Are You Being Served? Again! (1992–1993)
"Grace & Favour" (original title)

The staff of the defunct Grace Brothers department store reunite to run a rural hotel.

Stars:

Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mollie Sugden	...	Mrs. Betty Slocombe (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
John Inman	...	Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Frank Thornton	...	Captain Stephen Peacock (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Wendy Richard	...	Miss Shirley Brahms (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Nicholas Smith	...	Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Joanne Heywood	...	Jessica Lovelock (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Billy Burden	...	Maurice Moulterd (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Fleur Bennett	...	Mavis Moulterd (11 episodes, 1992-1993)
Michael Bilton	...	Mr. Thorpe (5 episodes, 1992-1993)

Storyline

When Mr. Grace is killed in a tragic scuba diving accident, the Grace Brothers store is closed down. Being faced with the option of finding new jobs or early retirement on a miniscule pension, the staff takes over the running of a large manor house/hotel in the English countryside, where all manor of humorous things take place.

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | country house | punctuation in title | sequel | ampersand in title | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 January 1992 (UK)

Also Known As:

Are You Being Served? Again!

Filming Locations:

Chavenage House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

26 min 26 min (12 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the final episode, Wendy Richard's cairn terrier named "Shirley Brahms" makes a cameo appearance.

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Quotes

Miss Shirley Brahms: There's a mouse sitting in there, bold as brass, cleaning his whiskers!
Mrs. Betty Slocombe: He wont be so confident when he sees my pussy.

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Connections

Referenced in Just a Minute: Episode #4.15 (1999)

User Reviews

I enjoyed it

I thought this was a nice continuation of the original series. Inman and Sugden just really make this work. I wish there were more of their work available. The rest of the cast also grew into their parts from the original. The addition of Fleur and Bennet opened up a whole new set of story side lines.

I thought the writing was superior to the original series. The quality of the production was also superior to the original.

With the exception of the last two episodes, the scripts were also superior to the original.

English humors sometimes don't do well in this US. But this one made the transition better then most, and even took advantage of some of the differences, IE, Mrs Slocum's cat.

I wouldn't mind seeing more.

It will often make you smile, and occasionally make you laugh out loud.