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Television set series

Are You Existence Served?
Typical intertitle
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft
Written by	Jeremy Lloyd David Croft Michael Knowles John Chapman Derren Litten (2016)
Directed by	David Croft Bernard Thompson Harold Snoad Ray Butt Gordon Elsbury John Kilby Martin Shardlow
Starring	Mollie Sugden Trevor Bannister Frank Thornton John Inman Wendy Richard Arthur Brough Nicholas Smith Larry Martyn Harold Bennett Arthur English language James Hayter Penny Irving Vivienne Johnson Alfie Bass Mike Berry Kenneth Waller Candy Davis Moira Foot Benny Lee Milo Sperber
Theme music composer	Ronnie Hazlehurst
State of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English language
No. of series	10
No. of episodes	70 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	David Croft
Producers	David Croft Harold Snoad Bob Spiers Martin Shardlow
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Distributor	BBC Worldwide 2entertain ABC (Australia, dwelling house video) Warner Home Video (US, home video)
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	PAL (576i) 1080i HDTV (2016)
Audio format	Monaural Surround sound five.1 (2016)
Original release	8 September 1972 (1972-09-08) – 1 April 1985 (1985-04-01)
Chronology
Followed by	Are You lot Being Served? (Australian Television serial) Grace & Favour
Related shows	Comedy Playhouse Are You Existence Served? Are You Existence Served? Beane's of Boston Grace & Favour

Are You Being Served? is a British sitcom created and written past executive producer David Croft (Croft also directed some episodes) and Jeremy Lloyd, with contributions from Michael Knowles and John Chapman, for the BBC.^[ane] Set in London, the testify follows the misadventures and mishaps of the staff of the retail ladies' and gentlemen's vesture departments in the flagship department shop of a fictional concatenation called Grace Brothers.

The series was broadcast on the BBC for 10 seasons, totalling 69 episodes betwixt 8 September 1972 and 1 Apr 1985 – and included five Christmas specials. There was also a 1977 film, a spin-off series Grace & Favour with some of the same primary bandage in 1991–1992, and a one-off episode with a new cast in 2016. Since its original release, all 69 episodes, the restored pilot, the Christmas specials, the sequel and the movie accept been released on DVD.

Are You Being Served? was a great success in the UK. The serial was besides popular in Canada, New Zealand, Commonwealth of australia, and the Ireland, and was successfully aired in The Netherlands and Belgium with Dutch subtitles. The prove was also popular in Israel and in the United states of america, where information technology gained a loyal and enthusiastic following when PBS television stations began airing reruns of it in the mid-1980s, forth with other British sitcoms. In 2004, it was ranked 20th in a television receiver countdown of Britain'southward Best Sitcom.^[2] It is regularly repeated worldwide (BBC 2, Drama and Gilt in the U.k.; PBS and BBC America in the Usa; and BBC UKTV, Fox Classics and 9Gem in Commonwealth of australia; and Jones! in New Zealand).

Production [edit]

Program conception [edit]

The idea for the show came from Lloyd'due south cursory menses in the early 1950s working at Simpsons of Piccadilly, a clothing store which traded for over 60 years until its closing in 1999.^[3] The inspiration for the store has also been credited to the former Clements of Watford where the concept of the flooring walker character Captain Peacock was devised.^[4]

Ambulation [edit]

Logo used for the pilot episode and series one; from series ii onwards, the quotation marks were removed.

The airplane pilot episode was created as part of the Comedy Playhouse series, although the BBC had originally chosen not to broadcast the programme. The airplane pilot was used equally a filler during the 1972 Summer Olympics when the coverage of the games was interrupted by the Munich massacre on eight September 1972, leading to a full series being produced.^[5] This first episode was repeated at the offset of the first series on fourteen March 1973. Although the first serial was aired in the same timeslot every bit Coronation Street on ITV, consequently receiving relatively lilliputian attention, the repeats shown later in the year were much more successful.^[half-dozen]

The show became a ratings hit and, afterwards a successful 13-year run, Are You Being Served? came to an stop on 1 April 1985.

Of the original bandage, only Frank Thornton, Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Wendy Richard and Nicholas Smith appeared in all 69 episodes. The same five later featured in the sequel sitcom, Grace & Favour (also known as Are You Being Served? Again!). The cast performed in character for a stage sketch on the BBC1 programme Diversity on 19 June 1976.

Restoration of the 1972 pilot [edit]

Although the airplane pilot was produced in colour, the videotape was wiped in the 1970s leaving only a 16mm black-and-white moving-picture show telerecording, which was made for international syndication to countries where colour television broadcasts had non been adopted.^[7] In 2009, the pilot episode was restored to colour using the colour recovery technique previously used for the Dad's Army episode "Room at the Bottom". The restored color version was first shown on BBC2 on 1 Jan 2010 as office of a special Are You Being Served? dark.

Theme vocal [edit]

Audio samples of Are You Being Served?  (media help)

The theme song, written past the show's co-writer David Croft and composer Ronnie Hazlehurst, consists of a lift girl (whose vocalisation was provided by Stephanie Gathercole) announcing each floor over the musique concrète sounds of a cash register (which effectively serves as the simply percussion instrument) and a elementary musical accessory.

The 1977 Are You lot Beingness Served? flick has a different version of the theme vocal which is longer, in a dissimilar key and without the floor announcements. A remix of the theme was released in 1996 by a dance human action calling itself "Grace Brothers",^[viii] and featured vocal samples of John Inman and Frank Thornton.

There is a homage to the theme song in the Ladytron song "Paco!" from the album 604, and New Zealand band Minuit's "I hate guns". A lugubrious version of the theme song is featured on the album The Ape of Naples by the experimental music group Coil. The theme song has too been covered by Australian band Regurgitator on their 1999 album ...art. Pop singer Jamelia'south song "Window Shopping" (from her 2006 album Walk with Me) begins with a sample of the familiar cash register sound effect as well as Mrs Slocombe's vox inquiring, "Good morning time, Mr Grainger; are you complimentary?"

The song was besides used in a 2016 Audi advertisement for their Quattro range.

International broadcasts [edit]

The series was shown in the United states of america on PBS stations and on BBC America, as well equally in many Commonwealth nations effectually the earth. PBS first began airing it (on 24 stations) in 1987, and viewership steadily climbed every bit more stations carried it. By the early on 1990s, it had gained such a loyal following that American viewers of the show formed fan clubs and were in large attendance wherever cast members made invitee appearances.

Are You Being Served? aired in Canada in prime time on Global Tv Network in the mid 1980s and late night on YTV. The show aired on Saturday evening prime number time from the mid 1980s to late 1990s. Information technology as well bachelor to Canadian viewers from nearly border PBS stations in the United States.

The series was likewise extremely popular in Commonwealth of australia. Information technology started on ABC Television set in 1974 and was repeated by ABC in Australia several times.^[9] By 1978 it had been acquired by the commercial Seven Network who successfully screened repeats of the program to audiences larger than those who viewed information technology on the ABC.^[10] Are You lot Beingness Served? was ranked every bit the acme rated evidence on Australian television for 1978, being watched by two,255,000 people in five cities.^[eleven] New episodes were aired on ABC until 1984. Later on that, the terminal series was broadcast on the Seven Network.

Characters and casting [edit]

Are Y'all Being Served? featured humor based on sexual allusion, misunderstanding, mistaken identity, farce, and occasional slapstick. In addition, there were sight gags generated by outrageous costumes which the characters were sometimes required to clothing for store promotions, and gaudy store displays sometimes featuring malfunctioning robotic mannequins. The evidence is remembered for its prolific use of double entendres.

A cardinal humorous base of the series was a parody of the British class organisation. This permeated a range of relationships and interactions, such equally conversations between the maintenance men and sales personnel, or between sales staff and direction. The episodes rarely featured locations outside the store. Characters rarely addressed each other past their first names, even after work, instead using their titles (commonly Mr, Mrs, Miss, or Captain).

Original master cast [edit]

• Mr Wilberforce Claybourne Humphries (John Inman), a sales assistant in gents'; a camp-interim man who lives with his mother, also played on several occasions by John Inman. He made frequent use of double entendre, especially related to his implied gay lifestyle.
• Mrs Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), a senior sales banana and head of the ladies' department. She is known for her changing hair colour and telling double entendre stories near her cat Tiddles, which she refers to as "my pussy". Although usually called by her first name Betty, in one episode she's referred to equally Rachel, one of her middle names.
• Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), a immature, attractive, working-class, cockney-speaking inferior sales assistant to Mrs Slocombe.
• Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton), the haughty floorwalker who purportedly fought in the North Africa Campaign of Earth War 2 (and in the Pacific theatre) simply was accused of actually existence a corporal in the Service Corps and never seeing combat.
• Mr Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), the autocratic, obsequious (to the Grace brothers), yet bumbling and incompetent floor managing director.
• Mr James/Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister) (serial ane–7), the young, penniless, womanising inferior salesman; a source of irritation to the female sales staff. E'er referred to as the section 'junior', but Bannister was in fact one twelvemonth older than Inman. The character left the series after Series 7 (1979), due to Bannister'south prior commitments. His character leaving within the prove was not mentioned or referenced. Wendy Richard claimed in an interview that the series was originally devised as a vehicle for Trevor Bannister.
• Mr Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough) (serial 1–v), a 40-year veteran of Grace Brothers, a senior sales banana and head of the gents' department, who frequently falls asleep on the task, is usually grumpy, and wears a measuring tape over his shoulders. Arthur Brough died before the filming of Series vi. The grapheme of Mr. Grainger was brought dorsum for the 2016 revival with Roy Barraclough replacing Arthur Brough.
• "Young" Mr Grace (Harold Bennett) (serial 1–8), the very former, rich but stingy store possessor, surrounded by bonny immature women. The character's terminal advent was in 1981 post-obit Bennett'southward death. The character was killed off in the commencement episode of the spinoff serial Grace & Favour.
• Mr Mash (Larry Martyn) (series 1–3), the stock and maintenance man who installed mechanised display units in shop and was often scolded by Captain Peacock for being on the flooring during opening hours. There was no mention of his character leaving Grace Brothers or being transferred.

Subsequent main cast [edit]

• Diana Yardswick (Doremy Vernon) (series three–four, half dozen–10), the manageress of Grace Brothers' canteen at which the staff had their lunch. Known for serving grossly unappetising food, and for her ill atmosphere and sarcasm, as well every bit for enforcing strict social order, which dictated that management, sales staff and the maintenance crew and elevator operators all dine separately. Initially a minor graphic symbol, she gradually increased in prominence as the series progressed.
• Mr Beverley Harman (Arthur English language) (series 4–10), Mr Brew's replacement. Although he holds the same position as his predecessor, the staff have a more friendly relationship with him than they did with Mr. Mash. Mr Rumbold calls him Harry in series 5, but in series 9 he states his name is actually Beverley.
• Mr Percival Tebbs (James Hayter) (series 6), Mr Grainger's replacement. He retired after only one year in the men'due south department, and his departure paves the fashion for Mr Goldberg's arrival in the adjacent series.
• Mr Harry Goldberg (Alfie Bass) (series vii), Mr Tebbs's replacement. Originally the junior salesman, he was rapidly promoted to senior later proving to be a master salesman. Similar Tebbs, Goldberg lasted only one twelvemonth.
• Mr Bert Spooner (Mike Berry) (series viii–x), eventually replaced Mr Lucas as gents' inferior sales assistant and was similar to him in many ways.
• "Old" Mr Grace (Kenneth Waller) (series eight), "Young" Mr Grace's even-older brother – replaced him at the store when he took a breather to write his memoirs. In final ii serial', the management of the store was once more attributed to "Young" Mr. Grace, who was by then an invisible graphic symbol.
• Mr Grossman (Milo Sperber) (series 8), an expert shoe salesman, joined the gents' department, when some of the flooring space was given over to shoes. He lasted just 4 episodes.
• Mr Abraham Klein (Benny Lee) (serial 8), joined the gents' department to help out with upcoming sales in the store. Klein lasted only four episodes.
• Miss Belfridge (Processed Davis) (series 9–x), the final and longest-running of Mr Rumbold's secretaries. She was admired by all male staff, including Mr Humphries and especially Captain Peacock, who dined her at The Ritz Hotel.

Episodes [edit]

Are You Beingness Served? was initially broadcast from 1973 to 1985. Each series had betwixt five and nine episodes. Counting the pilot episode, all episodes and specials from the serial, and the film, the show ran for sixty-nine episodes and ten serial. Each episode was self-contained, with no continuing story or theme throughout the serial.

Film [edit]

In 1977, equally for many other popular British sitcoms of the fourth dimension, a feature motion-picture show was produced. The British film industry causeless at the time that audiences wouldn't come to the cinema unless enticed by a plot they couldn't get from their television, and so they demanded bigger plots for such films. The film version of Are You Being Served? followed this trend, post-obit the staff equally they accept a bundle holiday together while the store is closed for redecoration, a loose accommodation of the play version from the yr before. Prepare in the fictional resort of Costa Plonka, in Spain, the entire bandage of the television set series reprised their roles in the movie.^[12] Reviews of the film were by and large negative, with 1 reviewer declaring, "The humour consists mainly of withering option of patent British puns; an inflatable brassiere, some let'due south-insult-the-Germans jokes and a rickey thunder-box which bolts from the outside are thrown in for skillful measure."^[13]

The All-time of Are Y'all Being Served? (1992) [edit]

Buoyed by the huge success of the serial in the United States, BBC America deputed a special straight-to-VHS compilation in 1992. Running at 78 minutes, The Best of Are You lot Being Served featured newly-shot scenes of Mr Humphries reminiscing with his elderly female parent, Annie, about his time working at Grace Brothers. Both roles were played by John Inman. The boosted sequences were filmed in America, and directed by Don Hopfer.

2016 revival [edit]

In 2016, a one-off revival episode was announced and filmed at dock10 studios. It was broadcast as office of BBC'southward Landmark Sitcom Season, a celebration of lx years of idiot box sitcoms.^[xiv] It was set in 1988 with the original characters, played past a new bandage.^[15]

Old Only Fools and Horses thespian John Challis portrayed Captain Peacock; quondam Coronation Street actors Sherrie Hewson and Roy Barraclough were bandage as Mrs Slocombe and Mr Grainger respectively, and comedian Arthur Smith as Mr Harman. Mr Humphries was portrayed by Jason Watkins, Miss Brahms by Niky Wardley, and Mr Rumbold by Justin Edwards.^{[16] [17]} New characters introduced in the show included Young Mr Grace's grandson, as well called Young Mr Grace, played by Mathew Horne; Miss Croft, named as a tribute to series co-creator David Croft, played by Jorgie Porter; and newcomer Mr Conway, played by Kayode Ewumi. The episode was written by Derren Litten. The BBC issued a printing release saying: "It'south 1988 and Young Mr Grace is determined to drag Grace Brothers into, well 1988, only he has a problem on his hands. Mr Humphries, Captain Peacock, Mr Rumbold and Mrs Slocombe all seem to exist stuck in some other era. A new fellow member of staff, Mr Conway, joins the team simply will he aid shake things upwards or will he just put a pussy amongst the pigeons?"^[14]

The episode was aired in August 2016 to universally poor reviews for both the writing and the interim.^{[18] [19]} No farther episodes were deputed.

Other adaptations [edit]

Spin-off [edit]

Almost immediately after the cancellation of Are You Being Served? in 1985, the cast began suggesting a spin-off to Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. Though all felt the section store format was exhausted, it was suggested the characters could be moved to a new location. In 1992, most of the original cast reunited for Grace & Favour (known equally Are You Being Served Again! in the United States and Canada). The new series followed the characters after Immature Mr. Grace's death, when they are forced to run a hotel in a dilapidated manor house that was purchased using their alimony fund. Grace & Favour ran for two serial.^[20]

Play [edit]

In the summer of 1976, a phase adaptation of Are You lot Beingness Served? ran at the Wintertime Gardens in Blackpool. Directed by Robert Redfarn, John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard, and Nicholas Smith reprised their characters from the television bear witness while the characters of Mr. Lucas, Mr. Grainger, and Mr. Mash were recast. The play had basically the same plot as the film version which would debut the next yr, though Young Mr. Grace'south role was omitted entirely and Mr. Brew had less to do than Mr. Harman in the film. Reviews for the play were mixed; a author for the Blackpool Diarist of the Stage declared it the funniest show he'd seen in 30 years, while Michael Leapman from The Times, alleged the play to exist worthless except for the last line, though he admitted he'd never seen the tv show.^[21] The play has occasionally been run at other theatres since.

American accommodation [edit]

In 1979, Garry Marshall, in the midst of success producing and directing Happy Days and its spin-offs, produced a pilot for an American version of Are Yous Existence Served?, Beane'due south of Boston, remaking the episode, "High german Calendar week" for the television airplane pilot. At the fourth dimension, Americanised versions of British series, including 3's Company, All in the Family, and Sanford and Son were doing well in the ratings, and Marshall hoped to capitalise on this with his script for the production. Jeremy Lloyd's Laugh-In partner, Alan Sues, was cast as Mr. Humphries, a decision Lloyd regretted, saying Sues had been miscast. Other cast included futurity Magnum PI star John Hillerman as Mr. Peacock, Charlotte Rae equally Mrs. Slocombe, and Lorna Patterson as Miss Brahms. Ultimately, CBS passed on Beane'south of Boston and a full series was not produced.^[22]

Australian adaptation [edit]

An Australian accommodation, also called Are Y'all Beingness Served?, ran for two series and sixteen episodes from 1980 to 1981 on Network Ten. It starred John Inman as Mr Humphries, who travels to Commonwealth of australia on loan from Grace Brothers to work for the Grace brothers' cousin, Mr. Os at his department shop, Bone Brothers. Renamed versions of characters from the original serial rounded out the cast including June Bronhill as Mrs. Crawford, a copy of Mrs. Slocombe, and Reg Gillam as Helm Wagstaff, a copy of Captain Peacock. Jeremy Lloyd adapted episodes for the prove from his ain scripts from the British Are You Being Served, drawing from the then-new episodes of the 7th series for series one of the Australian version, and a pick of older episodes for series two. Lloyd would later say he hated the process of adapting the episodes, which were by and large left intact with the exception of some topical jokes, which were changed or deleted.^[23]

Dutch specials [edit]

The TROS, the Dutch broadcaster that showed AYBS? in the Netherlands, invited over the key faces of the original cast twice to reprise their characters on Dutch television receiver (admitting non for a full, one-half-hour episode). First in 1976, Dutch comedian André van Duin entered a shop and ran into Mr. Humphries, Miss Brahms and Mrs. Slocombe.^[24] A unlike special was made 1994, on the occasion of the 30 years jubilee of the TROS. This time, the search was for a replacement for Mrs. Slocombe, with Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard, and Trevor Bannister all reprising their roles.^[25] In 1985 John Inman also assisted in character as co-presented for a quiz.^[26]

Reception [edit]

The series gained much of its popularity with Boob tube viewers by "pushing the envelope" through its deliberate-yet-subtle utilize of risqué visual gags, allusion-infused dialogue and cleverly-bearded sophomoric humour. These comical devices besides attracted some mild criticism, in part for relying on sexual stereotypes and double entendres – e.g., Mrs Slocombe discussing her true cat: "Animals are very psychic; the least sign of danger and my pussy's hair stands on end".

John Inman'southward portrayal of Humphries' over-the-top antics and abrupt-tongued, witty responses, along with his trademark take hold of-phrase "I'thousand free!", were enthusiastically embraced by many audience members, and the grapheme evolved into a gay icon in pop culture. Despite this, Inman pointed out that Mr Humphries' true sexual orientation was never explicitly stated in the series, and David Croft said in an interview that the character was not homosexual, just "only a female parent'southward boy".^[27] In an episode of the spin-off Grace & Favour, the character is further described as neither a "woman'south man" nor a "homo'southward homo" and every bit existence "in limbo".

Trade [edit]

Seven early episodes were novelised for a book, written by Jeremy Lloyd, called Are You Being Served? – Camping in and other Fiascos. This was written in 1976, and republished in 1997 by KQED Books. The seven episodes featured are "Camping ground In", "Upwardly Captain Peacock", "Wedding Bells", "His and Hers", "Coffee Morning", "The Paw of Fate" and "The Clock".

In 1995, KQED Books published Are You lot Being Served – The Within Story by Adrian Rigelsford, Anthony Brown, and Geoff Tibbals, with a foreword by Jeremy Lloyd, and sub-titled: The Inside Story of Britain'south Funniest – and Public Television receiver's Favorite – Comedy Series. In 212 pages, the volume's six chapters encompass: The Bandage of Characters, Behind the Scenes, The Episodes, The Spin-offs, Trivia Quiz, and Glossary. ISBN 0-912333-04-ix.

In 1999, I'1000 Costless! The Complete Are You Existence Served?, a guide to the series, was published by Orion Books. It was written by Richard Webber, with contributions from David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd.

A board game was also produced in the 1970s. Players moved round a lath resembling the shop floor to purchase i item from each of the four counters and leave the store, earlier their opponents and without going over budget.

DVD releases [edit]

All episodes exist in the BBC Athenaeum. All ten serial, including a blackness and white version of the pilot episode, and all five Christmas specials from those years, too as both series of Grace & Favour are now available on DVD in the Britain (Region 2). Are You Being Served?: the Movie was released in 2002. A color-restored version of the original airplane pilot episode has yet to be released commercially.

All ten series, too as both serial of Grace & Favour (in packaging titled Are You Being Served? Again!) and the picture are available on DVD in Region 1 (North America).

All ten serial, as well as both series of Grace & Favour and the film accept been released in Australia (Region 4).

A DVD titled Are You Being Served? – All-time of The Early on Years and Are You Beingness Served? Christmas Specials accept also been released.

DVD title		Discs	Year	Ep. #	DVD release			Special episodes
					Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	Consummate Series i	1	1972–1973	6	27 August 2002	25 July 2005	2 March 2006	The Airplane pilot B&W version
	Complete Serial 2	one	1974	v	27 August 2002	xix September 2005	viii June 2006	—
	Complete Series 3	ii	1975	nine	27 August 2002	thirty January 2006	5 October 2006	1975 Christmas Special
	Complete Series iv	1	1976	7	27 August 2002	27 March 2006	7 March 2007	1976 Christmas Special
	Complete Series 5	ane	1977	7	27 August 2002	5 June 2006	half-dozen June 2007	—
	Consummate Series 6	one	1978	vi	thirty September 2003	28 August 2006	3 October 2007	1978 Christmas Special
	Consummate Series seven	one	1979	eight	30 September 2003	25 August 2008	6 March 2008	1979 Christmas Special
	Complete Series 8	i	1981	8	thirty September 2003	7 September 2009	7 August 2008	1981 Christmas Special
	Consummate Series nine	1	1983	6	xxx September 2003	24 May 2010	two Oct 2008	—
	Complete Serial x	1	1985	7	thirty September 2003	thirteen September 2010	5 March 2009	—
	Complete Series 1–5	six	1972–1977	34	27 August 2002	2 October 2006	N/A	Aforementioned equally individual releases
	Consummate Series half-dozen–x	5	1978–1985	35	30 September 2003	N/A	Due north/A	Aforementioned every bit individual releases
	Consummate Series one–ten	11	1972–1985	69	7 September 2003 xi August 2009	thirteen September 2010	ane Apr 2010	Extra Disc with Profile Specials on Mollie Sugden, Wendy Richard etc. The 2009 R1 reissue comes in the smaller 2 disc thinpak cases instead of standard Amaray continue cases.

See besides [edit]

• Listing of films based on British idiot box series

Notes [edit]

1. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Are You Existence Served? (1973–1985)". Screenonline.org.united kingdom. Retrieved 21 Apr 2014.
2. ^ "Great britain's Best Sitcom – Height 11 to 100". BBC . Retrieved seven October 2013.
3. ^ "Going Downwardly: 'Grace Bros' shop closes". BBC. 1 February 1999.
4. ^ "'Watford has Clements running through it'". Watford Observer . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
5. ^ "Obituary: John Inman". BBC News. 8 March 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
6. ^ Coates, Sam; Asthana, Anushka (nine March 2007). "Obituary – John Inman". The Times. London.
7. ^ "Vintage British Idiot box: Comedy Playhouse – Are You Being Served? (BBC) 8th September 1972". Vintagebrittv.blogspot.co.uk. vii Jan 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
8. ^ "Grace Brothers – Are You Being Served?". Discogs . Retrieved 8 October 2016.
9. ^ Collier, Shayne. Again and over again and again. The Sydney Morning Herald – The Guide: 2 June 1986, p.1, vi. [one]
10. ^ Semmler, Cloudless. Why 'Are You lot Beingness Served?' is our elevation-rating program. The Sydney Morning Herald: 25 October 1978, p.8. [2]
11. ^ "Australian Television shows acme ratings". The Canberra Times. 30 December 1978. p. 3. Retrieved 11 August 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
12. ^ Rigelsford, Chocolate-brown, and Tibballs, pp. 181-183
13. ^ Pym, John (1977). "Are You Beingness Served?". Monthly Flick Bulletin. London: British Flick Institute. 44 (516).
14. ^ ^{a b} "BBC – Are You Existence Served? is returning to BBC One – Media Centre". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
15. ^ "All-star cast of Are Yous Existence Served? remake spotted arriving for filming at Salford Quays". Manchester Evening News.
16. ^ Guide, British Comedy (22 February 2016). "New Are You Beingness Served? cast revealed". Retrieved 8 Oct 2016.
17. ^ "Alf Garnett back equally part of BBC sitcom revival". BBC News. BBC. 10 March 2016. Retrieved x March 2016.
18. ^ "Are You Existence Served? fabricated Mrs Brown'due south Boys look like Wodehouse – review". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 Jan 2022.
19. ^ "Are You lot Being Served? remake panned by viewers". Your Local Guardian.
20. ^ Rigelsford, Dark-brown, and Tibballs, pp. 175-179
21. ^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs, p. 186
22. ^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs (1995), p. 187
23. ^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs, pp. 187-188
24. ^ "Zoeken Beeld en Geluid". zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
25. ^ "Zoeken Beeld en Geluid". zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
26. ^ "Zoeken Beeld en Geluid". zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . Retrieved 12 Oct 2021.
27. ^ "I'm Free! – The Complete Are You Being Served?". Orion Books. 1999.

References [edit]

• Rigelsford, Adrian; Brown, Anthony; Tibballs, Geoff (1995). Are Y'all Being Served?: The Inside Story of United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland'south Funniest-and Public Boob tube's Favorite-Comedy Series. San Francisco: KQED Books. ISBN0-912333-04-9.

External links [edit]

• Are You Being Served? at BBC Online
• Are You lot Being Served? at the British Film Institute
• Are You Being Served? at British Comedy Guide
• Are You lot Existence Served? at the BFI'south Screenonline
• Are You Being Served? at IMDb
• Are Yous Being Served? Virtual Video Vault
• Are You Existence Served? Forever
• The Grace Brothers' Multimedia Department
• Are You Being Served? Central (Official site)

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