Keeping Up Appearances Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Keeping Up Appearances: Season 5 (1995)

• Season 5 Episode 10: The Hostess

  Hyacinth decides to share her unparalleled experience of being the perfect hostess by advertising her talents in the local newspaper. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge

  Next on: Tomorrow at 10:00pm EST - KYNE (PBS)
• Season 5 Episode 9: The Rolls-Royce

  Social-climber Hyacinth indulges another of her flamboyant whims and decides she and Richard need a new car - but a modest three-door hatchback isn't what she had in mind. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

• Season 5 Episode 8: A Barbecue at Violet's

  Hyacinth cannot suppress her excitement when she hears Emmet is rehearsing an amateur production of The Boyfriend, and resolves to land herself a part in the show. Suburban sitcom, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and David Griffin

• Season 5 Episode 7: The Boy Friend

  Hyacinth tries to land a part in The Boy Friend - but much to producer Emmet's relief, she becomes too preoccupied with her wealthy sister's marital difficulties to join in with her usual gusto. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

• Season 5 Episode 6: The Country House Sale

  Hyacinth attends an exclusive auction, while Daisy and Rose try to cool the ardour of a woman who seems determined to marry Daddy. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge, Judy Cornwell and Josephine Tewson

• Season 5 Episode 5: Skis

  Hyacinth disappoints Richard by buying him a pair of skis for his birthday, intending to strap them to the car in yet another attempt to impress the neighbours. However, the scheme backfires when her rich sister Violet arrives and cuts her down to size

• Season 5 Episode 4: A Picnic for Daddy

  Hyacinth plans an extravagant riverside picnic and invites all and sundry from the higher echelons of society, including the vicar and his wife. Alas for her dreams of social success, the event proves a wash-out. Patricia Routledge stars

• Season 5 Episode 3: Hyacinth Is Alarmed

  Richard has the misfortune to forget his wedding anniversary and discovers Hell hath no fury like a Hyacinth scorned. Social-climbing comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

• Season 5 Episode 2: The Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball

  Hyacinth prepares for the Mayor's annual fancy-dress ball, only to have her dream of wearing a regal costume shattered. Fortunately, an important new neighbour could provide the chance to claw back some social credibility. Roy Clarke's comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

  Next on: Saturday 19th December 8:00pm EST - WNET (PBS)
• Season 5 Episode 1: The Senior Citizens' Outing

  Hyacinth volunteers to help with an OAP day trip to the seaside, but her plans bring nothing but trouble, landing her in the arms of an amorous Italian pensioner. Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift star

  Next on: Saturday 12th December 8:00pm EST - WNET (PBS)

Keeping Up Appearances: Season 4 (1993)

• Season 4 Episode 7: Let There Be Light

  Hyacinth press-gangs a reluctant Richard into helping repair the lights at the local church hall. Starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

  Next on: Tuesday 15th December 12:00am EST - KRMA (PBS)
• Season 4 Episode 6: Please Mind Your Head

  Hyacinth and Richard finally move into their new country retreat, and while she thinks it's 'olde worlde bijou', he finds it a decided disappointment. Suburban sitcom, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

  Next on: Saturday 19th December 12:00am EST - KRMA (PBS)
• Season 4 Episode 5: Looking at Properties

  Hyacinth continues her search for a small country retreat - but her idea of small isn't quite the same as everybody else's. Roy Clarke's comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

  Next on: Friday 18th December 12:00am EST - KRMA (PBS)
• Season 4 Episode 4: The Commodore

  Hyacinth agrees to meet the Ladies' Luncheon Club's special guest at the railway station - but the assignment proves more difficult than imagined. Nigel Davenport guest stars

• Season 4 Episode 3: A Celebrity for the Barbecue

  Hyacinth visits the garden centre to buy new plants in preparation for an elaborate indoor barbecue. Once home, however, her wayward sister Rose turns up to spoil the carefully planned event. Suburban sitcom, starring Patricia Routledge and Mary Millar

  Next on: Tuesday 22nd December 12:00am EST - KRMA (PBS)
• Season 4 Episode 2: Country Retreat

  Richard has an accident and Hyacinth decides to buy a small country retreat - but her plans go awry in a most unexpected fashion. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

  Next on: Wednesday 16th December 12:00am EST - KRMA (PBS)
• Season 4 Episode 1: A Job for Richard

  Irrepressible snob Hyacinth concocts an elaborate plan to rescue Richard from social obscurity by turning him into an executive. His first stop is the local golf club, but he proves far from enthusiastic. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

Keeping Up Appearances: Season 3 (1992)

• Season 3 Episode 7: What to Wear When Yachting

  Hyacinth plans a nautical supper aboard a borrowed cruiser, and hopes the evening goes swimmingly. Suburban sitcom, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

• Season 3 Episode 6: The Art Exhibition

  Hyacinth develops a passion for art, Rose acquires a new admirer, and Daddy has a yearning to join the Foreign Legion

• Season 3 Episode 5: Richard's New Hobby

  Richard is feeling bored after taking early retirement, so Hyacinth decides to provide him with a hobby - a move that backfires on her in spectacular fashion. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

• Season 3 Episode 4: How to Go On Holiday Without Really Trying

  Hyacinth makes expensive vacation plans and discovers that voluntary church cleaning is certainly no holiday. Meanwhile, Rose ends up in a compromising position. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

• Season 3 Episode 3: Violet's Country Cottage

  Hyacinth and Richard take over a country cottage for a couple of days, with unexpected results. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

  Next on: Tuesday 22nd December 2:03pm EST - WMPT (PBS)
• Season 3 Episode 2: Iron Age Remains

  Hyacinth forces Richard to participate in a trip to the countryside to look for Iron Age remains, but further cultural excursions are curtailed when Daisy and Onslow report that Rose is behaving in an outrageous fashion. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge

  Next on: Monday 21st December 2:03pm EST - WMPT (PBS)
• Season 3 Episode 1: Early Retirement

  Richard takes early retirement, hoping it will turn out to be a blessing in disguise - until he discovers all the plans Hyacinth has in store for him. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

  Next on: Friday 18th December 2:03pm EST - WMPT (PBS)

Keeping Up Appearances: Season 2 (1991)

• Season 2 Episode 10: A Picnic for Daddy

  Hyacinth takes Daddy for a picnic in the country - but the afternoon goes awry when he takes the car and disappears. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge

  Next on: Thursday 17th December 2:03pm EST - WMPT (PBS)
• Season 2 Episode 9: The Three-Piece Suite

  Hyacinth is waiting for a new three-piece suite to be delivered and goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure her neighbours see the royal warrant on the delivery van - but as ever, her family contrive to take the gloss off her moment of glory. Suburban sitcom about a super-snob intent on climbing the social ladder, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, David Griffin and Josephine Tewson

  Next on: Wednesday 16th December 2:03pm EST - WMPT (PBS)
• Season 2 Episode 8: The Toy Store

  Daddy dresses up in a spaceman suit and goes on the rampage in the toy department of a local shop, forcing an embarrassed Hyacinth to intervene. Suburban comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

  Next on: Tuesday 15th December 2:03pm EST - WMPT (PBS)
• Season 2 Episode 7: Singing for Emmet

  Hyacinth discovers Emmet has planned a piano concert for the senior citizens at the church hall, and decides to treat the lucky audience to her very own brand of sing-song. Suburban sitcom, starring Patricia Routledge and David Griffin

  Next on: Monday 14th December 2:03pm EST - WMPT (PBS)
• Season 2 Episode 6: Onslow's Birthday

  Hyacinth dreads the idea of attending Onslow's birthday celebrations. However, she changes her mind when she learns a limousine will be arriving to take her to the party. Starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

  Next on: Tomorrow at 2:03pm EST - WMPT (PBS)
• Season 2 Episode 5: Problems With Relatives

  Hyacinth is thrown into dismay when her beloved father goes to the register office to be married, and things go from bad to worse when her neighbour Emmett comes face to face with her uncouth relatives, Daisy, Onslow and Rose

• Season 2 Episode 4: Hyacinth Tees Off

  Relishing the social prestige it confers, Hyacinth decides that she and husband Richard should have a weekend at a golfing hotel in order that she be able to keep up with the Major and his wife. Roy Clarke's suburban sitcom, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

• Season 2 Episode 3: The Candlelight Supper

  Hyacinth plans a candlelit supper to impress Emmet with her singing talents, but fate intervenes and the event does not go as expected. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and David Griffin

• Season 2 Episode 2: Driving Mrs Fortescue

  Hyacinth's wealthy acquaintance Mrs Fortescue, whose sister married a baronet, asks her for a lift into town - but things do not go according to plan. Patricia Routledge stars

• Season 2 Episode 1: A Strange Man

  Hyacinth is appalled to see a stranger wrapped in a towel emerge from Elizabeth's front door to pick up the morning milk, and immediately jumps to the wrong conclusion. Suburban comedy, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

Keeping Up Appearances: Season 1 (1990)

• Season 1 Episode 6: The Christening

  Hyacinth attends a family christening with a difference. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge

• Season 1 Episode 5: Daisy's Toyboy

  Daisy encourages Onslow to behave more ardently towards her, with potentially disastrous results for Hyacinth

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Charity Shop

  A combination of working at the charity shop and worrying about Rose's love life leaves Hyacinth feeling harassed

• Season 1 Episode 3: Stately Home

  Hyacinth and Richard visit a stately home where the social climber tries her hardest to meet the lord of the manor - but her plans are ruined when Onslow and Daisy turn up. Suburban sitcom, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

  Next on: Friday 18th December 10:30pm EST - KYNE (PBS)
• Season 1 Episode 2: The New Vicar

  Hyacinth invites the new vicar round for tea - but despite her meticulous planning, the afternoon does not go as planned. Sitcom about a super-snob intent on climbing the social ladder, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

  Next on: Friday 18th December 10:00pm EST - KYNE (PBS)
• Season 1 Episode 1: Daddy's Accident

  Daddy has an accident while chasing a milkwoman on his bicycle, and ends up heavily sedated in hospital. First ever episode of the suburban sitcom, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and George Webb

  Next on: Tomorrow at 10:30pm EST - KYNE (PBS)

Keeping Up Appearances: Special (1991 - 1995)

• Christmas Special 1991

  Hyacinth makes Richard dress as Father Christmas to hand out presents to the old folk at the church hall. Unfortunately, he visits Emmet on the way and they get drunk, leaving Elizabeth to don the costume and take his place - without Mrs Bucket noticing the switch. Festive special from 1991, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

  Next on: Saturday 19th December 8:00pm EST - WTTW (PBS)
• Christmas Special 1993

  Indefatigable social climber Hyacinth finds herself all at sea when she makes an unexpected discovery during a QE2 cruise that threatens to jeopardise her dream trip. Christmas special from 1993, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

• Christmas Special 1994

  Hyacinth decides to build a dream kitchen in time for Christmas - but a series of unforeseen setbacks, culminating in Richard contracting an embarrassing fungal infection, reduces her plans to a farce. Meanwhile, Rose and Daisy make an alarming discovery in their father's room. Festive special from 1994, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

  Next on: Saturday 19th December 8:20pm EST - GPTV (PBS)
• Christmas Special 1995

  Hyacinth resorts to alternative methods of recruitment when she gets no response to the adverts for a pageant she is directing. Suburban sitcom, starring Patricia Routledge

  Next on: Saturday 19th December 8:30pm EST - WTTW (PBS)