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{{short description|British sitcom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox television
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| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| creator =
| based_on =
| developer =
| writer = [[Roy Clarke]]
| director = [[Sandy Johnson (director)|Sandy Johnson]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kerry Howard]]
* [[Mark Addy]]
* [[Tamla Kari]]
* Katherine Pearce
* Katie Redford
* [[Oliver Stokes]]
* Dan Wilkes
* [[Sam Strike]]
}}
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| composer =
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = English
| num_series = 
| num_episodes = 1
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = [[Gareth Edwards (producer)|Gareth Edwards]]
| producer = Sarah Hitchcock
| location =
| cinematography =
| editor =
| camera =
| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = [[BBC Studios]]
| distributor = [[BBC]]
| picture_format = [[16:9]] [[1080i]]
| audio_format = [[Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|2016|9|2|df=y}}
| preceded_by =
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| related = ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''
| channel = [[BBC One]]
}}
'''''Young Hyacinth''''' is a [[prequel]] to the [[British sitcom]] ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'', written by original writer [[Roy Clarke]]. ''Keeping Up Appearances'' ran for 44 episodes in five series from 1990 to 1995 and two TV specials in 1997 and 2008, created and written by Roy Clarke. The one-off special, set some forty years before the events of ''Keeping Up Appearances'', follows the early life of Hyacinth Walton (later Bucket), as she desperately attempts to better her sisters and dad.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/sitcomseason/young-hyacinth |title=Young Hyacinth – Media Centre |publisher=BBC |access-date=19 August 2016}}</ref> The special premiered on 2 September 2016 on [[BBC One]] as part of the BBC [[Landmark Sitcom Season]].<ref name="BBC"/>

==Cast==
* [[Kerry Howard]] as Hyacinth Walton
* [[Mark Addy]] as Daddy
* [[Tamla Kari]] as Violet Walton
* Katherine Pearce as Daisy Walton
* Katie Redford as Rose Walton
* [[Tony Gardner]] as Claude
* [[Debra Stephenson]] as Dulcie
* [[Tim Downie]] as Freddy
* James Wrighton as William

==Summary==
In the early 1950s, a young Hyacinth Walton is working as a domestic servant for the Cooper-Smiths by day while living in a small canal cottage with her alcoholic father and three sisters (Violet, Rose and Daisy). Impressed by her eccentric employers, Hyacinth vows to escape her poor background and enter a world of the elegant upper class.

==Broadcast==
The show was broadcast on 2 September 2016 on [[BBC One]] in the United Kingdom<ref name="BBC"/> and 4.14 million viewers watched the show within seven days of its broadcast, making it the 22nd most watched BBC One show for the week ending September 4. 4.39 million viewers watched the show within 28 days of its initial broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-30/|title=Weekly top 30 programmes - BARB|website=www.barb.co.uk|access-date=19 May 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BBC programme}}
* {{IMDb title|5628334}}

{{Roy Clarke}}

[[Category:2016 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:BBC high definition shows]]
[[Category:BBC television comedy]]
[[Category:BBC television sitcoms]]
[[Category:English-language television shows]]
[[Category:Prequel television series]]
[[Category:Television series set in the 1950s]]
[[Category:Television series by BBC Studios]]

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