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 4

Holding a riverside picnic seems like a good idea but Hyacinth's arrangements don't go quite as she planned.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 24th September 1995
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 5th December 2013 8:20pm Drama
Thursday 20th February 2014 9:10am Gold
Thursday 20th February 2014 5:00pm Gold
Sunday 9th March 2014 7:00am Gold
Monday 21st April 2014 6:00pm Gold
Friday 27th June 2014 8:20am Gold
Friday 27th June 2014 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 17th July 2014 3:20pm Drama
Thursday 17th July 2014 8:20pm Drama
Friday 17th October 2014 11:10am Gold
Friday 17th October 2014 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th March 2015 5:50pm Gold
Friday 13th March 2015 2:15pm Gold
Friday 29th May 2015 1:40pm Drama
Friday 29th May 2015 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 17th June 2015 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 18th June 2015 11:00am Gold
Thursday 5th November 2015 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 5th November 2015 7:20pm Gold
Thursday 18th February 2016 8:40am Gold
Thursday 18th February 2016 3:20pm Gold
Monday 18th April 2016 7:00am Gold
Thursday 5th May 2016 7:20pm Drama
Friday 1st July 2016 7:20pm Drama
Monday 11th July 2016 8:10am Gold
Monday 11th July 2016 1:25pm Gold
Wednesday 26th October 2016 10:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 27th October 2016 8:40pm Yesterday
Monday 13th February 2017 2:00pm Gold
Monday 13th February 2017 7:20pm Gold
Monday 13th March 2017 1:20pm Gold
Monday 13th March 2017 6:45pm Gold
Thursday 25th May 2017 7:20pm Drama
Friday 21st July 2017 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 23rd November 2017 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 23rd November 2017 6:00pm Gold
Saturday 27th January 2018 5:40pm Drama
Wednesday 14th February 2018 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 14th February 2018 6:00pm Gold
Tuesday 19th June 2018 8:35am Gold
Tuesday 19th June 2018 12:55pm Gold
Friday 3rd August 2018 11:20am Gold
Friday 3rd August 2018 2:40pm Gold
Saturday 26th January 2019 4:40pm Drama
Monday 28th January 2019 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 29th January 2019 8:40am Gold
Friday 19th July 2019 11:40am Gold
Friday 19th July 2019 6:20pm Gold
Thursday 31st October 2019 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 31st October 2019 4:40pm Gold
Tuesday 26th November 2019 6:40pm Drama
Monday 20th January 2020 12:20pm Gold
Monday 20th January 2020 3:00pm Gold
Friday 13th March 2020 12:20pm Gold
Friday 13th March 2020 2:20pm Gold
Saturday 14th March 2020 9:15am Gold
Sunday 2nd August 2020 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 19th November 2020 8:00am Gold
Thursday 19th November 2020 12:40pm Gold
Friday 20th November 2020 7:15am Gold
Monday 7th December 2020 6:40pm Drama
Monday 17th May 2021 11:00am Gold
Monday 17th May 2021 3:00pm Gold
Monday 17th May 2021 6:20pm Gold
Thursday 24th June 2021 6:40pm Drama
Monday 18th October 2021 11:20am Gold
Monday 18th October 2021 4:00pm Gold
Wednesday 16th February 2022 10:40am Gold
Wednesday 16th February 2022 3:20pm Gold
Thursday 17th February 2022 7:25am Gold
Friday 20th May 2022 7:20am Gold
Friday 20th May 2022 1:05pm Gold
Friday 20th May 2022 5:40pm Gold
Monday 27th June 2022 12:10pm Gold
Monday 27th June 2022 4:40pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd August 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Sunday 28th August 2022 1:00am BBC4
Wednesday 28th September 2022 5:20pm Gold
Sunday 13th November 2022 10:00pm Gold
Thursday 2nd February 2023 8:00am Gold
Thursday 2nd February 2023 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 2nd February 2023 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 4th April 2023 8:35am Drama
Tuesday 4th April 2023 6:00pm Drama
Friday 18th August 2023 7:45am Gold
Friday 18th August 2023 11:40am Gold
Friday 18th August 2023 4:20pm Gold
Friday 13th October 2023 7:45am Gold
Friday 13th October 2023 11:40am Gold
Friday 13th October 2023 3:40pm Gold
Monday 26th February 2024 8:05am Gold
Monday 26th February 2024 12:00pm Gold
Monday 26th 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
Jeremy Gittins Michael the Vicar
George Webb Daddy
Marion Barron The Vicar's Wife
Guest cast
David Janson Michael the Postman
Anna Dawson Violet
Steve Morley Lock-keeper
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

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