Undesirable Alien (1981)
"Are You Being Served?" Undesirable Alien (original title)

In order to avoid deportation, Mr. Humphries may have to marry Mrs. Crawford.

Director:

Bob Spiers

Writers:

Jim Burnett, David Croft (creator),

Stars:

John Inman, June Bronhill, Reg Gillam

Cast

Episode credited cast:
John Inman	...	Mr. Humphries
June Bronhill	...	Mrs. Crawford
Reg Gillam	...	Captain Wagstaff
Basil Clarke	...	Young Mr. Bone
Ken Fraser	...	Mr. Fenwick
Tony Bazell	...	Mr. Mankowitz
Christine Amor	...	Miss. Nicholls
Shane Bourne	...	Mr. Randel
Reg Evans	...	Mr. Cocker
Kerry Daniel	...	Nurse
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roy Baldwin	...	Immigration Official
Bernadette Gibson	...	Canteen Manageress
Sydney Jackson	...	Canteen Chef
John Murphy	...	Mr. Crabtree

Storyline

In order to avoid deportation, Mr. Humphries may have to marry Mrs. Crawford.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Release Date:

1981 (Australia)

Company Credits

Did You Know?

Trivia

The only episode in the Australian run not based on an original script from the parent BBC series.

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Connections

References The Great Escape (1963)

User Reviews

Mr. Humphries once again escapes the bonds of matrimony.

Mr. Humphries learns that he might be deported because the proper work visa papers were not filed by Bone Brothers. With the immigration agents closing in on him, Mr. Humphries ties to disguise himself as an Australian maintenance man, but his characteristic mincing walk gives him away. He considers a marriage of convenience to Mrs. Crawford but at the last minute a substitute arrangement is worked out.

The question that is left open in this episode is why Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries, dedicated mother's boy with a circle of friends and a job in England would go to all this trouble to stay in Australia. This question is never addressed, and the viewer is left to wonder what Mr. Humphries is running from