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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 that she is a gracious hostess, a respected citizen, and

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    Keeping Up Appearances Season 4 Episode 3 - A Celebrity for the Barbecue
    7.3/10(301 votes)

    #1 - A Celebrity for the Barbecue

    S4:E3

    For her summer entertaining, Hyacinth Bucket has decided to host an elaborate indoors barbecue. In an attempt to compete with the Barker-Finchess, she is determined to get a celebrity to attend. Meanwhile Rose gives Daisy a make-over.

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  2. Keeping Up Appearances Season 5 Episode 2 - The Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball
    7.5/10(285 votes)

    #2 - The Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball

    S5:E2

    Hyacinth prepares for the Mayor's fancy dress ball and is also on a mission to impress the new neighbours, a few streets away.

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  3. Keeping Up Appearances Season 1 Episode 5 - Daisy's Toyboy
    7.7/10(397 votes)

    #3 - Daisy's Toyboy

    S1:E5

    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

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  4. Keeping Up Appearances Season 2 Episode 8 - The Toy Store
    7.7/10(334 votes)

    #4 - The Toy Store

    S2:E8

    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

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  5. Keeping Up Appearances Season 2 Episode 10 - A Picnic For Daddy
    7.7/10(331 votes)

    #5 - A Picnic For Daddy

    S2:E10

    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

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  6. Keeping Up Appearances Season 3 Episode 3 - Violet's Country Cottage
    7.7/10(329 votes)

    #6 - Violet's Country Cottage

    S3:E3

    Hyacinth gets a chance to try some social climbing while borrowing her sister Violet's cottage for the weekend.

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Keeping Up Appearances Season 3 Episode 6 - The Art Exhibition
    7.7/10(299 votes)

    #7 - The Art Exhibition

    S3:E6

    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:Unknown

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  8. Keeping Up Appearances Season 4 Episode 1 - A Job For Richard
    7.7/10(320 votes)

    #8 - A Job For Richard

    S4:E1

    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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  9. Keeping Up Appearances Season 4 Episode 4 - The Commodore
    7.7/10(302 votes)

    #9 - The Commodore

    S4:E4

    Hyacinth switches on her sailing persona when volunteering to collect a guest speaking Commodore from a train station, however Richard gets clamped and they cannot find the man. When Hyacinth does finally meet the Commodore, she is unprepared for his attempts at seduction.

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  10. Keeping Up Appearances Season 4 Episode 6 - Please Mind Your Head
    7.7/10(329 votes)

    #10 - Please Mind Your Head

    S4:E6

    Hyacinth and Richard are settling into their new country apartment, but Richard is less than enthused with its diminutive size. It's already cramped enough as it is for two, but when Hyacinth invites friends over, it becomes unbearably tiny!

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  11. Keeping Up Appearances Season 5 Episode 9 - New Car
    7.7/10(278 votes)

    #11 - New Car

    S5:E9

    Hyacinth is completely insulted when she is awarded second prize at the local craft fair, and over Lydia Hawksworth. Scandalized even further when she and Richard are overtaken by Lydia's new car, it isn't long before Richard's worst fears are realized and Hyacinth sets her sights on a newer, more expensive Rolls Royce.

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  12. Keeping Up Appearances Season 1 Episode 6 - The Christening
    7.8/10(384 votes)

    #12 - The Christening

    S1:E6

    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

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  13. Keeping Up Appearances Season 2 Episode 1 - A Strange Man
    7.8/10(390 votes)

    #13 - A Strange Man

    S2:E1

    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

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  14. Keeping Up Appearances Season 1 Episode 1 - Daddy's Accident
    8.0/10(501 votes)

    #14 - Daddy's Accident

    S1:E1

    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

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  15. Keeping Up Appearances Season 1 Episode 2 - The New Vicar
    8.0/10(431 votes)

    #15 - The New Vicar

    S1:E2

    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

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  16. Keeping Up Appearances Season 2 Episode 3 - The Candlelight Supper
    8.0/10(347 votes)

    #16 - The Candlelight Supper

    S2:E3

    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

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  17. Keeping Up Appearances Season 2 Episode 5 - Problems with Relatives
    8.0/10(344 votes)

    #17 - Problems with Relatives

    S2:E5

    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

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  18. Keeping Up Appearances Season 3 Episode 1 - Early Retirement
    8.0/10(322 votes)

    #18 - Early Retirement

    S3:E1

    Richard has had to take early retirement. Sadly for him, Hyacinth has many plans for his future.

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Keeping Up Appearances Season 3 Episode 5 - Richard's New Hobby
    8.0/10(304 votes)

    #19 - Richard's New Hobby

    S3:E5

    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:Unknown

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  20. Keeping Up Appearances Season 4 Episode 2 - Country Retreat
    8.0/10(307 votes)

    #20 - Country Retreat

    S4:E2

    Hyacinth wants “a little place in the country”, however her heart is not set on little. An old farmer with a speech impediment causes much difficulty for Hyacinth when out looking at property, and seems to take a liking to her.

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  21. Keeping Up Appearances Season 5 Episode 5 - Skis
    8.0/10(274 votes)

    #21 - Skis

    S5:E5

    For Richard’s birthday Hyacinth buys some skis as she believes they "will look good on the car". However needing Violet and Bruce’s roof rack the Buckets head off to Violet's luxury home, picking two neighbours up along the way. Hyacinth is thrown into a panic when arriving as Violet and Bruce are arguing.

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  22. Keeping Up Appearances Season 5 Episode 8 - A Barbecue At Violet's
    8.0/10(273 votes)

    #22 - A Barbecue At Violet's

    S5:E8

    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. Later, Hyacinth goes along to a rehearsal of "The Boy Friend" to offer her services to Emmet.

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Keeping Up Appearances Season 2 Episode 2 - Driving Mrs. Fortescue
    8.3/10(421 votes)

    #23 - Driving Mrs. Fortescue

    S2:E2

    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

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  24. Keeping Up Appearances Season 2 Episode 7 - Singing For Emmet
    8.3/10(345 votes)

    #24 - Singing For Emmet

    S2:E7

    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

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  25. Keeping Up Appearances Season 3 Episode 2 - Iron Age Remains
    8.3/10(314 votes)

    #25 - Iron Age Remains

    S3:E2

    Hyacinth drags Richard off into the countryside in search of the remains of an Iron Age settlement.

    Director:Harold Snoad
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Celebrity for the Barbecue" is the worst rated episode of "Keeping Up Appearances". It scored 7.3/10 based on 301 votes. Directed by Harold Snoad and written by Roy Clarke, it aired on 9/19/1993. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball".