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 4 repeated tomorrow at 7:30am on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 3,365

Series 6, Episode 1 - By Appointment

Freshly returned from their holidays, the staff find themselves in a twitter upon hearing that the Royal Family may visit the store.

Notes

Mrs. Slocombe has metallic blue hair in this episode.

Broadcast details

Date: Wednesday 15^th November 1978
Time: 6:45pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Tuesday 26th November 2013	4:05pm	BBC2
Wednesday 27th May 2015	3:45pm	BBC2
Friday 15th June 2018	2:20pm	Drama
Friday 15th June 2018	6:40pm	Drama
Friday 20th July 2018	1:25pm	Gold
Friday 20th July 2018	6:40pm	Gold
Saturday 11th August 2018	12:10pm	Gold
Sunday 12th August 2018	10:50am	Gold
Friday 15th February 2019	2:20pm	Gold
Friday 15th February 2019	5:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 31st July 2019	1:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 31st July 2019	5:40pm	Gold
Thursday 28th November 2019	6:00pm	Drama
Monday 13th July 2020	10:00am	Gold
Monday 13th July 2020	2:00pm	Gold
Monday 13th July 2020	6:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 2nd February 2021	9:00am	Gold
Tuesday 2nd February 2021	2:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 2nd February 2021	5:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 17th February 2021	6:00pm	Drama
Monday 26th July 2021	8:40am	Gold
Monday 26th July 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Monday 26th July 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Friday 5th November 2021	8:40am	Gold
Friday 5th November 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Friday 5th November 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 16th February 2022	6:00pm	Drama
Thursday 7th July 2022	8:55am	Gold
Thursday 7th July 2022	6:00pm	Gold
Friday 7th October 2022	6:00pm	Drama
Monday 2nd January 2023	6:00pm	Drama
Monday 23rd January 2023	9:20am	Gold
Monday 23rd January 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Monday 23rd January 2023	6:00pm	Gold
Friday 14th July 2023	9:20am	Gold
Friday 14th July 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Friday 14th July 2023	5:20pm	Gold
Saturday 15th July 2023	8:20am	Gold
Monday 22nd April 2024	9:40am	Gold
Monday 22nd 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
Harold Bennett	Young Mr. Grace
James Hayter	Mr Percival Tebbs
Penny Irving	Miss Bakewell
Vivienne Johnson	Nurse

Guest cast
Hilda Fenemore	Ivy (Cleaner)
Joy Harington	Lady Customer
Colin Ward Lewis (as Colin Ward-Lewis)	Radio Voice (Voice)

Writing team
Jeremy Lloyd	Writer
David Croft	Writer

Production team
Bob Spiers	Director
David Croft	Producer
Antony Thorpe	Production Designer