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 8

Hyacinth and Richard are forced to intervene when Daddy goes on a shopping spree in a local store's toy department, dressed as a spaceman!

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 20th October 1991
Time
7:15pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

  1. Thursday 25th April 2024 at 6:00pm on Drama
  2. Thursday 2nd May 2024 at 8:25am on Gold
  3. Thursday 2nd May 2024 at 12:20pm on Gold
  4. Thursday 2nd May 2024 at 3:00pm on Gold
  5. Thursday 2nd May 2024 at 6:20pm on Gold

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 21st November 2013 8:20pm Drama
Thursday 23rd January 2014 9:10am Gold
Thursday 23rd January 2014 4:40pm Gold
Saturday 5th April 2014 6:05am Gold
Thursday 29th May 2014 8:20am Gold
Thursday 29th May 2014 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 19th June 2014 3:20pm Drama
Thursday 19th June 2014 8:20pm Drama
Thursday 18th September 2014 11:20am Gold
Thursday 18th September 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 21st November 2014 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 22nd November 2014 8:20pm Yesterday
Monday 26th January 2015 6:20pm Gold
Tuesday 27th January 2015 3:00pm Gold
Tuesday 28th April 2015 5:40pm Gold
Wednesday 29th April 2015 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 29th April 2015 1:40pm Drama
Wednesday 29th April 2015 7:20pm Drama
Friday 26th June 2015 1:40pm Drama
Friday 26th June 2015 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 22nd September 2015 7:20pm Gold
Wednesday 23rd September 2015 1:20pm Gold
Saturday 31st October 2015 7:40pm Yesterday
Sunday 1st November 2015 5:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 21st January 2016 8:40am Gold
Thursday 21st January 2016 3:20pm Gold
Wednesday 6th April 2016 7:20pm Drama
Friday 3rd June 2016 7:20pm Drama
Monday 13th June 2016 9:00am Gold
Monday 13th June 2016 2:55pm Gold
Thursday 25th August 2016 10:35pm Yesterday
Friday 26th August 2016 9:15pm Yesterday
Monday 30th January 2017 2:00pm Gold
Monday 30th January 2017 7:00pm Gold
Monday 27th February 2017 2:00pm Gold
Monday 27th February 2017 7:20pm Gold
Wednesday 26th April 2017 7:20pm Drama
Friday 23rd June 2017 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 26th October 2017 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 26th October 2017 6:00pm Gold
Thursday 18th January 2018 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 18th January 2018 6:00pm Gold
Wednesday 11th July 2018 7:45am Gold
Wednesday 11th July 2018 12:15pm Gold
Friday 21st June 2019 11:55am Gold
Friday 21st June 2019 6:10pm Gold
Thursday 3rd October 2019 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 3rd October 2019 6:20pm Gold
Tuesday 29th October 2019 6:40pm Drama
Friday 14th February 2020 12:20pm Gold
Friday 14th February 2020 3:00pm Gold
Friday 14th February 2020 6:20pm Gold
Sunday 14th June 2020 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 6th August 2020 8:00am Gold
Thursday 6th August 2020 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 17th November 2020 6:40pm Drama
Friday 16th April 2021 11:00am Gold
Friday 16th April 2021 3:00pm Gold
Thursday 27th May 2021 6:40pm Drama
Friday 20th August 2021 11:20am Gold
Friday 20th August 2021 3:20pm Gold
Friday 20th August 2021 7:20pm Gold
Thursday 20th January 2022 10:40am Gold
Thursday 20th January 2022 2:40pm Gold
Thursday 20th January 2022 5:20pm Drama
Thursday 20th January 2022 5:20pm Gold
Friday 21st January 2022 2:30am Drama
Friday 21st January 2022 7:30am Gold
Tuesday 15th March 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Sunday 20th March 2022 1:35am BBC4
Thursday 21st April 2022 11:50am Gold
Thursday 21st April 2022 3:05pm Gold
Thursday 21st April 2022 7:40pm Gold
Wednesday 31st August 2022 7:10am Gold
Wednesday 31st August 2022 2:00pm Gold
Wednesday 31st August 2022 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 5th January 2023 8:00am Gold
Thursday 5th January 2023 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 5th January 2023 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 7th March 2023 6:00pm Drama
Thursday 13th April 2023 8:20am Gold
Thursday 13th April 2023 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 13th April 2023 5:40pm Gold
Friday 21st July 2023 8:00am Gold
Friday 21st July 2023 12:00pm Gold
Friday 21st July 2023 4:40pm Gold
Saturday 22nd July 2023 7:10am Gold
Monday 18th September 2023 7:45am Gold
Monday 18th September 2023 11:40am Gold
Monday 18th September 2023 5:00pm Gold
Monday 29th January 2024 8:05am Gold
Monday 29th January 2024 12:00pm Gold
Monday 29th January 2024 2:40pm Gold
Monday 29th January 2024 6:00pm 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
George Webb Daddy
Guest cast
Charmian May Councillor Nugent
Robert McBain Frank (Richard's Colleague / Committee Member)
John Owens Insurance Salesman
John Pennington Store Official
David Warwick Store Official's Assistant
Juliet Douglas Salesgirl
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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