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 7 - What To Wear When Yachting

Hyacinth plans a nautical supper when one of Sheridan's friends lends them a cruiser for the weekend.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 18th October 1992
Time
7:15pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

  1. Wednesday 8th May 2024 at 6:00pm on Drama

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 28th November 2013 7:40pm Drama
Thursday 28th November 2013 11:30pm Drama
Wednesday 5th February 2014 9:10am Gold
Wednesday 5th February 2014 4:40pm Gold
Sunday 9th February 2014 7:40am Gold
Wednesday 11th June 2014 8:20am Gold
Wednesday 11th June 2014 5:00pm Gold
Wednesday 2nd July 2014 3:20pm Drama
Wednesday 2nd July 2014 8:20pm Drama
Wednesday 1st October 2014 11:20am Gold
Wednesday 1st October 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 12th December 2014 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 13th December 2014 8:20pm Yesterday
Monday 23rd February 2015 5:00pm Gold
Tuesday 24th February 2015 1:40pm Gold
Wednesday 13th May 2015 1:40pm Drama
Wednesday 13th May 2015 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 19th May 2015 5:40pm Gold
Wednesday 20th May 2015 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 9th July 2015 1:40pm Drama
Thursday 9th July 2015 7:20pm Drama
Friday 9th October 2015 1:20pm Gold
Friday 9th October 2015 7:20pm Gold
Saturday 28th November 2015 7:40pm Yesterday
Sunday 29th November 2015 5:40pm Yesterday
Tuesday 19th April 2016 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 16th June 2016 7:20pm Drama
Friday 24th June 2016 9:00am Gold
Friday 24th June 2016 2:50pm Gold
Thursday 18th August 2016 10:55am Gold
Thursday 29th September 2016 9:55pm Yesterday
Friday 30th September 2016 8:40pm Yesterday
Monday 6th February 2017 1:40pm Gold
Monday 6th February 2017 6:40pm Gold
Friday 3rd March 2017 2:00pm Gold
Saturday 29th April 2017 3:10pm Gold
Wednesday 10th May 2017 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 6th July 2017 7:20pm Drama
Monday 16th October 2017 1:00pm Gold
Monday 16th October 2017 7:40pm Gold
Wednesday 8th November 2017 12:20pm Gold
Wednesday 8th November 2017 5:40pm Gold
Thursday 4th July 2019 11:45am Gold
Thursday 4th July 2019 5:45pm Gold
Wednesday 16th October 2019 12:35pm Gold
Wednesday 16th October 2019 3:50pm Gold
Monday 11th November 2019 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 27th February 2020 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 27th February 2020 2:55pm Gold
Sunday 5th July 2020 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 19th August 2020 8:20am Gold
Wednesday 19th August 2020 12:20pm Gold
Wednesday 19th August 2020 3:00pm Gold
Monday 30th November 2020 6:00pm Drama
Thursday 29th April 2021 11:00am Gold
Thursday 29th April 2021 3:00pm Gold
Wednesday 9th June 2021 6:40pm Drama
Friday 3rd September 2021 12:00pm Gold
Friday 3rd September 2021 4:20pm Gold
Wednesday 2nd February 2022 11:00am Gold
Wednesday 2nd February 2022 3:20pm Gold
Wednesday 2nd February 2022 5:20pm Drama
Thursday 3rd February 2022 7:35am Gold
Thursday 5th May 2022 7:20am Gold
Thursday 5th May 2022 11:50am Gold
Thursday 5th May 2022 3:00pm Gold
Thursday 5th May 2022 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 7th June 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Friday 10th June 2022 7:10am Gold
Friday 10th June 2022 1:05pm Gold
Friday 10th June 2022 5:40pm Gold
Sunday 12th June 2022 12:25am BBC4
Tuesday 13th September 2022 7:20am Gold
Tuesday 13th September 2022 2:00pm Gold
Tuesday 13th September 2022 5:20pm Gold
Wednesday 18th January 2023 8:00am Gold
Wednesday 18th January 2023 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 18th January 2023 5:20pm Gold
Monday 20th March 2023 8:35am Drama
Monday 20th March 2023 6:00pm Drama
Wednesday 26th April 2023 8:20am Gold
Wednesday 26th April 2023 12:20pm Gold
Wednesday 26th April 2023 5:40pm Gold
Thursday 3rd August 2023 8:00am Gold
Thursday 3rd August 2023 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 3rd August 2023 4:40pm Gold
Friday 29th September 2023 7:45am Gold
Friday 29th September 2023 11:40am Gold
Friday 29th September 2023 5:00pm Gold
Friday 9th February 2024 7:45am Gold
Friday 9th February 2024 11:40am Gold
Friday 9th 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
Tony Aitken TV Repairman
Ian Collier Sales Assistant
Nicholas Boyce Youth
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
Stephen Wright Production Designer

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