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Overview

User Rating:
8.5/10   1,256 votes
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Seasons:
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Release Date:
21 March 1973 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store. full summary
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
British Actress Sugden Dies
 (From WENN. 1 July 2009, 3:01 PM, PDT)

Eastenders Star Richard Dies
 (From WENN. 26 February 2009, 8:15 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Greatest ever! more (41 total)

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 9 of 61)
Mollie Sugden ... Mrs. Betty Slocombe (69 episodes, 1972-1985)
John Inman ... Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries / ... (69 episodes, 1972-1985)
Frank Thornton ... Captain Stephen Peacock (69 episodes, 1972-1985)
Wendy Richard ... Miss Shirley Brahms (69 episodes, 1972-1985)
Nicholas Smith ... Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold / ... (69 episodes, 1972-1985)
Trevor Bannister ... Mr. Dick Lucas / ... (48 episodes, 1972-1979)
Arthur English ... Mr. Beverley Harman / ... (48 episodes, 1976-1985)
Harold Bennett ... Young Mr. Grace (46 episodes, 1972-1981)
Arthur Brough ... Mr. Ernest Grainger (34 episodes, 1972-1977)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Grace Brothers
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Runtime:
28 min (69 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:TV-PG | UK:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The department store in the series was based on the real-life store Clements, the first department store in England. Clements was in Watford, just north of London, and closed in 2005. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Throughout the series, the entire staff of the floor takes breaks together. That would mean that the entire floor would be closed due to lack of employees during break times. more
Quotes:
Mr. Grainger: Mrs. Slocombe. I suggest you take your underwear down at once.
Mr. Lucas: Same goes for Miss Brahms.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "De zomer draait door: (#2.14)" (2009) more

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14 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Greatest ever!, 15 May 2002
Author: Marnix ten Brinke (abba1982@hotmail.com) from Doetinchem, The Netherlands

Are You Being Served is the best British comedy can give us. I don't understand why some people are offended by this series! It's all in good fun. The follow up Grace & Favour was great too. It's a shame they only made ten series (from 1973/1985). AYBS? will rank as one of the best sit-coms ever.

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