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 9

Having lost out in a floral display competition, Hyacinth sets her sights on a new car and soon has Richard on a Rolls-Royce test drive.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 29th October 1995
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 18th November 2013 10:30am Gold
Sunday 24th November 2013 11:40am Gold
Monday 25th November 2013 9:50am Gold
Wednesday 11th December 2013 8:20pm Drama
Thursday 27th February 2014 9:05am Gold
Thursday 27th February 2014 5:00pm Gold
Sunday 16th March 2014 6:45am Gold
Saturday 26th April 2014 11:10am Gold
Saturday 26th April 2014 6:10pm Gold
Friday 4th July 2014 8:20am Gold
Friday 4th July 2014 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 24th July 2014 3:20pm Drama
Thursday 24th July 2014 8:20pm Drama
Thursday 23rd October 2014 5:20pm Gold
Friday 24th October 2014 11:10am Gold
Friday 19th December 2014 9:40pm Yesterday
Saturday 20th December 2014 7:40pm Yesterday
Monday 23rd March 2015 5:00pm Gold
Tuesday 24th March 2015 12:40pm Gold
Friday 5th June 2015 1:40pm Drama
Friday 5th June 2015 7:20pm Drama
Friday 26th June 2015 11:35am Gold
Friday 26th June 2015 5:00pm Gold
Monday 16th November 2015 7:20pm Gold
Tuesday 17th November 2015 1:10pm Gold
Friday 5th February 2016 6:00pm Drama
Thursday 25th February 2016 8:40am Gold
Thursday 25th February 2016 3:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th May 2016 7:20pm Drama
Friday 8th July 2016 7:20pm Drama
Monday 18th July 2016 8:10am Gold
Monday 18th July 2016 12:40pm Gold
Wednesday 2nd November 2016 10:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 3rd November 2016 8:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 16th February 2017 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 16th February 2017 6:40pm Gold
Wednesday 15th March 2017 2:00pm Gold
Sunday 30th April 2017 2:40pm Gold
Friday 2nd June 2017 7:20pm Drama
Friday 28th July 2017 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 30th November 2017 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 30th November 2017 7:00pm Gold
Saturday 10th February 2018 5:00pm Drama
Wednesday 21st February 2018 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 21st February 2018 6:00pm Gold
Thursday 26th April 2018 6:40pm Drama
Tuesday 26th June 2018 8:20am Gold
Tuesday 26th June 2018 1:00pm Gold
Monday 4th February 2019 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 5th February 2019 8:30am Gold
Saturday 9th February 2019 5:20pm Drama
Friday 26th July 2019 11:55am Gold
Friday 26th July 2019 6:20pm Gold
Thursday 7th November 2019 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 7th November 2019 4:40pm Gold
Tuesday 3rd December 2019 6:40pm Drama
Monday 27th January 2020 12:20pm Gold
Monday 27th January 2020 3:00pm Gold
Wednesday 18th March 2020 12:20pm Gold
Wednesday 18th March 2020 3:00pm Gold
Sunday 16th August 2020 6:00pm Drama
Thursday 26th November 2020 8:00am Gold
Thursday 26th November 2020 12:40pm Gold
Friday 27th November 2020 7:25am Gold
Thursday 10th December 2020 6:00pm Drama
Monday 24th May 2021 11:20am Gold
Monday 24th May 2021 3:20pm Gold
Monday 24th May 2021 6:40pm Gold
Thursday 1st July 2021 6:40pm Drama
Monday 25th October 2021 11:20am Gold
Monday 25th October 2021 4:00pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd February 2022 10:40am Gold
Tuesday 22nd February 2022 3:15pm Gold
Wednesday 23rd February 2022 7:30am Gold
Friday 27th May 2022 7:20am Gold
Friday 27th May 2022 1:05pm Gold
Friday 27th May 2022 5:35pm Gold
Tuesday 4th October 2022 8:00pm BBC4
Wednesday 5th October 2022 5:00pm Gold
Thursday 9th February 2023 8:00am Gold
Thursday 9th February 2023 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 9th February 2023 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 13th April 2023 8:30am Drama
Thursday 13th April 2023 6:00pm Drama
Monday 22nd May 2023 8:20am Gold
Monday 22nd May 2023 12:20pm Gold
Monday 22nd May 2023 5:40pm Gold
Friday 25th August 2023 7:45am Gold
Friday 25th August 2023 11:40am Gold
Friday 25th August 2023 4:20pm Gold
Friday 20th October 2023 7:45am Gold
Friday 20th October 2023 11:40am Gold
Friday 20th October 2023 3:40pm Gold
Monday 4th March 2024 8:05am Gold
Monday 4th March 2024 12:00pm Gold
Monday 4th March 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
Timothy Carlton Salesman
John Pennington Sergeant
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
Sara Hawden Production Designer
Kay Bilk Make-up Designer

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