Young Hyacinth

British sitcom

Kerry Howard
Mark Addy
Tamla Kari
Katherine Pearce
Katie Redford
Oliver Stokes
Dan Wilkes
Sam Strike

Country of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo. of episodes1ProductionExecutive producerGareth EdwardsProducerSarah HitchcockRunning time30 minutesProduction companyBBC StudiosOriginal releaseNetworkBBC OneRelease2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)RelatedKeeping Up Appearances

Young Hyacinth is a prequel to the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, written by original writer 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

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 late 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 4 September. 4.39 million viewers watched the show within 28 days of its initial broadcast.^[2]