Keeping Up Appearances
Specials
199125 episodes
Christmas may come but once a year, but for arch-snob Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet, if you please), disaster, drama and humiliation – all obstacles on the ladder to social-climbing success – are far more frequent. In these Christmas Specials we see a delightful cruise on the QE2 start in a less-than-delightful muddy field. We see a glorious English Civil War pageant, with Hyacinth as Queen Henrietta Maria, go royally wrong when the cast fails to turn up and her unsavoury relatives step into the breach. And we see that even The Season of Good Will isn’t immune from woe, as a sherry-fuelled Richard, dressed as Santa, brings Hyacinth tidings devoid of any comfort and joy.
Episode 1
The Father Christmas Suit
Dec 25, 199130m
TMDB rating 10.0TMDB
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.
Episode 2
Sea Fever
Dec 26, 19931h
TMDB rating 9.2TMDB
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.
Episode 3
Angel Gabriel Blue
Dec 25, 199449m
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.
Episode 4
Children In Need Special
Dec 24, 19957m
Daddy has died, just when Hyacinth is expecting people for a candlelight supper, finger buffet and a first showing of her holiday slides.
Episode 5
Historical Pageant
Dec 25, 199530m
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.
Episode 6
Mr. Blobby meets Hyacinth Bucket
Air date not announced4m
A clip from Noel's House Party where Mr. Blobby pays Hyacinth and Richard a visit.
Episode 7
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
Mar 1, 19971h 1m
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.
Episode 8
Comedy Connections - Keeping Up Appearances
Jul 26, 200430m
The documentary series Comedy Connections featured an episode dedicated to Keeping Up Appearances. Stars Clive Swift, Josephine Tewson, Judy Cornwell and David Griffin, along with writer Roy Clarke and producer/director Harold Snoad, all discussed the series. Clips from an interview with Patricia Routledge from 2002 were also included. The episode revealed that there were serious artistic differences between Clarke and Snoad.
Episode 9
Life Lessons from Onslow
Nov 30, 200759m
You'll laugh too hard to take notes when Hyacinth's beer-drinking and philosophizing brother-in-law, Onslow, gives a lecture on successful human relationships, using examples from Keeping Up Appearances.
Episode 10
Interview with Judy Cornwell
Air date not announced12m
An interview with Judy Cornwell
Episode 11
Interview with Patricia Routledge
Nov 30, 200715m
An interview with Patricia Routledge
Episode 12
Pebble Mill Interview
Nov 30, 200710m
Pebble Mill interviews Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift.
Episode 13
The Kitty Monologues
Air date not announced19m
From the character Kitty that Patricia Routledge played on Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV.
Episode 14
Second Chance Short
Air date not announced2m
Exclusive UK commercial featuring Hyacinth and Elizabeth.
Episode 15
Funny Women
Air date not announced30m
Profile of Patricia Routledge
Episode 16
Series 1 Outtakes
Air date not announced4m
Episode 17
Series 2 Outtakes, pt1
Air date not announced3m
Episode 18
Series 2 Outtakes, pt2
Air date not announced3m
Episode 19
Series 3 Outtakes
Air date not announced5m
Episode 20
Series 4 Outtakes
Air date not announced7m
Episode 21
Series 5 Outtakes, pt1
Air date not announced2m
Episode 22
Series 5 Outtakes, pt2
Air date not announced3m
Episode 23
The History Of
Air date not announced
Episode 24
Hyacinth Revealed - Newly Recorded Interviews
Air date not announced37m
Newly recorded interviews with Patricia Routledge, Roy Clarke and others.
Episode 25
Young Hyacinth
Sep 2, 2016
Long before she became Mrs Bucket, young Hyacinth was already dreaming of matching china and a bedroom in pastel shades. But her desperate attempts to transform her sisters and her darling Daddy into an altogether better class of family are not appreciated. Daisy goes around wearing Daddy's overalls, Rose has a new boyfriend every week and if Violet continues consorting with her married manager, she could be inches away from shame and destitution.