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 2, Episode 5 repeated at 8am on Gold

Series 8, Episode 7 - The Erotic Dreams Of Mrs Slocombe

Mrs. Slocombe can't help but dream about Mr. Humphries, and her awkward behaviour around him is becoming evident to the rest of the staff. Something has to be done, and Mr. Grace has the perfect solution.

Notes

Mrs. Slocombe has royal blue hair in this episode.

Broadcast details

Date: Thursday 28^th May 1981
Time: 8pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Wednesday 26th February 2014	4:20pm	BBC2
Thursday 23rd July 2015	4:45pm	BBC2
Thursday 12th July 2018	2:20pm	Drama
Thursday 12th July 2018	6:40pm	Drama
Thursday 16th August 2018	2:00pm	Gold
Thursday 16th August 2018	5:55pm	Gold
Monday 22nd October 2018	11:20am	Gold
Monday 22nd October 2018	5:20pm	Gold
Wednesday 28th August 2019	1:15pm	Gold
Wednesday 28th August 2019	4:35pm	Gold
Wednesday 15th January 2020	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 7th August 2020	9:20am	Gold
Friday 7th August 2020	2:00pm	Gold
Friday 7th August 2020	6:00pm	Gold
Saturday 8th August 2020	8:40am	Gold
Monday 1st March 2021	8:20am	Gold
Monday 1st March 2021	1:00pm	Gold
Monday 1st March 2021	5:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 16th March 2021	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 20th August 2021	8:40am	Gold
Friday 20th August 2021	1:20pm	Gold
Friday 20th August 2021	6:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 4th January 2022	8:00am	Gold
Tuesday 4th January 2022	12:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 4th January 2022	6:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 15th March 2022	6:00pm	Drama
Wednesday 3rd August 2022	8:55am	Gold
Wednesday 3rd August 2022	6:00pm	Gold
Friday 27th January 2023	6:00pm	Drama
Friday 17th February 2023	9:20am	Gold
Friday 17th February 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Friday 17th February 2023	6:00pm	Gold
Thursday 10th August 2023	9:20am	Gold
Thursday 10th August 2023	2:40pm	Gold
Thursday 10th August 2023	5:20pm	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
Arthur English	Mr Beverly Harman
Mike Berry	Mr Bert Spooner
Vivienne Johnson	Nurse
Benny Lee	Mr Klein
Kenneth Waller	Old Mr Grace

Guest cast
Louise Burton	Secretary
Brenda Cowling	Lady Customer
Jack Haig	Old Man

Writing team
Jeremy Lloyd	Writer
David Croft	Writer

Production team
John Kilby	Director
David Croft	Producer
Ken Pimenta	Editor
Andrée Welstead Hornby	Production Designer