Keeping Up Appearances — Season 3
The Full Bouquet
About this season
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.
Episodes (7)
1. Early Retirement
8.0Aired 6 September 1992 • 30 min
Richard has had to take early retirement. Sadly for him, Hyacinth has many plans for his future.
2. Iron Age Remains
8.0Aired 13 September 1992 • 30 min
Hyacinth drags Richard off into the countryside in search of the remains of an Iron Age settlement.
3. Violet's Country Cottage
7.5Aired 20 September 1992 • 30 min
Hyacinth gets a chance to try some social climbing while borrowing her sister Violet's cottage for the weekend.
4. How to Go on Holiday without Really Trying
9.0Aired 27 September 1992 • 30 min
Hyacinth takes a trip to the travel agents for some "quality" holiday brochures. Afterwards, Onslow decides to take Richard in hand and show him how to 'enjoy' life.
5. Richard's New Hobby
7.5Aired 4 October 1992 • 30 min
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!
6. The Art Exhibition
7.5Aired 11 October 1992 • 30 min
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!
7. What To Wear When Yachting
8.5Aired 18 October 1992 • 30 min
Hyacinth and Richard spend the weekend on a yacht.