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 7, Christmas Special repeated at 11:55am on U&Gold
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Series 6, Episode 4 - Shedding The Load
Grace Bros. is forced to make cutbacks amidst poor sales figures, and the staff must decide which one of them should face redundancy. Of course, no one wants it to be themselves.
Notes
Mrs. Slocombe has lime green hair in this episode.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 6th December 1978
- Time
- 6:45pm
- 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 |
| Harold Bennett | Young Mr. Grace |
| James Hayter | Mr Percival Tebbs |
| Penny Irving | Miss Bakewell |
| Vivienne Johnson | Nurse |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Bob Spiers | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Antony Thorpe | Production Designer |