a foil to Stan's long-suffering wife Hilda (Jean Alexander). He left the series in 1983, making a brief return appearance in 1987 as part of Hilda's departure from the series. Among his many other appearances on television are: An Arrow for Little Audrey; The Saint; Shadows of Fear; Z-Cars; Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased); Flying Lady; Making Out; Coasting; Doctor Who; Spender; and Boon. He played Trinculo in a version of The Tempest for the BBC and Squire Clodpoll in Good Friday 1663, one of Channel Four's new avant-garde operas. His comedy appearances on TV include The Likely Lads, Please Sir!, Dad's Army, Curry and Chips, No, Honestly and The Upper Hand. Hughes played the character of Onslow in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995) which ran for 5 series and saw Hughes appear in all 44 episodes. In 1997 he and Judy Cornwell reprised their roles as Onslow and Daisy, in a special compilation programme called The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket which was subsequently released on VHS. Hughes reprised his role as Onslow one final time in 2008, for the video (DVD) release of a further compilation programme, Keeping Up Appearances: Life Lessons from Onslow. He also had a recurring role as Twiggy in The Royle Family from 1998 until 2008. Hughes usually appeared in pantomime over the Christmas period. He appeared on That Antony Cotton Show on 6 September 2007, in which he spoke about his role in a short film called Expresso, which also starred Sir Norman Wisdom. Hughes played the part of a man who visits a coffee shop for a "normal" coffee but is served by a pompous waiter. The film was sold in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. In 2007, he performed the Angel Gabriel in the BBC production Liverpool Nativity. From 2007, he also appeared in the first three series of the E4 drama Skins as a recurring character best known as Uncle Keith. In 2009 he played Frank in Tim Firth's Absolutely Frank at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre and at the Harrogate Theatre. Personal life, illness and death Hughes married Susan Mundell in 1975. His off-stage interests were sailing, football, golf, cricket, rock music, trees, and beer. He was also the Honorary Squire of the Dartington Morris Men and made an appearance at the Dartington Morris Ring meeting in September 2008. His musical interests included British folk rock and he compered at