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.
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Series 4, Episode 1 - No Sale
The staff decide to protest the store's new earlier opening time by purposely underperforming. But talking willing customers out of buying is easier said than done when you're usually doing the opposite!
Notes
Mrs. Slocombe has greying hair in this episode.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 8th April 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 Brough | Mr Ernest Grainger |
| Harold Bennett | Young Mr. Grace |
| Gordon Peters | Husband |
| Anne Cunningham | Wife |
| Reg Dixon | Raincoat Customer |
| Hilda Fenemore | Ivy (Cleaner) |
| Hilary Pritchard | Wedding Hat |
| Stuart Sherwin | Large Gloves |
| John Bardon | Check Suit |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Ray Butt | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Paul Munting | Production Designer |
Press
Well, people enter Are You Being Served? by walking downstairs, one by one in more or less fancy dress. Original it ain't. Indeed, it is strangely familiar. It reminds me of that stuff of which not a drop is sold until it's 10 years old. The effect is much the same: you tend to fall on the floor and feel utterly ashamed of yourself afterwards.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 9th April 1976