The Best Episodes of Keeping Up Appearances Season 1
Every episode of Keeping Up Appearances Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Keeping Up Appearances Season 1!
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 that she is a gracious hostess, a respected citizen, and a well-connected member of high society. If you don't believe that, just ask her best friend Elizabeth, held captive in Hyacinth's kitchen; or the postmen and neighbours who bristle at the sound of her voice; or Richard, her weary and compliant husband. In fact, Hyacinth's reputation could be as perfect as her new lounge set, if not for her senile father's love of running wild in the nip. Oh, and she would prefer it if her brother-in-law was a sharper dresser. And that her husband was more ambitious. And that her sisters were more presentable. And do take your shoes off before you come in the house, dear. Mind that you don't brush against the wallpaper.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Keeping Up Appearances" season 1 is "Daddy's Accident", rated 7.5/10 from 431 user votes. It was directed by Harold Snoad and written by Roy Clarke. "Daddy's Accident" aired on 10/29/1990 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The New Vicar".
7.5/10 431 votes#1 - 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
7.8/10 377 votes#2 - 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
7.7/10 354 votes#3 - 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
7.9/10 362 votes#4 - 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
7.6/10 346 votes#5 - 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
7.7/10 337 votes#6 - 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