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 4, Episode 1 repeated at 4:10pm on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 4,153
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Pilot - Are You Being Served?
Trouble is afoot when the Ladies' Department and Gentlemen's Outfitting are told they must share the same floor.
Notes
This episode was lost, and later recovered as a black and white telerecording. An innovative digital restoration process was utilised in 2008 to recover the episode's colour.
The re-colourised pilot was broadcast by BBC Two as part of an evening of Are You Being Served?-related programming on New Year's Day 2010.
Mrs. Slocombe has natural greying-golden hair in this episode.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 8th September 1972
- Time
- 9:30pm
- 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 |
| Trevor Bannister | Mr Dick Lucas |
| Arthur Brough | Mr Ernest Grainger |
| Harold Bennett | Young Mr. Grace |
| Larry Martyn | Mr Mash |
| Michael Knowles | Customer |
| Stephanie Gathercole | Secretary |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| James Bould | Production Designer |