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 5 - Richard's New Hobby

Hyacinth, realising that Richard is bored with early retirement, suggests he take up film-making as a hobby. It quickly backfires!

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 4th October 1992
Time
7:15pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 27th November 2013 7:40pm Drama
Monday 3rd February 2014 9:10am Gold
Monday 3rd February 2014 4:40pm Gold
Sunday 9th February 2014 6:30am Gold
Monday 9th June 2014 8:20am Gold
Monday 9th June 2014 5:00pm Gold
Monday 30th June 2014 3:20pm Drama
Monday 30th June 2014 8:20pm Drama
Monday 29th September 2014 11:20am Gold
Monday 29th September 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 12th December 2014 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 13th December 2014 7:00pm Yesterday
Thursday 19th February 2015 5:00pm Gold
Friday 20th February 2015 1:40pm Gold
Monday 11th May 2015 1:40pm Drama
Monday 11th May 2015 7:20pm Drama
Monday 18th May 2015 5:40pm Gold
Tuesday 19th May 2015 12:00pm Gold
Monday 5th October 2015 7:15pm Gold
Tuesday 6th October 2015 1:20pm Gold
Saturday 21st November 2015 8:20pm Yesterday
Sunday 22nd November 2015 6:20pm Yesterday
Friday 15th April 2016 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 14th June 2016 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 22nd June 2016 9:00am Gold
Wednesday 22nd June 2016 2:50pm Gold
Thursday 11th August 2016 10:55am Gold
Thursday 22nd September 2016 9:55pm Yesterday
Friday 23rd September 2016 8:40pm Yesterday
Friday 3rd February 2017 1:20pm Gold
Friday 3rd February 2017 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 2nd March 2017 2:00pm Gold
Thursday 2nd March 2017 7:25pm Gold
Monday 8th May 2017 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 4th July 2017 7:20pm Drama
Monday 6th November 2017 12:50pm Gold
Monday 6th November 2017 6:05pm Gold
Monday 29th January 2018 12:40pm Gold
Monday 29th January 2018 6:00pm Gold
Friday 20th July 2018 10:50am Gold
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 11:55am Gold
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 6:20pm Gold
Monday 14th October 2019 1:35pm Gold
Monday 14th October 2019 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 7th November 2019 6:40pm Drama
Tuesday 25th February 2020 12:20pm Gold
Tuesday 25th February 2020 3:00pm Gold
Sunday 5th July 2020 6:05pm Drama
Monday 17th August 2020 8:20am Gold
Monday 17th August 2020 1:00pm Gold
Monday 17th August 2020 3:00pm Gold
Thursday 26th November 2020 6:40pm Drama
Tuesday 27th April 2021 11:00am Gold
Tuesday 27th April 2021 3:00pm Gold
Monday 7th June 2021 6:40pm Drama
Wednesday 1st September 2021 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 1st September 2021 4:20pm Gold
Monday 31st January 2022 11:10am Gold
Monday 31st January 2022 4:00pm Gold
Monday 31st January 2022 5:20pm Drama
Tuesday 1st February 2022 1:05am Drama
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 7:20am Gold
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 11:50am Gold
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 3:00pm Gold
Tuesday 24th May 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Sunday 29th May 2022 12:45am BBC4
Wednesday 8th June 2022 7:25am Gold
Wednesday 8th June 2022 1:05pm Gold
Wednesday 8th June 2022 5:40pm Gold
Friday 9th September 2022 7:10am Gold
Friday 9th September 2022 2:00pm Gold
Friday 9th September 2022 5:20pm Gold
Monday 16th January 2023 8:00am Gold
Monday 16th January 2023 12:00pm Gold
Monday 16th January 2023 5:25pm Gold
Thursday 16th March 2023 6:00pm Drama
Monday 24th April 2023 8:35am Gold
Monday 24th April 2023 12:25pm Gold
Monday 24th April 2023 5:40pm Gold
Tuesday 1st August 2023 8:00am Gold
Tuesday 1st August 2023 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 1st August 2023 4:40pm Gold
Wednesday 27th September 2023 7:45am Gold
Wednesday 27th September 2023 11:40am Gold
Wednesday 27th September 2023 5:00pm Gold
Wednesday 7th February 2024 8:00am Gold
Wednesday 7th February 2024 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 7th 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
Charmian May Councillor Nugent
Jonathan Stratt Policeman
Matthew Long Policeman
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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