pm Yesterday
Wednesday 25th January 2017 1:00pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd February 2017 12:45pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd February 2017 7:20pm Gold
Thursday 13th April 2017 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 14th June 2017 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 17th October 2017 12:20pm Gold
Tuesday 17th October 2017 5:40pm Gold
Wednesday 10th January 2018 12:40pm Gold
Wednesday 10th January 2018 6:00pm Gold
Tuesday 11th June 2019 11:40am Gold
Tuesday 11th June 2019 6:25pm Gold
Tuesday 24th September 2019 2:00pm Gold
Tuesday 24th September 2019 6:30pm Gold
Friday 18th October 2019 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 6th February 2020 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 6th February 2020 3:00pm Gold
Sunday 31st May 2020 6:00pm Drama
Tuesday 28th July 2020 8:30am Gold
Tuesday 28th July 2020 12:15pm Gold
Tuesday 28th July 2020 2:40pm Gold
Wednesday 29th July 2020 7:20am Gold
Friday 6th November 2020 6:40pm Drama
Wednesday 7th April 2021 11:00am Gold
Wednesday 7th April 2021 3:00pm Gold
Tuesday 18th May 2021 6:40pm Drama
Wednesday 11th August 2021 11:20am Gold
Wednesday 11th August 2021 3:20pm Gold
Wednesday 11th August 2021 7:20pm Gold
Tuesday 11th January 2022 10:40am Gold
Tuesday 11th January 2022 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 11th January 2022 5:20pm Drama
Tuesday 11th January 2022 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 11th January 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Wednesday 12th January 2022 7:30am Gold
Monday 11th April 2022 11:50am Gold
Monday 11th April 2022 3:05pm Gold
Monday 11th April 2022 7:40pm Gold
Friday 19th August 2022 7:00am Gold
Friday 19th August 2022 12:40pm Gold
Friday 19th August 2022 5:20pm Gold
Friday 25th November 2022 5:20pm Gold
Friday 24th February 2023 6:00pm Drama
Friday 31st March 2023 8:05am Gold
Friday 31st March 2023 12:00pm Gold
Friday 31st March 2023 5:20pm Gold
Saturday 1st April 2023 7:55am Gold
Wednesday 12th July 2023 8:00am Gold
Wednesday 12th July 2023 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 12th July 2023 4:40pm Gold
Thursday 7th September 2023 7:45am Gold
Thursday 7th September 2023 11:40am Gold
Thursday 7th September 2023 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 18th January 2024 8:05am Gold
Thursday 18th January 2024 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 18th January 2024 6:00pm Gold
Tuesday 16th 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
David Griffin Emmet Hawksworth
Mary Millar Rose
Guest cast
Robert Rawles Milkman
Writing team
Roy Clarke Writer
Christopher Bond Script Editor
Production team
Harold Snoad Director
Harold Snoad Producer
Andy Quested Editor
Tim Gleeson Production Designer
Rita Reekie Costume Designer
Ann Ailes-Stevenson Make-up Designer
Nick Ingman Composer

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