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 3

Hyacinth has arranged one of her candlelight suppers at which she plans to impress Emmet with her singing. Rose interrupts proceedings when she's too embarrassed to be picked up by one of her boyfriends at her own messy home.

Broadcast details

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

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 19th November 2013 7:40pm Drama
Thursday 16th January 2014 9:10am Gold
Thursday 16th January 2014 4:40pm Gold
Saturday 29th March 2014 7:25am Gold
Wednesday 21st May 2014 8:20am Gold
Wednesday 21st May 2014 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 12th June 2014 3:20pm Drama
Thursday 12th June 2014 8:20pm Drama
Thursday 11th September 2014 11:25am Gold
Thursday 11th September 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 14th November 2014 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 15th November 2014 7:00pm Yesterday
Monday 19th January 2015 5:40pm Gold
Tuesday 20th January 2015 2:20pm Gold
Tuesday 21st April 2015 5:00pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd April 2015 12:40pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd April 2015 1:40pm Drama
Wednesday 22nd April 2015 7:20pm Drama
Friday 19th June 2015 1:40pm Drama
Friday 19th June 2015 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 15th September 2015 1:30pm Gold
Tuesday 15th September 2015 7:20pm Gold
Saturday 17th October 2015 8:20pm Yesterday
Sunday 18th October 2015 6:20pm Yesterday
Thursday 14th January 2016 8:40am Gold
Thursday 14th January 2016 3:20pm Gold
Wednesday 30th March 2016 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 26th May 2016 7:20pm Drama
Monday 6th June 2016 9:00am Gold
Monday 6th June 2016 6:20pm Gold
Thursday 11th August 2016 9:55pm Yesterday
Friday 12th August 2016 8:35pm Yesterday
Thursday 26th January 2017 1:00pm Gold
Thursday 23rd February 2017 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 23rd February 2017 6:40pm Gold
Wednesday 19th April 2017 7:20pm Drama
Saturday 29th April 2017 3:50pm Gold
Monday 1st May 2017 2:00pm Gold
Tuesday 2nd May 2017 10:40am Gold
Friday 16th June 2017 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 19th October 2017 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 19th October 2017 5:40pm Gold
Thursday 13th June 2019 11:40am Gold
Thursday 13th June 2019 6:25pm Gold
Thursday 26th September 2019 1:50pm Gold
Thursday 26th September 2019 6:25pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd October 2019 6:40pm Drama
Monday 10th February 2020 12:20pm Gold
Monday 10th February 2020 3:00pm Gold
Sunday 31st May 2020 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 30th July 2020 7:55am Gold
Thursday 30th July 2020 11:55am Gold
Thursday 30th July 2020 2:40pm Gold
Friday 31st July 2020 7:30am Gold
Tuesday 10th November 2020 6:40pm Drama
Friday 9th April 2021 11:30am Gold
Friday 9th April 2021 3:15pm Gold
Thursday 20th May 2021 6:40pm Drama
Friday 13th August 2021 11:20am Gold
Friday 13th August 2021 3:20pm Gold
Friday 13th August 2021 7:20pm Gold
Saturday 14th August 2021 8:00am Gold
Thursday 13th January 2022 5:20pm Drama
Tuesday 1st February 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Sunday 6th February 2022 12:10am BBC4
Wednesday 13th April 2022 11:50am Gold
Wednesday 13th April 2022 3:05pm Gold
Wednesday 13th April 2022 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd August 2022 7:10am Gold
Tuesday 23rd August 2022 2:00pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd August 2022 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 29th November 2022 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 28th February 2023 6:00pm Drama
Tuesday 4th April 2023 8:20am Gold
Tuesday 4th April 2023 12:20pm Gold
Tuesday 4th April 2023 5:40pm Gold
Friday 14th July 2023 8:00am Gold
Friday 14th July 2023 12:00pm Gold
Friday 14th July 2023 4:40pm Gold
Saturday 15th July 2023 7:00am Gold
Monday 11th September 2023 7:40am Gold
Monday 11th September 2023 11:35am Gold
Monday 11th September 2023 5:00pm Gold
Monday 22nd January 2024 8:00am Gold
Monday 22nd January 2024 12:00pm Gold
Monday 22nd January 2024 2:40pm Gold
Monday 22nd January 2024 6:00pm Gold
Thursday 18th April 2024 6:00pm Drama
Thursday 25th April 2024 8:15am Gold
Thursday 25th April 2024 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 25th 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
Dicken Ashworth Boris
Gregory Cox Mr Helliwell
Stuart Sherwin Man with Dog
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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