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 3, Episode 1 - Early Retirement

For some, early retirement can be a blessing. For Richard this particular blessing comes very heavily disguised indeed.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 6th September 1992
Time
7:15pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

  1. Tuesday 30th April 2024 at 6:00pm on Drama

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 25th November 2013 7:40pm Drama
Monday 25th November 2013 11:00pm Drama
Tuesday 28th January 2014 9:10am Gold
Tuesday 28th January 2014 4:40pm Gold
Saturday 8th February 2014 6:30am Gold
Saturday 5th April 2014 7:45am Gold
Tuesday 3rd June 2014 8:20am Gold
Tuesday 3rd June 2014 5:00pm Gold
Tuesday 24th June 2014 3:20pm Drama
Tuesday 24th June 2014 8:20pm Drama
Tuesday 23rd September 2014 11:20am Gold
Tuesday 23rd September 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 28th November 2014 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 29th November 2014 8:20pm Yesterday
Thursday 12th February 2015 5:00pm Gold
Friday 13th February 2015 1:40pm Gold
Monday 4th May 2015 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 5th May 2015 1:40pm Drama
Tuesday 5th May 2015 7:20pm Drama
Monday 11th May 2015 5:40pm Gold
Tuesday 12th May 2015 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 1st July 2015 1:40pm Drama
Wednesday 1st July 2015 7:20pm Drama
Monday 28th September 2015 7:20pm Gold
Tuesday 29th September 2015 1:20pm Gold
Saturday 7th November 2015 7:40pm Yesterday
Sunday 8th November 2015 5:40pm Yesterday
Tuesday 26th January 2016 8:40am Gold
Tuesday 26th January 2016 3:20pm Gold
Monday 11th April 2016 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 8th June 2016 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 16th June 2016 9:00am Gold
Thursday 16th June 2016 3:00pm Gold
Thursday 8th September 2016 9:55pm Yesterday
Friday 9th September 2016 8:35pm Yesterday
Wednesday 1st February 2017 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 1st February 2017 5:20pm Gold
Wednesday 1st March 2017 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 1st March 2017 6:40pm Gold
Tuesday 2nd May 2017 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 28th June 2017 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 31st October 2017 12:50pm Gold
Tuesday 31st October 2017 6:00pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd January 2018 1:20pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd January 2018 6:00pm Gold
Monday 16th July 2018 11:15am Gold
Wednesday 26th June 2019 11:20am Gold
Wednesday 26th June 2019 5:55pm Gold
Tuesday 8th October 2019 1:10pm Gold
Tuesday 8th October 2019 4:30pm Gold
Friday 1st November 2019 6:40pm Drama
Wednesday 19th February 2020 11:50am Gold
Wednesday 19th February 2020 3:00pm Gold
Sunday 21st June 2020 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 11th August 2020 8:05am Gold
Tuesday 11th August 2020 12:00pm Gold
Friday 20th November 2020 6:40pm Drama
Wednesday 21st April 2021 11:00am Gold
Wednesday 21st April 2021 3:05pm Gold
Tuesday 1st June 2021 6:40pm Drama
Wednesday 25th August 2021 11:40am Gold
Wednesday 25th August 2021 3:20pm Gold
Wednesday 25th August 2021 7:15pm Gold
Tuesday 25th January 2022 10:40am Gold
Tuesday 25th January 2022 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 25th January 2022 5:20pm Drama
Tuesday 25th January 2022 5:20pm Gold
Wednesday 26th January 2022 2:25am Drama
Wednesday 26th January 2022 7:30am Gold
Tuesday 5th April 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Sunday 10th April 2022 12:15am BBC4
Tuesday 26th April 2022 11:50am Gold
Tuesday 26th April 2022 3:05pm Gold
Tuesday 26th April 2022 7:40pm Gold
Thursday 2nd June 2022 7:10am Gold
Thursday 2nd June 2022 1:05pm Gold
Thursday 2nd June 2022 5:40pm Gold
Monday 5th September 2022 7:10am Gold
Monday 5th September 2022 2:00pm Gold
Monday 5th September 2022 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 10th January 2023 8:00am Gold
Tuesday 10th January 2023 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 10th January 2023 5:20pm Gold
Friday 10th March 2023 6:00pm Drama
Tuesday 18th April 2023 8:20am Gold
Tuesday 18th April 2023 12:20pm Gold
Tuesday 18th April 2023 5:40pm Gold
Wednesday 26th July 2023 8:00am Gold
Wednesday 26th July 2023 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 26th July 2023 4:40pm Gold
Thursday 21st September 2023 7:50am Gold
Thursday 21st September 2023 11:40am Gold
Thursday 21st September 2023 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 1st February 2024 8:05am Gold
Thursday 1st February 2024 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 1st February 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
Guest cast
Robert Rawles Milkman
Ivor Danvers Richard's Boss (Town Hall Official)
Jon Glover Roger
Writing team
Roy Clarke Writer
Christopher Bond Script Editor
Production team
Harold Snoad Director
Harold Snoad Producer
Andy Quested Editor
Derek Evans Production Designer
Rita Reekie Costume Designer
Ann Ailes-Stevenson Make-up Designer
Nick Ingman Composer

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