Keeping Up Appearances
Patricia Routledge stars as Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced boo-KAY), who is in a class of her own, so obsessed with etiquette and breeding that she goes to incredible lengths in her quest for perfection. In marked contrast: the rest of her family.
Keeping Up Appearances Previous Broadcasts
Art Gallery (Episode #122)
KQED Plus: Wed, Oct 31, 2012 -- 9:00 PM
Hyacinth and Richard have been invited to a showing at an art gallery, and she hones up by reading books on art. Her polish stands to be stripped, however, when her father sneaks into the exhibit and begins mingling with the art lovers.
Camera Hobby (Episode #121)
KQED Plus: Wed, Oct 24, 2012 -- 9:00 PM
Hyacinth has determined that Richard needs a hobby and plunks down a video camera before him. She admonishes him to go off and "be artistic," an instruction she will soon live to regret.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Thu, Oct 25, 2012 -- 3:00 AM
Travel Brochures (Episode #120)
KQED Plus: Wed, Oct 17, 2012 -- 9:00 PM
According to Hyacinth, the one thing she cannot stand is snobbery, people trying to pretend they are superior. As she logically concludes, "That only makes it so much harder for those of us who really are."
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Thu, Oct 18, 2012 -- 3:00 AM
Country B.B.Q. (Episode #119)
KQED Plus: Wed, Oct 10, 2012 -- 9:00 PM
Hyacinth borrows a holiday cottage in the country for the weekend and plans a small barbecue. Small, that is, only by comparison with the planning efforts used by Churchill in the last war.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Thu, Oct 11, 2012 -- 3:00 AM
Iron Age Remains (Episode #118)
KQED Plus: Wed, Oct 3, 2012 -- 9:00 PM
Hyacinth has forced 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 outrageous fashion.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Thu, Oct 4, 2012 -- 3:00 AM









