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? (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 1 repeated Monday at 9:40am on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 3,471
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Series 8 - Roots?
For Old Mr. Grace's 90th birthday, the staff decide to trace the Grace family roots and perform a pageant in special honour of his family.
Notes
Mrs. Slocombe has red, white and blue-striped hair in this episode.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 24th December 1981
- Time
- 7:15pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| 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 |
| Arthur English | Mr Beverly Harman |
| Harold Bennett | Young Mr. Grace |
| Mike Berry | Mr Bert Spooner |
| Vivienne Johnson | Nurse |
| Benny Lee | Mr Klein |
| Kenneth Waller | Old Mr Grace |
| Louise Burton | Secretary |
| Nicholas Smith | Mycroft Rumbold |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| John Kilby | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Mike Taylor | Editor |
| Andrée Welstead Hornby | Production Designer |