Richard second-guesses his decision to stay at home when retirement simply means more obligation to his real boss, Hyacinth, in these three leisure-themed 28-minute episodes from the BBC. The lady of the house has her husband both up a tree and up a ladder in “How to Retire Early If You’re Not Careful.” Whether looking for Iron Age remains or a despairing teddy-clad Rose, Richard is up to the task. A weekend on a moored yacht strikes Hyacinth as the perfect opportunity to dazzle the neighbors in “What to Wear When Yachting.” But a motorboat isn’t very impressive and neither is a spill in the lake, as the waterlogged couple discovers. The final installment, “How to Go on Holiday Without Really Trying,” finds Hyacinth making bogus plans to take an expensive cruise so she can outdo a neighbor who once snubbed her, but there’s nothing grand about Richard in a bar with brother-in-law Onslow on a Sunday morning, nor about the married vicar with a suggestively clothed Rose in his arms, now, is there? –Kimberly Heinrichs

VHS Tape:  Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Company: 20th Century Fox  (1996-07-02)
ISBN: 6304087918
List Price: $19.98
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