Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
Synopsis
A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
First Air Date: 1990-10-29
Last Air Date: 1995-11-05
Number of Seasons: 5
Number of Episodes: 40
Created By: Roy Clarke
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket
- Clive Swift as Richard Bucket
- Judy Cornwell as Daisy
- Geoffrey Hughes as Onslow
- Josephine Tewson as Elizabeth 'Liz' Warden
- David Griffin as Emmet
- Mary Millar as Rose
- Jeremy Gittins as Michael the Vicar
- George Webb as Daddy
- Marion Barron as The Vicar's Wife
Seasons
Series 1 (1990)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Daddy's Accident
Hyacinth's "Daddy" is put into an ambulance and taken to hospital, after getting injured chasing after the milk woman naked on her bike. After visiting him, Hyacinth returns home and is visited by the gas man, whose life she makes difficult.
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Ep. 2: The New Vicar
Hyacinth is determined to create the perfect impression when inviting the new Vicar for “tea and light refreshments”. However her hopes come crashing down on her when Onslow and Daisy turn up with the news Daddy has been kidnapped by a gypsy. The day gets even worse for the polish-perfecting protagonist when Rose turns up, on her way to her own funeral.
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Ep. 3: Stately Home
Hyacinth and Richard visit a stately home where the leading lady hopes to meet a member of the aristocratic family. However she fears her social status will be sabotaged by Onslow, Daisy and Rose, who turn up unexpectedly. Thus Hyacinth drags Richard through the ground's private gardens to hide from the lower-class clan.
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Ep. 4: The Charity Shop
It is Liz and Hyacinth's day to help Mrs Nugent at the charity shop, and on their way there, Hyacinth has to make a visit to Onslow and Daisy's to remove a woman (played by Gretchen Franklin) from Daddy's room, refusing to leave. Meanwhile Rose intends to give up men, and arrives at the charity shop to donate her raunchy underwear.
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Ep. 5: Daisy's Toyboy
In an attempt to make Onslow jealous, Daisy finds herself a toyboy. However the plan fails and Daisy sends Onslow to the Church hall to meet Richard, in a final ploy to get him to notice her antics.
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Ep. 6: The Christening
Daisy and Onslow’s granddaughter Kylie is getting christened, but Hyacinth is unimpressed because there has not been a wedding first. The day does not get any better for Hyacinth when she and Richard are forced to come to the rescue of the baby's mother Stephanie, whose transport has broken down. The leading lady then learns the baby's mother is a hippie, who is unaware of the baby’s father.
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