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 5, Episode 3

Richard forgets his wedding anniversary but saves the day by alarming Hyacinth.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 17th September 1995
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 5th December 2013 7:40pm Drama
Wednesday 19th February 2014 9:10am Gold
Wednesday 19th February 2014 5:00pm Gold
Sunday 9th March 2014 6:30am Gold
Sunday 20th April 2014 11:50am Gold
Sunday 20th April 2014 6:10pm Gold
Thursday 26th June 2014 8:20am Gold
Thursday 26th June 2014 5:00pm Gold
Wednesday 16th July 2014 3:20pm Drama
Wednesday 16th July 2014 8:20pm Drama
Wednesday 15th October 2014 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 16th October 2014 11:10am Gold
Thursday 16th October 2014 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th March 2015 5:10pm Gold
Friday 13th March 2015 1:35pm Gold
Thursday 28th May 2015 1:40pm Drama
Thursday 28th May 2015 7:20pm Drama
Tuesday 16th June 2015 4:40pm Gold
Wednesday 17th June 2015 11:20am Gold
Monday 2nd November 2015 7:20pm Gold
Tuesday 3rd November 2015 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 17th February 2016 8:40am Gold
Wednesday 17th February 2016 3:20pm Gold
Monday 11th April 2016 7:00am Gold
Wednesday 4th May 2016 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 30th June 2016 7:20pm Drama
Friday 8th July 2016 8:30am Gold
Friday 8th July 2016 3:10pm Gold
Monday 24th October 2016 10:40pm Yesterday
Tuesday 25th October 2016 8:40pm Yesterday
Monday 13th February 2017 1:20pm Gold
Monday 13th February 2017 6:40pm Gold
Friday 10th March 2017 2:15pm Gold
Wednesday 24th May 2017 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 20th July 2017 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 22nd November 2017 1:00pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd November 2017 6:20pm Gold
Saturday 27th January 2018 5:00pm Drama
Tuesday 13th February 2018 1:20pm Gold
Tuesday 13th February 2018 6:00pm Gold
Monday 18th June 2018 8:20am Gold
Monday 18th June 2018 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 2nd August 2018 11:20am Gold
Thursday 2nd August 2018 2:40pm Gold
Saturday 26th January 2019 4:05pm Drama
Monday 28th January 2019 8:40am Gold
Monday 28th January 2019 11:20am Gold
Wednesday 30th October 2019 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 30th October 2019 4:40pm Gold
Monday 25th November 2019 6:40pm Drama
Friday 17th January 2020 12:20pm Gold
Friday 17th January 2020 3:00pm Gold
Saturday 18th January 2020 8:50am Gold
Thursday 12th March 2020 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th March 2020 3:00pm Gold
Sunday 2nd August 2020 6:00pm Drama
Wednesday 18th November 2020 8:00am Gold
Wednesday 18th November 2020 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 19th November 2020 7:25am Gold
Monday 7th December 2020 6:00pm Drama
Friday 14th May 2021 11:00am Gold
Friday 14th May 2021 3:00pm Gold
Friday 14th May 2021 6:20pm Gold
Monday 14th June 2021 2:40pm Gold
Wednesday 23rd June 2021 6:40pm Drama
Friday 15th October 2021 11:20am Gold
Friday 15th October 2021 4:00pm Gold
Tuesday 15th February 2022 10:40am Gold
Tuesday 15th February 2022 3:20pm Gold
Wednesday 16th February 2022 7:30am Gold
Thursday 19th May 2022 7:15am Gold
Thursday 19th May 2022 1:05pm Gold
Thursday 19th May 2022 5:40pm Gold
Friday 24th June 2022 12:05pm Gold
Friday 24th June 2022 4:40pm Gold
Saturday 25th June 2022 3:05am Gold
Tuesday 16th August 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Sunday 21st August 2022 1:00am BBC4
Tuesday 27th September 2022 5:20pm Gold
Wednesday 1st February 2023 8:00am Gold
Wednesday 1st February 2023 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 1st February 2023 5:20pm Gold
Monday 3rd April 2023 8:35am Drama
Monday 3rd April 2023 6:00pm Drama
Friday 12th May 2023 8:20am Gold
Friday 12th May 2023 12:20pm Gold
Friday 12th May 2023 5:40pm Gold
Thursday 17th August 2023 7:45am Gold
Thursday 17th August 2023 11:40am Gold
Thursday 17th August 2023 4:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th October 2023 7:45am Gold
Thursday 12th October 2023 11:40am Gold
Thursday 12th October 2023 3:35pm Gold
Friday 23rd February 2024 7:40am Gold
Friday 23rd February 2024 11:35am Gold
Friday 23rd 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
David Janson Michael the Postman
Ian Lavender Security Representative
Margaret Towner Elderly Lady
Writing team
Roy Clarke Writer
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
Rebecca Root (as Graham Root) Engineer
Ben De Winter Engineer

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