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 5, Episode 7 repeated at 8am on U&Gold
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
-
- Series 5, Episode 7: Today at 8am on U&Gold
- Series 5, Episode 8: Today at 8:40am on U&Gold
- Series 5, Episode 8: Today at 12:40pm on U&Gold
- Series 5, Episode 8: Today at 5:20pm on U&Gold
- Series 5, Episode 8: Tomorrow at 8am on U&Gold
- Series 5, Episode 9: Tomorrow at 8:40am on U&Gold
- Series 5, Episode 9: Tomorrow at 12:40pm on U&Gold
- Series 5, Episode 9: Tomorrow at 5:20pm on U&Gold
- Series 5, Episode 9: Friday at 8am on U&Gold
- Most recent repeats
-
- Tuesday 21st January 2025 at 5:20pm on U&Gold - Series 5, Episode 7
- Tuesday 21st January 2025 at 12:40pm on U&Gold - Series 5, Episode 7
- Tuesday 21st January 2025 at 8:40am on U&Gold - Series 5, Episode 7
Recording details
- Coventry
- BBC Television Centre