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 6, Episode 5 - A Bliss Girl

Mr. Humphries is nominated by everyone to hawk perfume on the Ladies' counter, but finds himself competing with Mrs. Slocombe instead.

Notes

Mrs. Slocombe has violet hair in this episode.

Broadcast details

Date: Wednesday 13^th December 1978
Time: 6:45pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Friday 26th April 2024 at 9:40am on Gold
Friday 26th April 2024 at 3:00pm on Gold

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Friday 29th November 2013	4:05pm	BBC2
Thursday 21st June 2018	2:20pm	Drama
Thursday 21st June 2018	6:40pm	Drama
Thursday 26th July 2018	2:00pm	Gold
Thursday 26th July 2018	6:40pm	Gold
Monday 1st October 2018	11:20am	Gold
Monday 1st October 2018	4:40pm	Gold
Thursday 21st February 2019	1:20pm	Gold
Thursday 21st February 2019	6:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 6th August 2019	2:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 6th August 2019	5:55pm	Gold
Wednesday 4th December 2019	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 17th July 2020	10:00am	Gold
Friday 17th July 2020	1:20pm	Gold
Friday 17th July 2020	5:20pm	Gold
Monday 8th February 2021	9:00am	Gold
Monday 8th February 2021	2:20pm	Gold
Monday 8th February 2021	5:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 23rd February 2021	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 30th July 2021	8:40am	Gold
Friday 30th July 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Friday 30th July 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Thursday 11th November 2021	8:40am	Gold
Thursday 11th November 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Thursday 11th November 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 22nd February 2022	6:00pm	Drama
Wednesday 13th July 2022	8:55am	Gold
Wednesday 13th July 2022	6:00pm	Gold
Friday 6th January 2023	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 27th January 2023	9:20am	Gold
Friday 27th January 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Friday 27th January 2023	6:00pm	Gold
Thursday 20th July 2023	9:20am	Gold
Thursday 20th July 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Thursday 20th July 2023	5:20pm	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
Jan Holden	Lady Customer
Bernice Adams	Typist

Writing team
Jeremy Lloyd	Writer
David Croft	Writer

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