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 4 - The Commodore

Hyacinth agrees to meet the Ladies' Luncheon Club special guest at the railway station, but the assignment proves more difficult than she imagined.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 26th September 1993
Time
7pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 2nd December 2013 7:40pm Drama
Tuesday 11th February 2014 9:10am Gold
Tuesday 11th February 2014 5:00pm Gold
Sunday 2nd March 2014 6:00am Gold
Monday 14th April 2014 11:40am Gold
Monday 14th April 2014 5:55pm Gold
Wednesday 18th June 2014 8:20am Gold
Wednesday 18th June 2014 5:00pm Gold
Tuesday 8th July 2014 3:20pm Drama
Tuesday 8th July 2014 8:20pm Drama
Tuesday 7th October 2014 6:10pm Gold
Wednesday 8th October 2014 11:20am Gold
Monday 2nd March 2015 5:00pm Gold
Tuesday 3rd March 2015 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 19th May 2015 1:40pm Drama
Tuesday 19th May 2015 7:20pm Drama
Friday 5th June 2015 11:20am Gold
Friday 5th June 2015 5:00pm Gold
Monday 19th October 2015 7:20pm Gold
Tuesday 20th October 2015 1:20pm Gold
Saturday 5th December 2015 5:20pm Yesterday
Sunday 6th December 2015 2:20pm Yesterday
Tuesday 9th February 2016 8:40am Gold
Tuesday 9th February 2016 3:20pm Gold
Monday 25th April 2016 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 22nd June 2016 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 30th June 2016 8:55am Gold
Thursday 30th June 2016 2:55pm Gold
Sunday 16th October 2016 10:40pm Yesterday
Monday 17th October 2016 8:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 8th February 2017 2:00pm Gold
Wednesday 8th February 2017 6:40pm Gold
Tuesday 7th March 2017 2:00pm Gold
Tuesday 7th March 2017 6:40pm Gold
Monday 1st May 2017 3:20pm Gold
Tuesday 2nd May 2017 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 16th May 2017 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 12th July 2017 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 14th November 2017 12:40pm Gold
Tuesday 14th November 2017 6:00pm Gold
Saturday 13th January 2018 5:00pm Drama
Monday 5th February 2018 1:20pm Gold
Monday 5th February 2018 6:00pm Gold
Thursday 26th July 2018 11:20am Gold
Thursday 26th July 2018 2:40pm Gold
Saturday 12th January 2019 4:00pm Drama
Thursday 17th January 2019 8:40am Gold
Thursday 28th March 2019 1:40pm Gold
Friday 29th March 2019 12:45pm Gold
Wednesday 10th July 2019 12:30pm Gold
Wednesday 10th July 2019 6:20pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd October 2019 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd October 2019 5:30pm Gold
Friday 15th November 2019 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 9th January 2020 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 9th January 2020 3:00pm Gold
Wednesday 4th March 2020 12:40pm Gold
Sunday 19th July 2020 6:00pm Drama
Tuesday 25th August 2020 8:20am Gold
Tuesday 25th August 2020 12:20pm Gold
Tuesday 25th August 2020 3:00pm Gold
Wednesday 2nd December 2020 6:00pm Drama
Thursday 6th May 2021 11:00am Gold
Thursday 6th May 2021 2:20pm Gold
Tuesday 15th June 2021 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 7th October 2021 11:20am Gold
Thursday 7th October 2021 4:00pm Gold
Tuesday 8th February 2022 10:50am Gold
Tuesday 8th February 2022 3:20pm Gold
Wednesday 9th February 2022 7:40am Gold
Wednesday 11th May 2022 7:20am Gold
Wednesday 11th May 2022 11:50am Gold
Wednesday 11th May 2022 3:05pm Gold
Wednesday 11th May 2022 7:40pm Gold
Thursday 16th June 2022 12:10pm Gold
Thursday 16th June 2022 4:40pm Gold
Friday 17th June 2022 3:00am Gold
Tuesday 5th July 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Sunday 10th July 2022 1:50am BBC4
Monday 19th September 2022 7:00am Gold
Monday 19th September 2022 2:00pm Gold
Monday 19th September 2022 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 24th January 2023 8:00am Gold
Tuesday 24th January 2023 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 24th January 2023 5:20pm Gold
Friday 24th March 2023 8:35am Drama
Friday 24th March 2023 6:00pm Drama
Wednesday 3rd May 2023 8:50am Gold
Wednesday 3rd May 2023 12:40pm Gold
Wednesday 3rd May 2023 6:20pm Gold
Wednesday 9th August 2023 8:00am Gold
Wednesday 9th August 2023 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 9th August 2023 4:40pm Gold
Wednesday 4th October 2023 7:45am Gold
Wednesday 4th October 2023 11:40am Gold
Wednesday 4th October 2023 3:35pm Gold
Thursday 15th February 2024 8:05am Gold
Thursday 15th February 2024 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 15th February 2024 5:55pm 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
Jeremy Gittins Michael the Vicar
Guest cast
Nigel Davenport Commodore
Geraldine Newman Chairlady
Linda James Committee Member
Liz Edmiston Committee Member
Anne Briers (as Ann Davies) Lady at Luncheon
Len Lowe (as Leonard Lowe) Passenger
Donald T. Allen Station Manager
Gordon Peters Ticket Clerk
Irene Sharp Lady at Station
John Barrard Houseowner
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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