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 3pm on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 3,511

Series 7 - The Punch And Judy Affair

When the staff cross the picket lines, Mr. Grace orders them to put on a show for the strikers' children to smooth things over.

Notes

Mrs. Slocombe has pink and purple hair in this episode.

Broadcast details

Date: Wednesday 26^th December 1979
Time: 6:40pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Friday 7th December 2018	6:20pm	Gold
Saturday 8th December 2018	12:00pm	Gold
Friday 14th December 2018	6:25pm	Gold
Saturday 15th December 2018	3:00pm	Gold
Monday 9th December 2019	12:40pm	Gold
Monday 9th December 2019	4:00pm	Gold
Friday 13th December 2019	12:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 17th December 2019	1:10pm	Gold
Sunday 22nd December 2019	7:15pm	Drama
Monday 14th December 2020	1:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 15th December 2020	10:00am	Gold
Tuesday 15th December 2020	6:40pm	Drama
Friday 18th December 2020	1:55pm	Gold
Monday 6th December 2021	8:35am	Gold
Monday 6th December 2021	12:05pm	Gold
Friday 17th December 2021	5:20pm	Drama
Saturday 18th December 2021	1:45am	Drama
Sunday 19th December 2021	9:50am	Gold
Sunday 19th December 2021	1:00pm	Gold
Friday 2nd December 2022	1:55pm	Gold
Thursday 8th December 2022	1:40pm	Gold
Sunday 18th December 2022	11:55am	Gold
Sunday 25th December 2022	4:35pm	Drama
Thursday 14th December 2023	12:35pm	Gold
Friday 22nd December 2023	2:35pm	Gold
Saturday 23rd December 2023	3:20am	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
Alfie Bass	Mr Harry Goldberg
Penny Irving	Miss Bakewell
Vivienne Johnson	Nurse

Guest cast
Doremy Vernon	Diana (Canteen Manageress)
Hilda Fenemore	Ivy (Cleaner)

Writing team
Jeremy Lloyd	Writer
David Croft	Writer

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