Young Hyacinth

Young Hyacinth
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Roy Clarke
Directed by	Sandy Johnson
Starring	Kerry Howard Mark Addy Tamla Kari Katherine Pearce Katie Redford Oliver Stokes Dan Wilkes Sam Strike
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	1
Production
Executive producer(s)	Gareth Edwards
Producer(s)	Sarah Hitchcock
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC Studios
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
Chronology
Related shows	Keeping Up Appearances
External links
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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. The special premiered on 2 September 2016 on BBC One as part of the BBC Landmark Sitcom Season.

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 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.

External links

• Young Hyacinth at BBC Programmes
• Young Hyacinth at IMDb