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.
- Series 2, Christmas Special repeated Monday at 6:30pm on BBC2
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1990 - 1995
- Channel
- BBC 1
- Episodes
- 44 (5 series), plus 1 Children In Need special
- Stars
- Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell, Josephine Tewson, David Griffin, Mary Millar, Shirley Stelfox and more
- Writer
- Roy Clarke
- Director
- Harold Snoad
- Producer
- Harold Snoad
- Company
Suburban snob Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'Bouquet') aims to impress. A rare, principled bastion standing against slovenly behaviour, lowering standards, and anything deemed cheap or common, this very middle-class woman has aspirations - and delusions - of splendid grandeur.
Hyacinth's hen-pecked husband, Richard, keeps his head down and does his best to cope with her highly-strung, demanding ways, whilst next-door neighbour brother-and-sister duo Elizabeth and Emmet frequently find themselves on the receiving end of her uncompromising approach to the finer things in life.
As far as Hyacinth is concerned, the less said about her 'wayward' sisters Rose and Daisy - and particularly the latter's slobbish husband, Onslow - the better! She loves them dearly, but they're not really her sort of people...
Additional details
- Also known as
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- KUA (Acronym)
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
- BBC Comedy Guide
A guide to the show from the BBC. - KUAcentral
A fansite devoted to the programme. - Keeping Up Appearances site
A fan site offering episode guides and more. - IMDb
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 29th October 1990 at 8:30pm on BBC One
- Next repeats
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- Series 2, Christmas Special: Monday at 6:30pm on BBC2
- Series 4, Christmas Special: Monday 30th December at 8pm on BBC4
- Series 4, Christmas Special: Wednesday 1st January at 1:20am on BBC4
- Series 4, Episode 3: Monday 6th January at 10:20am on U&Gold
- Series 4, Episode 3: Monday 6th January at 1:25pm on U&Gold
- Series 4, Episode 3: Monday 6th January at 5:20pm on U&Gold
- Series 4, Episode 3: Tuesday 7th January at 8am on U&Gold
- Series 4, Episode 4: Tuesday 7th January at 8:40am on U&Gold
- Series 4, Episode 4: Tuesday 7th January at 12:40pm on U&Gold
- Most recent repeats
-
- Friday 20th December 2024 at 11:55am on U&Gold - Series 5, Christmas Special
- Thursday 19th December 2024 at 1:35pm on U&Gold - Series 5, Christmas Special
- Wednesday 18th December 2024 at 12:40pm on U&Gold - Series 5, Christmas Special
Recording details
- Coventry
- BBC Television Centre