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 4, Episode 2 - Country Retreat

Plans to buy a weekend retreat in the country take an unexpected turn when Hyacinth is keen to avoid giving estate agents the impression that they can only afford a small cottage.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 12th September 1993
Time
7pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 29th November 2013 7:40pm Drama
Friday 29th November 2013 11:00pm Drama
Friday 7th February 2014 9:30am Gold
Friday 7th February 2014 4:35pm Gold
Saturday 1st March 2014 6:30am Gold
Saturday 12th April 2014 12:20pm Gold
Saturday 12th April 2014 6:00pm Gold
Monday 16th June 2014 8:20am Gold
Monday 16th June 2014 5:00pm Gold
Friday 4th July 2014 3:20pm Drama
Friday 3rd October 2014 11:20am Gold
Friday 3rd October 2014 6:10pm Gold
Thursday 26th February 2015 5:00pm Gold
Friday 27th February 2015 1:40pm Gold
Friday 15th May 2015 1:40pm Drama
Friday 15th May 2015 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 2nd June 2015 5:00pm Gold
Wednesday 3rd June 2015 11:20am Gold
Thursday 15th October 2015 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 15th October 2015 7:20pm Gold
Saturday 5th December 2015 4:00pm Yesterday
Sunday 6th December 2015 1:00pm Yesterday
Thursday 21st April 2016 7:20pm Drama
Monday 20th June 2016 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 28th June 2016 9:05am Gold
Tuesday 28th June 2016 3:00pm Gold
Wednesday 12th October 2016 10:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 13th October 2016 8:40pm Yesterday
Tuesday 7th February 2017 2:00pm Gold
Tuesday 7th February 2017 6:40pm Gold
Monday 6th March 2017 2:30pm Gold
Monday 6th March 2017 7:00pm Gold
Friday 12th May 2017 7:20pm Drama
Monday 10th July 2017 7:20pm Drama
Friday 11th August 2017 1:40pm Gold
Friday 11th August 2017 6:20pm Gold
Friday 10th November 2017 12:40pm Gold
Friday 10th November 2017 6:00pm Gold
Saturday 6th January 2018 5:40pm Drama
Thursday 1st February 2018 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 1st February 2018 6:00pm Gold
Wednesday 25th July 2018 11:10am Gold
Wednesday 25th July 2018 2:35pm Gold
Saturday 5th January 2019 4:45pm Drama
Monday 14th January 2019 3:20pm Gold
Tuesday 15th January 2019 9:00am Gold
Wednesday 27th March 2019 1:50pm Gold
Thursday 28th March 2019 1:00pm Gold
Monday 8th July 2019 11:20am Gold
Monday 8th July 2019 7:00pm Gold
Friday 18th October 2019 12:55pm Gold
Wednesday 13th November 2019 6:40pm Drama
Tuesday 7th January 2020 12:20pm Gold
Tuesday 7th January 2020 3:00pm Gold
Monday 2nd March 2020 12:20pm Gold
Monday 2nd March 2020 3:00pm Gold
Sunday 12th July 2020 6:40pm Drama
Friday 21st August 2020 8:20am Gold
Friday 21st August 2020 12:20pm Gold
Saturday 22nd August 2020 7:40am Gold
Tuesday 1st December 2020 6:00pm Drama
Tuesday 4th May 2021 11:00am Gold
Tuesday 4th May 2021 3:00pm Gold
Friday 11th June 2021 6:40pm Drama
Tuesday 5th October 2021 11:20am Gold
Tuesday 5th October 2021 4:00pm Gold
Friday 4th February 2022 11:10am Gold
Friday 4th February 2022 3:35pm Gold
Monday 9th May 2022 7:20am Gold
Monday 9th May 2022 11:50am Gold
Monday 9th May 2022 3:05pm Gold
Tuesday 14th June 2022 12:10pm Gold
Tuesday 14th June 2022 4:40pm Gold
Wednesday 15th June 2022 2:45am Gold
Tuesday 21st June 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Sunday 26th June 2022 12:40am BBC4
Thursday 15th September 2022 7:10am Gold
Thursday 15th September 2022 2:00pm Gold
Thursday 15th September 2022 5:20pm Gold
Friday 20th January 2023 8:00am Gold
Friday 20th January 2023 12:00pm Gold
Friday 20th January 2023 5:20pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd March 2023 8:35am Drama
Wednesday 22nd March 2023 6:00pm Drama
Friday 28th April 2023 8:20am Gold
Friday 28th April 2023 12:20pm Gold
Friday 28th April 2023 5:40pm Gold
Monday 7th August 2023 8:00am Gold
Monday 7th August 2023 12:00pm Gold
Monday 7th August 2023 4:40pm Gold
Tuesday 3rd October 2023 7:45am Gold
Tuesday 3rd October 2023 11:40am Gold
Tuesday 3rd October 2023 3:40pm Gold
Tuesday 13th February 2024 8:00am Gold
Tuesday 13th February 2024 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 13th 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
Denis Bond Estate Agent
Barrie Gosney Yokel
Liz Daniels Yokel's Wife
Writing team
Roy Clarke Writer
Christopher Bond Script Editor
Production team
Harold Snoad Director
Harold Snoad Producer
Andy Quested Editor
Derek Evans Production Designer
Laura Ergis Costume Designer
Maggie Webb Make-up Designer
Nick Ingman Composer

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