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Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
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Season 1

  • Daddy's Accident
    7.5/10436 votes
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    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

  • The New Vicar
    7.8/10382 votes
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    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

  • Stately Home
    7.7/10359 votes
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    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

  • The Charity Shop
    7.9/10368 votes
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    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

  • Daisy's Toyboy
    7.6/10352 votes
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    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

  • The Christening
    7.7/10341 votes
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    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