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 6, Episode 5 repeated at 9:40am on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 3,511

Series 6 - Happy Returns

It's Young Mr. Grace's birthday and so the staff stage a ballet in his honour.

Notes

Mrs. Slocombe has bubblegum-pink hair in this episode.

Broadcast details

Date: Tuesday 26^th December 1978
Time: 7pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Monday 29th April 2024 at 9:40am on Gold
Monday 29th April 2024 at 3:40pm on Gold

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Friday 22nd June 2018	2:20pm	Drama
Friday 22nd June 2018	6:40pm	Drama
Friday 27th July 2018	2:00pm	Gold
Friday 27th July 2018	6:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 2nd October 2018	11:20am	Gold
Tuesday 2nd October 2018	4:40pm	Gold
Friday 22nd February 2019	2:00pm	Gold
Friday 22nd February 2019	6:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 7th August 2019	1:25pm	Gold
Wednesday 7th August 2019	5:10pm	Gold
Thursday 5th December 2019	6:00pm	Drama
Monday 20th July 2020	9:25am	Gold
Monday 20th July 2020	2:00pm	Gold
Monday 20th July 2020	6:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 23rd December 2020	4:30pm	BBC2 Wales
Wednesday 23rd December 2020	5:00pm	BBC2
Tuesday 9th February 2021	9:00am	Gold
Tuesday 9th February 2021	2:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 9th February 2021	5:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 24th February 2021	6:00pm	Drama
Monday 2nd August 2021	9:00am	Gold
Monday 2nd August 2021	1:40pm	Gold
Monday 2nd August 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Friday 12th November 2021	8:40am	Gold
Friday 12th November 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Friday 12th November 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 23rd February 2022	6:00pm	Drama
Thursday 14th July 2022	8:55am	Gold
Thursday 14th July 2022	6:00pm	Gold
Thursday 22nd December 2022	7:30pm	BBC4
Monday 30th January 2023	9:20am	Gold
Monday 30th January 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Monday 30th January 2023	6:00pm	Gold
Friday 21st July 2023	9:20am	Gold
Friday 21st July 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Friday 21st July 2023	5:20pm	Gold
Saturday 22nd July 2023	8:20am	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
Doremy Vernon	Diana (Canteen Manageress)
Michael Halsey	Fairy Prince

Writing team
Jeremy Lloyd	Writer
David Croft	Writer

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