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The Worst Episodes of Keeping Up Appearances

Every episode of Keeping Up Appearances ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Keeping Up Appearances!

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

Worst Episodes Summary

"Problems with Relatives" is the worst rated episode of "Keeping Up Appearances". It scored 7.4/10 based on 302 votes. Directed by Harold Snoad and written by Roy Clarke, it aired on 9/29/1991. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Skis".

  • Problems with Relatives
    7.4/10302 votes
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    #1 - 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

  • Skis
    7.4/10244 votes
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    #2 - Skis

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/1/1995

    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

  • Daddy's Accident
    7.5/10436 votes
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    #3 - 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 Toy Store
    7.5/10296 votes
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    #4 - 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

  • Daisy's Toyboy
    7.6/10351 votes
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    #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

  • The Candlelight Supper
    7.6/10307 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • Early Retirement
    7.6/10282 votes
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    #7 - 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

  • The Art Exhibition
    7.6/10261 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • The Commodore
    7.6/10268 votes
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    #9 - The Commodore

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1993

    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

  • The Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball
    7.6/10255 votes
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    #10 - The Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1995

    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

  • Stately Home
    7.7/10358 votes
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    #11 - 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 Christening
    7.7/10340 votes
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    #12 - 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

  • Singing For Emmet
    7.7/10300 votes
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    #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

  • The New Vicar
    7.8/10381 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Onslow's Birthday
    7.8/10305 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • A Picnic For Daddy
    7.8/10296 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • Iron Age Remains
    7.8/10279 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • A Job For Richard
    7.8/10281 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • A Celebrity for the Barbecue
    7.8/10267 votes
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    #19 - A Celebrity for the Barbecue

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1993

    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

  • New Car
    7.8/10249 votes
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    #20 - New Car

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 10/29/1995

    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

  • The Charity Shop
    7.9/10366 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • A Strange Man
    7.9/10340 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • Hyacinth Tees Off
    7.9/10329 votes
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    #23 - 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

  • Violet's Country Cottage
    7.9/10293 votes
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    #24 - 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

  • Richard's New Hobby
    7.9/10268 votes
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    #25 - 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