Young Hyacinth

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Young Hyacinth
GenreSitcom
Written byRoy Clarke
Directed bySandy Johnson
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes1
Production
Executive producerGareth Edwards
ProducerSarah Hitchcock
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC Studios
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
Related
Keeping Up Appearances

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.[1] The special premiered on 2 September 2016 on BBC One as part of the BBC Landmark Sitcom Season.[1]

Cast

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[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Young Hyacinth – Media Centre". BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Weekly top 30 programmes - BARB". www.barb.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

External links

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