Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs. Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), Mr. Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister), Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), Mr. Mash (Larry Martyn), Mr. Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough), Mr. Wilberforce Humphries (John Inman), Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton). Copyright: BBC

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served? (1972)

TV sitcom
BBC One
1972 - 1985
69 episodes (10 series)

Sitcom set in London department store Grace Bros., where the Ladies' Intimate Apparel and Men's Ready To Wear departments are forced to share a floor. Stars Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, John Inman, Wendy Richard, Nicholas Smith and more.

Series 2, Episode 2 repeated tomorrow at 7:55am on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 3,478

Series 4, Episode 4 - Fire Practice

Poor performance during a fire drill prompts Mr. Rumbold to keep everyone behind for fire practice.

Notes

Mrs. Slocombe has lilac hair in this episode.

Broadcast details

Date: Thursday 29^th April 1976
Time: 8pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Tuesday 12th November 2013	3:45pm	BBC2
Wednesday 13th May 2015	3:40pm	BBC2
Friday 1st June 2018	2:20pm	Drama
Friday 1st June 2018	6:40pm	Drama
Friday 8th June 2018	1:00pm	Gold
Friday 8th June 2018	5:00pm	Gold
Saturday 21st July 2018	1:30pm	Gold
Sunday 22nd July 2018	12:00pm	Gold
Friday 1st February 2019	1:20pm	Gold
Friday 1st February 2019	6:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 17th July 2019	1:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 17th July 2019	5:40pm	Gold
Thursday 14th November 2019	6:00pm	Drama
Monday 29th June 2020	10:10am	Gold
Monday 29th June 2020	2:00pm	Gold
Monday 29th June 2020	6:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 19th January 2021	9:40am	Gold
Tuesday 19th January 2021	3:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 19th January 2021	5:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 20th January 2021	7:00am	Gold
Wednesday 3rd February 2021	6:00pm	Drama
Monday 12th July 2021	8:40am	Gold
Monday 12th July 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Monday 12th July 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Friday 22nd October 2021	8:40am	Gold
Friday 22nd October 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Friday 22nd October 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 2nd February 2022	6:00pm	Drama
Thursday 23rd June 2022	8:10am	Gold
Thursday 23rd June 2022	5:20pm	Gold
Friday 23rd September 2022	6:00pm	Drama
Monday 9th January 2023	9:20am	Gold
Monday 9th January 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Monday 9th January 2023	6:00pm	Gold
Friday 30th June 2023	9:40am	Gold
Friday 30th June 2023	3:00pm	Gold
Friday 30th June 2023	6:20pm	Gold
Monday 8th April 2024	9:40am	Gold
Monday 8th April 2024	3:00pm	Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Mollie Sugden	Mrs Betty Slocombe
Frank Thornton	Captain Stephen Peacock
John Inman	Mr Wilberforce Humphries
Wendy Richard	Miss Shirley Brahms
Nicholas Smith	Mr Cuthbert Rumbold
Trevor Bannister	Mr Dick Lucas
Arthur English	Mr Beverly Harman
Arthur Brough	Mr Ernest Grainger
Harold Bennett	Young Mr. Grace

Guest cast
Ahmed Khalil	The Emir's Chief Assistant
Ahmed Osman	The Emir
Melody Urquhart	Head Wife
Hamish Roughead	Fireman
Ken Barker	Chief Fireman

Writing team
Jeremy Lloyd	Writer
David Croft	Writer

Production team
Ray Butt	Director
David Croft	Producer
Paul Munting	Production Designer