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
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
Picture format	16:9 1080i
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
Chronology
Related shows	Keeping Up Appearances

Young Hyacinth is a British sitcom, a prequel to the series Keeping Up Appearances, written by original writer Roy Clarke. Keeping Up Appearances ran for 44 episodes in five series from 1990 to 1995, 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

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

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[2]
1	"Young Hyacinth"^[3]	Sandy Johnson	Roy Clarke	2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)	4.39

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.^[4]

References

1 2 3 "Young Hyacinth – Media Centre". BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week)". BARB.
↑ "Young Hyacinth". BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Weekly top 30 programmes - BARB". www.barb.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

External links

Young Hyacinth on IMDb

Roy Clarke

Situation
comedies

The Misfit (1970–71)
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! (pilot, 1974)
Open All Hours (1973, 1976–85)
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose (1975)
Rosie (1977–81)
Potter (1979–83)
The Magnificent Evans (1984)
The Clairvoyant (1984-1986)
First of the Summer Wine (1988–89)
Keeping Up Appearances (1990–95)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1994–95)
Still Open All Hours (2013–)
Young Hyacinth (2016)

Other

The Bass Player and the Blonde (1977)
Hawks (1988)
The Sharp End (1991)
A Foreign Field (1993)
The Wanderer (1994)

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