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 3 repeated at 9:40am on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 3,370

Series 7, Episode 4 - Mrs. Slocombe, Senior Person

Mrs. Slocombe is appointed temporary floor manager while Mr. Rumbold recovers from food poisoning, and no one is happy about it.

Notes

Mrs. Slocombe has light blue hair in this episode.

Broadcast details

Date: Friday 9^th November 1979
Time: 7:05pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Friday 3rd May 2024 at 9:35am on Gold
Friday 3rd May 2024 at 3:40pm on Gold

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Thursday 12th December 2013	4:30pm	BBC2
Thursday 4th June 2015	3:45pm	BBC2
Thursday 28th June 2018	2:20pm	Drama
Thursday 28th June 2018	6:40pm	Drama
Thursday 2nd August 2018	2:00pm	Gold
Thursday 2nd August 2018	6:00pm	Gold
Monday 8th October 2018	11:20am	Gold
Monday 8th October 2018	4:40pm	Gold
Thursday 28th February 2019	1:20pm	Gold
Thursday 28th February 2019	6:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 13th August 2019	1:50pm	Gold
Tuesday 13th August 2019	6:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 11th December 2019	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 24th July 2020	10:00am	Gold
Friday 24th July 2020	2:00pm	Gold
Friday 24th July 2020	6:00pm	Gold
Saturday 25th July 2020	9:05am	Gold
Monday 15th February 2021	9:00am	Gold
Monday 15th February 2021	2:10pm	Gold
Monday 15th February 2021	5:30pm	Gold
Tuesday 2nd March 2021	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 6th August 2021	8:40am	Gold
Friday 6th August 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Friday 6th August 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Thursday 18th November 2021	8:40am	Gold
Thursday 18th November 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Thursday 18th November 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 1st March 2022	6:00pm	Drama
Wednesday 20th July 2022	8:55am	Gold
Wednesday 20th July 2022	6:00pm	Gold
Friday 3rd February 2023	9:20am	Gold
Friday 3rd February 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Friday 3rd February 2023	6:00pm	Gold
Thursday 27th July 2023	9:20am	Gold
Thursday 27th July 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Thursday 27th 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
Alfie Bass	Mr Harry Goldberg
Penny Irving	Miss Bakewell
Vivienne Johnson	Nurse

Guest cast
Avril Angers	Miss Comlozi
Gorden Kaye	Plastic Mac
Derrie Powell	First Customer

Writing team
Jeremy Lloyd	Writer
David Croft	Writer

Production team
David Croft	Director
David Croft	Producer
Garry Freeman	Production Designer