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 6 - Please Mind Your Head

Hyacinth and Richard spend their first night in their new weekend retreat. But plans to become part of the "country set" go horribly wrong as the apartment proves a little on the "bijou" side.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 10th October 1993
Time
7pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 3rd December 2013 7:40pm Drama
Thursday 13th February 2014 9:10am Gold
Thursday 13th February 2014 5:00pm Gold
Sunday 2nd March 2014 7:00am Gold
Wednesday 16th April 2014 11:40am Gold
Wednesday 16th April 2014 6:00pm Gold
Friday 20th June 2014 8:20am Gold
Friday 20th June 2014 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 10th July 2014 3:20pm Drama
Thursday 10th July 2014 8:20pm Drama
Thursday 9th October 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 10th October 2014 11:20am Gold
Thursday 5th March 2015 5:00pm Gold
Friday 6th March 2015 1:45pm Gold
Thursday 21st May 2015 1:40pm Drama
Thursday 21st May 2015 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 9th June 2015 5:00pm Gold
Wednesday 10th June 2015 11:20am Gold
Friday 23rd October 2015 1:20pm Gold
Friday 23rd October 2015 7:20pm Gold
Saturday 12th December 2015 7:40pm Yesterday
Sunday 13th December 2015 5:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 11th February 2016 8:40am Gold
Thursday 11th February 2016 3:20pm Gold
Wednesday 27th April 2016 7:20pm Drama
Friday 24th June 2016 7:20pm Drama
Monday 4th July 2016 9:40am Gold
Monday 4th July 2016 3:25pm Gold
Tuesday 18th October 2016 10:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 19th October 2016 8:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 9th February 2017 2:00pm Gold
Thursday 9th February 2017 6:40pm Gold
Wednesday 8th March 2017 2:00pm Gold
Wednesday 8th March 2017 6:40pm Gold
Thursday 18th May 2017 7:20pm Drama
Friday 14th July 2017 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 15th August 2017 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 15th August 2017 5:40pm Gold
Thursday 16th November 2017 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 16th November 2017 6:00pm Gold
Saturday 13th January 2018 6:20pm Drama
Wednesday 7th February 2018 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 7th February 2018 6:00pm Gold
Friday 27th July 2018 11:20am Gold
Saturday 12th January 2019 5:20pm Drama
Monday 21st January 2019 9:20am Gold
Monday 21st January 2019 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd January 2019 8:40am Gold
Friday 12th July 2019 12:20pm Gold
Friday 12th July 2019 6:20pm Gold
Thursday 24th October 2019 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 24th October 2019 4:55pm Gold
Tuesday 19th November 2019 6:40pm Drama
Monday 13th January 2020 12:20pm Gold
Monday 13th January 2020 3:00pm Gold
Friday 6th March 2020 12:40pm Gold
Friday 6th March 2020 2:40pm Gold
Sunday 19th July 2020 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 27th August 2020 8:20am Gold
Thursday 27th August 2020 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 27th August 2020 3:00pm Gold
Thursday 3rd December 2020 6:00pm Drama
Monday 10th May 2021 11:00am Gold
Monday 10th May 2021 3:00pm Gold
Thursday 17th June 2021 6:40pm Drama
Monday 11th October 2021 11:20am Gold
Monday 11th October 2021 3:55pm Gold
Thursday 10th February 2022 10:55am Gold
Thursday 10th February 2022 3:20pm Gold
Friday 11th February 2022 7:40am Gold
Friday 13th May 2022 7:20am Gold
Friday 13th May 2022 11:50am Gold
Friday 13th May 2022 3:05pm Gold
Friday 13th May 2022 7:40pm Gold
Monday 20th June 2022 12:00pm Gold
Monday 20th June 2022 4:40pm Gold
Tuesday 21st June 2022 2:45am Gold
Tuesday 19th July 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Sunday 24th July 2022 12:30am BBC4
Wednesday 21st September 2022 7:00am Gold
Wednesday 21st September 2022 2:00pm Gold
Wednesday 21st September 2022 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 26th January 2023 8:00am Gold
Thursday 26th January 2023 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 26th January 2023 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 28th March 2023 8:35am Drama
Tuesday 28th March 2023 6:00pm Drama
Friday 5th May 2023 8:40am Gold
Friday 5th May 2023 12:40pm Gold
Friday 5th May 2023 6:20pm Gold
Friday 11th August 2023 8:00am Gold
Friday 11th August 2023 12:00pm Gold
Friday 11th August 2023 4:40pm Gold
Friday 6th October 2023 7:45am Gold
Friday 6th October 2023 11:40am Gold
Friday 6th October 2023 3:40pm Gold
Monday 19th February 2024 8:05am Gold
Monday 19th February 2024 12:00pm Gold
Monday 19th 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
George Webb Daddy
Guest cast
Robert Rawles Milkman
David Janson Michael the Postman
Helen Dorward Visitor
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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