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 2

Hyacinth is thrilled when the wealthy Mrs Fortescue asks them for a lift into town. But events don't go quite as Hyacinth would have wished, and she ends up on the back of a lorry whilst Mrs Fortescue is in the pub!

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 8th September 1991
Time
7:15pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

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Date Time Channel
Monday 18th November 2013 8:20pm Drama
Wednesday 15th January 2014 9:10am Gold
Wednesday 15th January 2014 4:40pm Gold
Saturday 29th March 2014 6:45am Gold
Tuesday 20th May 2014 8:20am Gold
Tuesday 20th May 2014 5:00pm Gold
Sunday 8th June 2014 11:40am Gold
Sunday 8th June 2014 7:00pm Gold
Wednesday 11th June 2014 3:20pm Drama
Wednesday 11th June 2014 8:20pm Drama
Wednesday 10th September 2014 11:25am Gold
Wednesday 10th September 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 7th November 2014 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 8th November 2014 8:20pm Yesterday
Thursday 15th January 2015 6:20pm Gold
Friday 16th January 2015 3:00pm Gold
Monday 20th April 2015 5:40pm Gold
Tuesday 21st April 2015 1:20pm Gold
Tuesday 21st April 2015 1:40pm Drama
Tuesday 21st April 2015 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 18th June 2015 1:40pm Drama
Thursday 18th June 2015 7:20pm Drama
Monday 14th September 2015 1:50pm Gold
Monday 14th September 2015 7:20pm Gold
Saturday 17th October 2015 7:40pm Yesterday
Sunday 18th October 2015 5:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 13th January 2016 8:40am Gold
Wednesday 13th January 2016 3:20pm Gold
Tuesday 29th March 2016 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 25th May 2016 7:20pm Drama
Friday 3rd June 2016 9:00am Gold
Friday 3rd June 2016 6:20pm Gold
Thursday 4th August 2016 10:35pm Yesterday
Friday 5th August 2016 9:15pm Yesterday
Wednesday 25th January 2017 1:40pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd February 2017 1:25pm Gold
Tuesday 18th April 2017 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 15th June 2017 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 18th October 2017 12:20pm Gold
Wednesday 18th October 2017 5:40pm Gold
Thursday 11th January 2018 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 11th January 2018 6:00pm Gold
Wednesday 12th June 2019 11:40am Gold
Wednesday 12th June 2019 6:25pm Gold
Wednesday 25th September 2019 1:55pm Gold
Wednesday 25th September 2019 6:25pm Gold
Monday 21st October 2019 6:40pm Drama
Friday 7th February 2020 12:10pm Gold
Friday 7th February 2020 2:50pm Gold
Saturday 8th February 2020 9:30am Gold
Sunday 31st May 2020 6:40pm Drama
Wednesday 29th July 2020 7:55am Gold
Wednesday 29th July 2020 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 29th July 2020 2:40pm Gold
Thursday 30th July 2020 7:20am Gold
Monday 9th November 2020 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 8th April 2021 11:15am Gold
Thursday 8th April 2021 3:10pm Gold
Wednesday 19th May 2021 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 12th August 2021 11:20am Gold
Thursday 12th August 2021 3:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th August 2021 7:20pm Gold
Wednesday 12th January 2022 10:40am Gold
Wednesday 12th January 2022 2:40pm Gold
Wednesday 12th January 2022 5:20pm Drama
Wednesday 12th January 2022 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 13th January 2022 7:30am Gold
Tuesday 25th January 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Tuesday 12th April 2022 11:50am Gold
Tuesday 12th April 2022 3:00pm Gold
Tuesday 12th April 2022 7:40pm Gold
Monday 22nd August 2022 7:10am Gold
Monday 22nd August 2022 2:00pm Gold
Monday 22nd August 2022 5:20pm Gold
Monday 28th November 2022 5:20pm Gold
Monday 27th February 2023 6:00pm Drama
Monday 3rd April 2023 8:25am Gold
Monday 3rd April 2023 12:20pm Gold
Monday 3rd April 2023 5:40pm Gold
Thursday 13th July 2023 8:00am Gold
Thursday 13th July 2023 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 13th July 2023 4:40pm Gold
Friday 8th September 2023 7:45am Gold
Friday 8th September 2023 11:40am Gold
Friday 8th September 2023 5:00pm Gold
Friday 19th January 2024 8:00am Gold
Friday 19th January 2024 12:00pm Gold
Friday 19th January 2024 6:00pm Gold
Wednesday 17th April 2024 6:00pm Drama
Wednesday 24th April 2024 8:20am Gold
Wednesday 24th April 2024 12:20pm Gold
Wednesday 24th April 2024 6:20pm Gold

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
Jean Anderson Mrs Fortescue
Len Lowe Pub Customer
Michael Burrell Neighbour
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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