Series centered around snobbish Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "bouquet") and her tormented husband Richard as they do everything Hyacinth thinks is needed to keep the neighbours convinced they are the upper class.
1 | A Strange Man |
| Hyacinth is shocked to see a strange man wearing only a towel emerge from Elizabeth’s house, sending her into hysterics at what she perceives the moral degradation of the neighbourhood. But it turned out the man was Emmet, Elizabeth’s brother. Meanwhile, Daddy has gone missing again, and it’s up to Onslow and Daisy to find him. |
2 | Driving Mrs Fortescue |
| Hyacinth and Richard drive wealthy aristocrat Mrs Fortescue into town. Hyacinth’s plans to impress her are crushed when Daisy and Rose flag down the Buckets for a lift and they all wind up in a local pub. |
3 | The Candlelight Supper |
| Hyacinth wants to impress Emmet with her musical talents at an elaborate musical supper. Her plans backfire when a short-skirted Rose turns up followed by two aggressive men whose doorstep fight threatens to ruin the evening. |
4 | Golfing with the Major |
| The Major invites the Buckets for a golfing weekend at The Chesford Grange Hotel. All is well until Onslow and Daisy turn up unexpectedly to collect Rose, who has spent a raunchy weekend with a Mr Smith in room 210. When Hyacinth realizes her family is there, she fears for her social standing. Adding to her dilemma are the amorous intentions of the Major. |
5 | Problems with Relatives |
| Hyacinth’s brother-in-law Bruce is stuck up a tree, Daddy goes to the registrar office to be married. Liz offers to drive Daddy back to Daisy’s, but to avoid them seeing how Daisy and Onslow live, Hyacinth insists they stop off at Violet’s. |
6 | Onslow’s Birthday |
| 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 in one of his limos. So she decides holds a gathering at her house to impress the neighbours as she departs in the luxury vehicle. Her hopes die when a hearse arrives instead. |
7 | Singing for Emmet |
| Richard is offered early retirement and ponders a future spending all day everyday with Hyacinth. Emmet is enraged when Hyacinth ends up rehearsing a performance for the old people at the Church Hall with him, and a tranquilized Rose arrives at the scene wanting to become a nun. |
8 | The Toy Store |
| Daddy has ended up at the toy store and is “improving” a few toys with the help of a screw driver: total cost 235 quid. Hyacinth’s social status is nearly ruined when she encounters Mrs. Councilor Nugent in town while attempting to retrieve Daddy. |
9 | The Three-Piece Suite |
| Hyacinth is very excited at the prospect of having her new three piece suite, an exact replica of the one at Sandringham House, delivered. She will also give Daisy and Onslow her old suite, provided they pick it up themselves. But of course these two events are likely to collide at some point, creating another social disaster. |
10 | A Picnic for Daddy |
| Hyacinth arranges a picnic for Daddy, but things go awry when the senile old man decides to test drive the Buckets’ car, resulting in a car chase between him and the rest of the family. Onslow’s car breaks down, so the vicar and his wife pick up Hyacinth and her family. |
11 | The Father Christmas Suit |
| Christmas Special. Hyacinth hires a Father Christmas outfit for Richard to wear when distributing gifts to the old people at the Church Hall. Against his will, Richard puts it on, but after one too many sherries with Emmet, Elizabeth must don the outfit and pretend to be him. |
