Hyacinth is organising a pageant in the church hall but a lack of volunteers means that Violet, Bruce, Onslow, Daisy and Rose have to be roped in to help. Elizabeth makes a mess of her stage management role and Hyacinth ...
Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "bouquet") continually looks for opportunities to climb the social ladder...
In the last ever regular episode, Hyacinth puts an advertisement in the local newspaper, offering her services as an ""experienced hostess"". She doesn't get the response she expected.
Hyacinth 'borrows' a Rolls Royce from a sales office so that she can impress the neighbours. She gets Richard to drive her to an exclusive hotel. Unfortunately, Onlsow, Daisy and Rose also turn up. They're followed by th...
A ""luxury barbecue"" at Violet's house looks like being a disaster because Bruce and Violet keep having violent arguments. Hyacinth organises a sing song in an attempt to take everyone's mind off their hosts' battle. La...
Hyacinth is determined to get herself a part in Emmet's production called """". Daddy is ""on guard"" outside Daisy and Onslow's house and won't let anyone in.
Hyacinth goes to a country house sale. She buys some vintage wine and ends up getting drunk with the Lord of the Manor.
Hyacinth buys Richard a pair of skis for his birthday. If nothing else, they'll look good on the roofrack of their car.
Richard gets away with forgetting his wedding anniversary by telling Hyacinth that he's arranged to have a security system fitted as an anniversary present. He then he forgets the code for the new system - it's the date ...
Hyacinth is annoyed and upset when she doesn't get an invitation to the Mayor's annual fancy dress ball. She insists that Richard takes steps to correct this ""oversight"". Rose has become engaged to a ""Polish person...
Hyacinth has ordered new kitchen worktops, which must be of a ""very high standard"" and seen by everybody. Richard has athlete's foot, but Hyacinth insists on calling it ""gout"" because it's more 'socially acceptable'!...
There's a problem with the electricity supply in the church hall, so Hyacinth volunteers Richard to sort things out - but does he know anything about electricity?
Hyacinth and Richard invite Elizabeth, Emmett, and a few other guests to their new weekend home for a ""country tea"". Emmet seems to like the ceilings!!!
Hyacinth takes Elizabeth into the country again to look for a 'weekend home'. Hyacinth's choice of property later alarms Richard and his future bank balance!
Hyacinth volunteers to meet a guest speaker at the railway station and take him to the 'Ladies' Luncheon Club meeting'. As you can guess, everything goes wrong, as usual!
Hyacinth is very annoyed when she learns that the Barker-Finches, rival snobs who live down the road, have held a barbecue which was attended by ""the Douglas Chater""! She's decides to organise an ""outdoors indoors ...
Hyacinth drags Richard off to look for a suitable property that she can call her ""country retreat""!
Daddy runs off to join the Foreign Legion. Hyacinth and Richard manage to find him, but he escapes again and runs riot at an art gallery - The same art gallery that Hyacinth and Richard have been invited to!
Hyacinth decides that Richard should get a new hobby... and so insists he uses the camera that his boss presented to him when he retired!
Hyacinth takes a trip to the travel agents for some ""quality"" holiday brochures. Afterwards, Onslow decides to take Richard in hand and show him how to 'enjoy' life.
Hyacinth gets a chance to try some social climbing while borrowing her sister Violet's cottage for the weekend.
For some reason, Hyacinth has decided that Richard should dress up as Father Christmas and distribute gifts to the old folk at the church hall. Richard goes next door to show his costume to Elizabeth and Emmet. He end...
Hyacinth is waiting for a new three-piece suite to be delivered. She's determined to make sure that the neighbours notice the royal warrant on the side of the delivery van and goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure they...
Hyacinth makes yet another attempt to impress Emmet with her singing talents, hoping that he will want her in his local amateur operatic society.
It's Onlsow's birthday, but Hyacinth finds it hard to celebrate. Rose has another new gentleman friend who sounds like someone Hyacinth should get to know!
Hyacinth drags Richard off for a weekend at an exclusive golf club; her problem being that neither of them like golf! A randy Major causes problems for Hyacinth. And who are the noisily amorous pair in Room 210?
Hyacinth organised one of her infamous candlelight suppers but does anyone actually want to go and will it go to plan?... probably not!
Hyacinth is delighted when the 'ever-so-posh' Mrs Fortescue asks for a lift into town. Of course, things don't work out as planned
Daddy has disappeared again and, because there's a strange man next door in Liz's house, Hyacinth imagines the worst.
Daisy and Onslow's daughter, Stephanie, has had a baby and the family is preparing for the christening. Everyone is at the church waiting for Stephanie to arrive with her baby when there's a phone call to say that she...
Daisy tries to convince Onslow that she's found herself a seventeen-year-old ""toyboy"", in an attempt to make him jealous but Onslow doesn't seem to take any notice. 'The Ladies' Circle' are expecting a guest speaker...
Hyacinth's father strangely seems to have become engaged and his 'fiancee' has moved herself into his bedroom at Daisy's house! Hyacinth is called round to sort things out and get rid of the woman. Rose's love life al...
Hyacinth drags Richard off for a day out in the country - On the way, she decides to visit her father. She doesn't get to see him because he has 'escaped' from Daisy and Onslow's house by climbing down a drainpipe dresse...
As Hyacinth's sister Rose announces that she intends to commit suicide in ""Mummy's wedding dress"", Hyacinth invites the new vicar to tea...
