About this programme

3/7. Hyacinth learns the Barker-Finches had a local celebrity at their barbecue, and is desperate to outdo them with her own event - an `outdoors indoors luxury barbecue and finger buffet'. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift.

Cast and crew

Cast

Hyacinth Bucket: Patricia Routledge
Richard Bucket: Clive Swift
Onslow: Geoffrey Hughes
Daisy: Judy Cornwell
Rose: Mary Millar
Elizabeth: Josephine Tewson
Emmet: David Griffin
Postman: David Janson
Vicar: Jeremy Gittins
Vicar's wife: Marion Barron
Lady driver: Pamela Abbott
Mrs Drummond: Sue Lloyd
Daddy: George Webb

Crew

Director: Harold Snoad
Producer: Harold Snoad
Writer: Roy Clarke

Categories: Sitcom

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