Keeping Up Appearances

Episodes

Specials · 16 episodes

• E1 The Father Christmas Suit
  Dec 25, 1991 30 min

  Hyacinth has bought Richard a Father Christmas outfit for him to wear when distributing gifts to the old people at the Church Hall. Against his will, Richard puts on the outfit, but after having one too many sherries with Emmett, he is unable to fulfil the deed, hence Elizabeth puts on the outfit and pretends to be Richard.

• E2 Sea Fever
  Dec 26, 1993 58 min

  Hyacinth and Richard prepare for their luxury stay on the QE2. Yet traffic, a muddy field and too much luggage result in a disastrous start to a holiday that only gets much worse for Hyacinth when she has reason to believe Onslow and Daisy have stowed-away and are also onboard the luxury cruise.

• E3 Angel Gabriel Blue
  Dec 25, 1994 48 min

  Hyacinth is in search for her dream kitchen while Richard has developed a fungus infection, not to his wife's approval. As a result, Hyacinth claims it is gout, a disease supposedly caught by "good living". Meanwhile Daddy has gone missing again and there is a stranger in his place

• E4 The Pageant
  Dec 25, 1995 30 min

  Hyacinth and Richard arrive at the Church hall as Hyacinth organises a Pageant based on the English Civil War, with herself as Queen Henrietta Maria and Richard as Charles I. However all of the volunteers supposedly taking part are unable to make it. At a last minute attempt to get the show off the ground, Hyacinth invites Onslow, Daisy and Rose along with Bruce and Violet to participate. Later in rehearsals however, Hyacinth falls foul of a stage accident.

• E5 The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
  Mar 1, 1997 60 min

  Daisy and Onslow find the secret diary of Hyacinth and start reading in it. The rest of this TV special are clips from previous episodes.

• E10 Pebble Mill Interview
  Feb 12, 1993 9 min

  Pebble Mill interviews Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

• E22 Young Hyacinth
  Sep 2, 2016 30 min

  Set in the late 1950s, a young Hyacinth will be seen desperately trying to force her family to climb the social ladder.

• E26 Mr. Blobby meets Hyacinth Bucket
  4 min

  A clip from the Noel's House Party David Gower Gotcha episode where Mr Blobby meets Hyacinth Bucket on Keeping Up Appearances.

• E27 Keeping Up Appearances: 30 Years Of Laughs
  Jan 14, 2023 90 min

  Documentary paying tribute to the iconic 1990s' BBC comedy Keeping Up Appearances. Features Patricia Routledge, Judy Cornwell, Jeremy Gittins and David Janson.

• E28 Roy Clarke Remembers... Keeping up Appearances
  Jul 23, 2024 14 min

  Acclaimed comedy writer Roy Clarke looks back on Keeping Up Appearances, his creation that introduced the world to the extraordinary Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced, of course, ‘Bouquet’).

• E29 Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers... Keeping up Apperances
  Sep 3, 2024 14 min

  Dame Patricia Routledge recalls how the character of Hyacinth Bucket first entered her life and looks back on the part she played in bringing to life one of TV’s most formidable comedy characters.

• E30 The Kitty Monologues
  19 min

  From the character Kitty that Patricia Routledge played on Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV.

• E31 Children in Need Special
  Nov 24, 1995 6 min

  Hyacinth dreams Daddy has died, and demands the coffin be brought to her house.

• E32 Keeping Up Appearances: Goodbye Hyacinth
  Oct 3, 2025 67 min

  A heartfelt tribute to Dame Patricia Routledge and her unforgettable portrayal of Hyacinth Bucket, Britain’s most socially ambitious woman. Keeping Up Appearances: Goodbye Hyacinth revisits the iconic BBC sitcom through classic clips, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and one of Routledge’s final interviews. With reflections from fans and fellow performers, this Channel 5 special celebrates Hyacinth’s legacy—from candlelight suppers to her immortal cry, “It’s Bouquet!”—and bids farewell to a national treasure who redefined British comedy.

• E33 Life Lessons with Onslow
  Sep 9, 2008 60 min

  Onslow presents lessons for life when hosting an Open University program, by showing various moments from the "Keeping Up Appearances" show. All the favourites are here to relive again & again in an hour long glance back.

• E34 Second Chance
  Jan 1, 1994 1 min

  The "Second Chance" UK commercial is a TV short featuring Keeping Up Appearances characters Hyacinth Bucket and Elizabeth. In this rare advertisement, a shocked Hyacinth reacts to Elizabeth having a new job and personal chauffeur, famously insisting on controlling her friend's movements.