10.0/101 votes#1 - The Boy Friend
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/15/1995
Hyacinth sings to her hearts content when discovering Emmett's latest musical The Boyfriend is in production. Meanwhile Daddy is once again back in the war and guarding Onslow’s house with a sharp object.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
9.0/104 votes#2 - How to Go on Holiday without Really Trying
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1992
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.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: N/A
8.7/103 votes#3 - Hyacinth Tees Off
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/1991
The Major invites the Buckets for a golfing weekend at a luxury hotel. All is well until Onslow and Daisy turn up unexpectedly to collect Rose after she has spent a raunchy weekend away with a Mr Smith. Inevitably, when Hyacinth realises her family are there, she fears for her social standing. Adding to her dilemma is the amorous intentions of the Major.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.5/102 votes#4 - What To Wear When Yachting
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1992
Hyacinth and Richard spend the weekend on a yacht.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: N/A
8.3/103 votes#5 - Onslow's Birthday
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/1991
Hyacinth is dreading an invite to Onslow's birthday party, but changes her mind when finding out she and Richard will be picked up by Rose's wealthy Greek boyfriend. Thus Hyacinth holds a gathering at her house to impress the neighbours as she departs in the luxury vehicle. However her hopes die when a hearse arrives instead.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.2/104 votes#6 - Stately Home
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1990
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.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/104 votes#7 - Daddy's Accident
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1990
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.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/104 votes#8 - The New Vicar
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1990
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.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/104 votes#9 - The Charity Shop
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/1990
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.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/103 votes#10 - Driving Mrs. Fortescue
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1991
Hyacinth and Richard drive a wealthy Mrs Fortescue into town, however Hyacinth's plans to impress are crushed by her family when Daisy and Rose flag down the Buckets for a lift. Eventually to Hyacinth's dismay, this leads to Mrs Fortescue playing darts with Onslow in a public house.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/103 votes#11 - The Candlelight Supper
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1991
Hyacinth wants to impress Emmet with her musical talents at an elaborate musical supper. However her plans backfire when a short-skirted Rose turns up, followed by two aggressive men who begin fighting on Hyacinth's doorstep.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/103 votes#12 - Problems with Relatives
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1991
Hyacinth's brother-in-law Bruce is stuck up a tree, Daddy goes to the register office to be married and Emmett meets Daisy, Onslow and Rose, throwing Hyacinth into dismay. Liz offers to drive Daddy back to Daisy's, but to avoid herself and Emmett seeing how Daisy and Onslow live, Hyacinth insists they stop off at Violet's.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/102 votes#13 - Singing For Emmet
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/1991
Richard is offered early retirement and so ponders over the possibility of having to spend all day everyday with Hyacinth. Emmett is enraged when Hyacinth ends up rehearsing a performance for the old people at the Church Hall with him, and a tranquilised Rose arrives at the scene wanting to become a nun.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/102 votes#14 - Early Retirement
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1992
Richard has had to take early retirement. Sadly for him, Hyacinth has many plans for his future.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: N/A
8.0/102 votes#15 - Iron Age Remains
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1992
Hyacinth drags Richard off into the countryside in search of the remains of an Iron Age settlement.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: N/A
7.8/104 votes#16 - Daisy's Toyboy
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1990
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.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.8/104 votes#17 - The Christening
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/1990
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.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.7/103 votes#18 - A Strange Man
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1991
Hyacinth is shocked to see a strange man wearing only a towel emerge from Elizabeth's house, thus she tells Richard they will have to move house. However her opinions change when discovering who the man really is. Meanwhile Daddy has gone missing.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.5/102 votes#19 - The Toy Store
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/1991
Daddy has ended up at the toy store and is "improving" a few toys with the help of a screw driver. This results in Hyacinth and Richard having to go into town to solve the problem, where Hyacinth fears for her status when meeting Mrs. Counsellor Nugent.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.5/102 votes#20 - The Three-Piece Suite
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/1991
Hyacinth is very excited at the prospect of having her new three piece suite, an exact replica of the one at Sandringham House, delivered. She will also give Daisy and Onslow her old suite, provided they pick it up themselves. But of course these two events are likely to collide at some point, creating an insurmountable disaster.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.5/102 votes#21 - A Picnic For Daddy
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/3/1991
Hyacinth arranges a picnic for Daddy, but things go awry when the senile old man decides to test-drive the Buckets' car. Thus Hyacinth has to ride in Onslow's, as a car chase gets underway.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.5/102 votes#22 - Violet's Country Cottage
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1992
Hyacinth gets a chance to try some social climbing while borrowing her sister Violet's cottage for the weekend.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: N/A
7.5/102 votes#23 - Richard's New Hobby
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1992
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!
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: N/A
7.5/102 votes#24 - The Art Exhibition
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1992
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!
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: N/A
7.5/102 votes#25 - A Job For Richard
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/1993
Hyacinth’s attempts to keep Richard occupied in his years of retirement continue. Now she has found him an executive job in frozen foods, and to impress the manager of the company she has contrived a plot involving Onslow and golf.
Director: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke
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"The Boy Friend" is the best rated episode directed by Harold Snoad. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Roy Clarke. It aired on 10/15/1995 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "How to Go on Holiday without Really Trying".