![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 4, Episode 5 - Fifty Years On
Mrs. Slocombe's birthday is coming up and the staff have three dilemmas: how old is she, what to get her, and what her first name is for the Happy Birthday song?
Notes
Mrs. Slocombe has light green hair in this episode.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 6th May 1976
- Time
- 8pm
- 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 |
Trevor Bannister | Mr Dick Lucas |
Arthur English | Mr Beverly Harman |
Arthur Brough | Mr Ernest Grainger |
Harold Bennett | Young Mr. Grace |
Penny Irving | Miss Bakewell |
Tony Sympson | Claude |
Mavis Pugh | Mrs. Claude |
Diana Lambert | Six Pound Fox |
Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
David Croft | Writer |
Ray Butt | Director |
David Croft | Producer |
Paul Munting | Production Designer |