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Season guide

Keeping Up Appearances: Season 5

10 episodes Premiered Sep 3, 1995
Previously on Keeping Up Appearances

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Keeping Up Appearances Season 4.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S5·E1 Mytharc

The Senior Citizen's Outing

Sep 3, 1995

Hyacinth volunteers to look after the old people in an outing to the funfair, however a certain old man proves to be quite a handful. As the day progresses, Hyacinth ends up in a m

S5·E2 Core

The Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball

Sep 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.

S5·E3 Core

Hyacinth is Alarmed

Sep 17, 1995

Richard is terrified to wake up to see Hyacinth smiling at him; he later realises he has forgotten his and Hyacinth's wedding anniversary. Richard then decides to have an alarm sys

S5·E4 Core

A Riverside Picnic

Sep 24, 1995

Hyacinth organises a riverside picnic, much to the despair of those invited. Despite Emett's and the Vicar's best efforts to tell Hyacinth they are unable to attend, they find gett

S5·E5 Core

Skis

Oct 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 luxur

S5·E6 Core

Country Estate Sale

Oct 8, 1995

Richard is not looking forward to going to a country house sale with Hyacinth as he believes she will spend beyond their limit. Liz and brother Emmett are also going to the sale, a

S5·E7 Core

The Boy Friend

Oct 15, 1995

Hyacinth sings to her hearts content when discovering Emmett's latest musical The Boyfriend is in production. Meanwhile Daddy is once again back in the war and guarding Onslow’s ho

S5·E8 Core

A Barbecue At Violet's

Oct 22, 1995

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 every

S5·E9 Mytharc

New Car

Oct 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

S5·E10 Mytharc

The Hostess

Nov 5, 1995

Hyacinth has put an advert in the local newspaper to teach people social etiquette, however an excited Hyacinth does not quite get what she expected.

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