Richard Bucket, played by Clive Swift, was the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth in Keeping Up Appearances. He was a much more grounded character than his social-climbing wife, once famously ...

Hyacinth and Richard are spending their first day in their new country retreat. It may be a grand address, but the accommodation they have secured for themselves is not so much small as microscopic.

Hyacinth and Richard spend their first night in their new weekend retreat. But plans to become part of the "country set" go horribly wrong as the apartment proves a little on the "bijou" side.

She said: 'He made bricks out of straw to create Richard. 'People ask how did the marriage work? We decided he'd been an ...

1. A Job for Richard - Hyacinth has decided that Richard will gain a high executive position with a local firm that has developed a vacancy in their ranks.Richard fancies neither the prospect of ...