Keeping Up Appearances

When super snob Hyacinth volunteers to help with a senior citizens day trip, she has to enter into the spirit of things more than she had envisaged.

When super snob Hyacinth volunteers to help with a senior citizens day trip, she has to enter into the spirit of things more than she had envisaged. S5 Ep1

Super-snob Hyacinth suddenly has a lot on her hands - attending the Mayor's fancy dress ball and getting to know an important new neighbour.

Richard forgets his wedding anniversary, so scrambles to think of a last-minute gift for Hyacinth.

Holding a riverside picnic seems like a good idea, but Hyacinth's arrangements don't go quite as she planned.

Time for the net curtains to twitch in the great comedy of manners. Richard isn't exactly over the moon with his birthday present - skis!

Richard is worried that Hyacinth's attendance at an auction will cost him a lot of money.

Classic sitcom with the supersnob, Hyacinth, who's excited to learn that her neighbour Emmet is rehearsing an amateur production of the musical 'The Boy Friend'.

Amateur dramatics is high on the agenda as insufferable Hyacinth still wants to join Emmet's production of 'The Boy Friend', but other things take priority.

Hyacinth decides that a new car is in order and aims rather higher than most people.

Hyacinth decides to share her undoubted experience of being a perfect hostess.

Patricia Routledge is Hyacinth Bucket who puts everything into directing and starring in a pageant based on the Civil War, especially with the council tax going up again.