![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?. 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](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/300/a/are_you_being_served.jpg)
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.
Episode menu
Series 10, Episode 1 - Goodbye Mrs. Slocombe
Mrs. Slocombe is forced to retire from sales because of her age. She plots to stay at Grace Bros. in any capacity possible, while the rest of the staff plot to do-in her successor.
Notes
Mrs. Slocombe has light pink and later creamy yellow hair in this episode.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 18th February 1985
- Time
- 8:30pm
- 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 |
Mike Berry | Mr Bert Spooner |
Candy Davis | Miss Belfridge |
Doremy Vernon | Diana (Canteen Manageress) |
Joanna Dunham | Miss Featherstone |
Elizabeth Stewart | Customer |
Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
Martin Shardlow | Director |
Martin Shardlow | Producer |
David Croft | Executive Producer |
Mykola Pawluk | Editor |
Bernard Lloyd-Jones | Production Designer |