Iron Age Remains

1992TV Episode⏱️ 30mTV-PG

Comedy

⭐ 7.8

IMDB Rating

295 votes

Now that Richard has retired, Hyacinth has decided that they must spend more time together, taking trips into the country to look for Iron Age remains. But Hyacinth and Richard are distracted from their studies when Rose hits an e...

Director

Harold Snoad

Writers

N/A

Stars

Patricia Routledge, Judy Cornwell, Josephine Tewson

Release Date

September 13, 1992

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

💬 2

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Patricia Routledge

as Hyacinth

Judy Cornwell

as Daisy

Josephine Tewson

as Elizabeth

Geoffrey Hughes

as Onslow

Mary Millar

as Rose

David Griffin

as Emmet

Clive Swift

as Richard

Jeremy Gittins

as Michael the Vicar

David Janson

as Michael the Postman

🎬 Technical Specs

Color

Production

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

Retirement blues for Richard

by greenbudgie • 2025-11-10

8/10

"Hyacinth takes up local history so she and Richard can enjoy his retirement. She sends him up into a tree to look for lumps and depressions in the local landscape. Unseen by us, Hyacinth is ridiculed for talking to a tree by a passer-by, when Richard doesn't answer her. Later they have to visit Daisy because Rose has locked herself in her bedroom. When Daisy can't get any reply from Rose's locked bedroom, poor Richard is the one who has to climb the ladder to look through Rose's window. Writer Roy Clarke is good at writing about people with too much time on their hands as d..."

📖 Synopsis

Now that Richard has retired, Hyacinth has decided that they must spend more time together, taking trips into the country to look for Iron Age remains. But Hyacinth and Richard are distracted from their studies when Rose hits an e...