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 tomorrow at 9:40am on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 3,511

Series 5, Episode 2 - A Change Is As Good As A Rest

Grace Bros. decides to rotate its staff assignments, sending Ladies' Intimate Apparel and Men's Ready Mades down to the Toy Department.

Notes

Mrs. Slocombe has bright blue hair in this episode.

Broadcast details

Date: Friday 4^th March 1977
Time: 8pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Monday 18th November 2013	3:45pm	BBC2
Tuesday 19th May 2015	3:45pm	BBC2
Tuesday 19th May 2015	4:15pm	BBC2 Wales
Thursday 7th June 2018	2:20pm	Drama
Thursday 7th June 2018	6:40pm	Drama
Thursday 14th June 2018	1:00pm	Gold
Thursday 14th June 2018	5:00pm	Gold
Saturday 4th August 2018	11:45am	Gold
Sunday 5th August 2018	11:00am	Gold
Thursday 7th February 2019	1:30pm	Gold
Thursday 7th February 2019	6:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 23rd July 2019	1:15pm	Gold
Tuesday 23rd July 2019	5:45pm	Gold
Wednesday 20th November 2019	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 3rd July 2020	9:40am	Gold
Friday 3rd July 2020	1:40pm	Gold
Friday 3rd July 2020	6:15pm	Gold
Saturday 4th July 2020	8:20am	Gold
Monday 25th January 2021	9:00am	Gold
Monday 25th January 2021	3:00pm	Gold
Monday 25th January 2021	5:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 26th January 2021	7:00am	Gold
Tuesday 9th February 2021	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 16th July 2021	8:40am	Gold
Friday 16th July 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Friday 16th July 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Thursday 28th October 2021	8:40am	Gold
Thursday 28th October 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Thursday 28th October 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 8th February 2022	6:00pm	Drama
Wednesday 29th June 2022	8:20am	Gold
Wednesday 29th June 2022	5:20pm	Gold
Thursday 29th September 2022	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 13th January 2023	9:20am	Gold
Friday 13th January 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Friday 13th January 2023	6:00pm	Gold
Thursday 6th July 2023	9:20am	Gold
Thursday 6th July 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Thursday 6th July 2023	5:20pm	Gold
Friday 12th April 2024	9:40am	Gold
Friday 12th April 2024	3:00pm	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
Arthur Brough	Mr Ernest Grainger
Harold Bennett	Young Mr. Grace
Penny Irving	Miss Bakewell

Guest cast
Terry Duggan	Red Indian Father
Jacquie Cook	Bridal Doll

Writing team
Jeremy Lloyd	Writer
David Croft	Writer

Production team
Ray Butt	Director
David Croft	Producer
Ray London	Production Designer