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 3 - Violet's Country Cottage

Hyacinth and Richard take over a country cottage for two days, with unexpected results.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 20th September 1992
Time
7:15pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 26th November 2013 8:20pm Drama
Thursday 30th January 2014 9:10am Gold
Thursday 30th January 2014 4:40pm Gold
Saturday 8th February 2014 7:40am Gold
Sunday 6th April 2014 7:15am Gold
Sunday 6th April 2014 3:20pm Gold
Thursday 5th June 2014 8:20am Gold
Thursday 5th June 2014 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 26th June 2014 3:20pm Drama
Thursday 26th June 2014 8:20pm Drama
Thursday 25th September 2014 11:20am Gold
Thursday 25th September 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 5th December 2014 9:40pm Yesterday
Saturday 6th December 2014 7:40pm Yesterday
Monday 16th February 2015 5:00pm Gold
Tuesday 17th February 2015 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 7th May 2015 1:40pm Drama
Thursday 7th May 2015 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 12th May 2015 5:40pm Gold
Wednesday 13th May 2015 12:00pm Gold
Friday 3rd July 2015 1:40pm Drama
Friday 3rd July 2015 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 1st October 2015 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 1st October 2015 7:20pm Gold
Saturday 21st November 2015 7:00pm Yesterday
Sunday 22nd November 2015 5:00pm Yesterday
Thursday 28th January 2016 8:40am Gold
Thursday 28th January 2016 3:20pm Gold
Wednesday 13th April 2016 7:20pm Drama
Friday 10th June 2016 7:20pm Drama
Monday 20th June 2016 9:00am Gold
Monday 20th June 2016 3:00pm Gold
Thursday 15th September 2016 9:55pm Yesterday
Friday 16th September 2016 8:35pm Yesterday
Thursday 2nd February 2017 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 2nd February 2017 5:20pm Gold
Wednesday 1st March 2017 2:00pm Gold
Thursday 4th May 2017 7:20pm Drama
Friday 30th June 2017 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 2nd November 2017 11:55am Gold
Thursday 2nd November 2017 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 25th January 2018 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 25th January 2018 6:00pm Gold
Wednesday 18th July 2018 11:15am Gold
Wednesday 18th July 2018 2:35pm Gold
Friday 28th June 2019 11:20am Gold
Friday 28th June 2019 5:55pm Gold
Thursday 10th October 2019 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 10th October 2019 4:40pm Gold
Tuesday 5th November 2019 6:40pm Drama
Friday 21st February 2020 12:20pm Gold
Saturday 22nd February 2020 9:40am Gold
Sunday 28th June 2020 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 13th August 2020 8:05am Gold
Thursday 13th August 2020 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 24th November 2020 6:40pm Drama
Friday 23rd April 2021 11:00am Gold
Friday 23rd April 2021 3:05pm Gold
Thursday 3rd June 2021 6:40pm Drama
Friday 27th August 2021 11:40am Gold
Friday 27th August 2021 3:20pm Gold
Friday 27th August 2021 7:20pm Gold
Thursday 27th January 2022 9:40am Gold
Thursday 27th January 2022 2:40pm Gold
Thursday 27th January 2022 5:20pm Drama
Thursday 27th January 2022 5:20pm Gold
Friday 28th January 2022 2:10am Drama
Friday 28th January 2022 7:25am Gold
Thursday 28th April 2022 11:50am Gold
Thursday 28th April 2022 3:05pm Gold
Thursday 28th April 2022 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 10th May 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Sunday 15th May 2022 12:45am BBC4
Monday 6th June 2022 7:10am Gold
Monday 6th June 2022 1:05pm Gold
Monday 6th June 2022 5:40pm Gold
Wednesday 7th September 2022 7:00am Gold
Wednesday 7th September 2022 2:00pm Gold
Wednesday 7th September 2022 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th January 2023 8:00am Gold
Thursday 12th January 2023 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 12th January 2023 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 14th March 2023 6:00pm Drama
Thursday 20th April 2023 8:20am Gold
Thursday 20th April 2023 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 20th April 2023 5:40pm Gold
Friday 28th July 2023 8:00am Gold
Friday 28th July 2023 12:00pm Gold
Friday 28th July 2023 4:40pm Gold
Saturday 29th July 2023 7:10am Gold
Monday 25th September 2023 8:10am Gold
Monday 25th September 2023 12:05pm Gold
Monday 25th September 2023 5:10pm Gold
Monday 5th February 2024 8:00am Gold
Monday 5th February 2024 12:00pm Gold
Monday 5th 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
Ian Burford Neighbour
Royce Mills Dorian
Marcia Warren Bunty
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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