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Are You Existence Served?
Typical intertitle
Genre	Sitcom
Created past	Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft
Written by	Jeremy Lloyd David Croft Michael Knowles John Chapman Derren Litten (2016)
Directed past	David Croft Bernard Thompson Harold Snoad Ray Barrel 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 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
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original linguistic communication	English language
No. of series	x
No. of episodes	70 (list of episodes)
Product
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 (Commonwealth of australia, home video) Warner Domicile Video (U.s., dwelling video)
Release
Original network	BBC One
Motion-picture show format	PAL (576i) 1080i HDTV (2016)
Audio format	Monaural Surround sound 5.1 (2016)
Original release	8 September 1972 (1972-09-08) – ane April 1985 (1985-04-01)
Chronology
Followed by	Are You Being Served? (Australian TV series) Grace & Favour
Related shows	Comedy Playhouse Are You Beingness Served? Are You Existence Served? Beane's of Boston Grace & Favour

Are Y'all Being Served? is a British sitcom created and written by executive producer David Croft (Croft also directed some episodes) and Jeremy Lloyd, with contributions from Michael Knowles and John Chapman, for the BBC.^[1] Gear up in London, the show follows the misadventures and mishaps of the staff of the retail ladies' and gentlemen's wear departments in the flagship department store of a fictional concatenation called Grace Brothers.

The series was circulate on the BBC for ten seasons, totalling 69 episodes between viii September 1972 and ane April 1985 – and included five Christmas specials. There was also a 1977 film, a spin-off series Grace & Favour with some of the aforementioned main 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 film take been released on DVD.

Are You Existence Served? was a not bad success in the UK. The series was besides pop in Canada, New Zealand, Commonwealth of australia, and the Democracy of Ireland, and was successfully aired in The netherlands and Belgium with Dutch subtitles. The bear witness was also popular in Israel and in the Us, where it gained a loyal and enthusiastic post-obit when PBS television stations began ambulation reruns of it in the mid-1980s, along with other British sitcoms. In 2004, it was ranked 20th in a telly countdown of Uk'southward Best Sitcom.^[2] Information technology is regularly repeated worldwide (BBC Two, Drama and Gold in the Great britain; PBS and BBC America in the United States; and BBC UKTV, Fox Classics and 9Gem in Commonwealth of australia; and Jones! in New Zealand).

Production [edit]

Plan conception [edit]

The thought for the prove came from Lloyd's brief catamenia in the early 1950s working at Simpsons of Piccadilly, a clothing store which traded for over sixty years until its endmost in 1999.^[3] The inspiration for the store has likewise been credited to the former Clements of Watford where the concept of the floor walker character Captain Peacock was devised.^[iv]

Airing [edit]

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

The pilot episode was created as part of the One-act Playhouse series, although the BBC had originally chosen not to broadcast the plan. The airplane pilot was used as a filler during the 1972 Summer Olympics when the coverage of the games was interrupted by the Munich massacre on 8 September 1972, leading to a total series beingness produced.^[5] This first episode was repeated at the kickoff of the first series on 14 March 1973. Although the commencement serial was aired in the aforementioned timeslot every bit Coronation Street on ITV, consequently receiving relatively piddling attending, the repeats shown afterwards in the year were much more successful.^[6]

The show became a ratings striking and, later on a successful 13-twelvemonth run, Are You Being Served? came to an end on 1 April 1985.

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

Restoration of the 1972 airplane pilot [edit]

Although the airplane pilot was produced in colour, the videotape was wiped in the 1970s leaving only a 16mm black-and-white motion-picture show telerecording, which was made for international syndication to countries where color tv 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'south Ground forces episode "Room at the Bottom". The restored colour version was first shown on BBC2 on 1 January 2010 as part of a special Are You Being Served? night.

Theme song [edit]

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

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

The 1977 Are You Being Served? film has a different version of the theme song which is longer, in a dissimilar key and without the floor announcements. A remix of the theme was released in 1996 by a dance act calling itself "Grace Brothers",^[8] and featured vocal samples of John Inman and Frank Thornton.

In that location is a homage to the theme vocal 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 anthology The Ape of Naples by the experimental music grouping Curl. The theme vocal has too been covered past Australian ring Regurgitator on their 1999 album ...art. Pop singer Jamelia's song "Window Shopping" (from her 2006 album Walk with Me) begins with a sample of the familiar cash register sound effect equally well as Mrs Slocombe's vocalisation inquiring, "Expert forenoon, Mr Grainger; are you free?"

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

International broadcasts [edit]

The series was shown in the The states on PBS stations and on BBC America, likewise as in many Commonwealth nations around the world. PBS first began airing it (on 24 stations) in 1987, and viewership steadily climbed every bit more stations carried information technology. Past the early 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 guest appearances.

Are You Beingness Served? aired in Canada in prime fourth dimension on Global Idiot box Network in the mid 1980s and late night on YTV. The prove aired on Saturday evening prime fourth dimension from the mid 1980s to late 1990s. It also available to Canadian viewers from most border PBS stations in the Usa.

The series was too extremely popular in Australia. It started on ABC Television in 1974 and was repeated by ABC in Australia several times.^[9] Past 1978 information technology had been acquired past the commercial 7 Network who successfully screened repeats of the program to audiences larger than those who viewed information technology on the ABC.^[10] Are You Beingness Served? was ranked as the top rated show on Australian television for 1978, beingness watched by 2,255,000 people in v cities.^[11] New episodes were aired on ABC until 1984. Later on that, the last series was circulate on the 7 Network.

Characters and casting [edit]

Are Yous Being Served? featured sense of humor based on sexual innuendo, misunderstanding, mistaken identity, farce, and occasional slapstick. In improver, there were sight gags generated by outrageous costumes which the characters were sometimes required to wear for shop promotions, and gaudy shop displays sometimes featuring malfunctioning robotic mannequins. The show is remembered for its prolific use of double entendres.

A central humorous base of the series was a parody of the British class system. This permeated a range of relationships and interactions, such as conversations between the maintenance men and sales personnel, or between sales staff and management. The episodes rarely featured locations outside the store. Characters rarely addressed each other by their first names, fifty-fifty later on work, instead using their titles (commonly Mr, Mrs, Miss, or Captain).

Original primary cast [edit]

Mr Wilberforce Claybourne Humphries (John Inman), a sales assistant in gents'; a camp-acting man who lives with his mother, also played on several occasions by John Inman. He fabricated frequent use of double entendre, peculiarly related to his implied gay lifestyle.
Mrs Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), a senior sales assistant and head of the ladies' department. She is known for her changing pilus colour and telling double entendre stories about her cat Tiddles, which she refers to every bit "my pussy". Although normally chosen by her kickoff name Betty, in i episode she's referred to every bit Rachel, one of her middle names.
Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), a young, bonny, working-class, cockney-speaking junior sales assistant to Mrs Slocombe.
Helm Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton), the haughty floorwalker who purportedly fought in the North Africa Campaign of Globe War Two (and in the Pacific theatre) but was accused of actually existence a corporal in the Service Corps and never seeing gainsay.
Mr Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), the autocratic, obsequious (to the Grace brothers), yet bumbling and incompetent flooring manager.
Mr James/Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister) (serial one–7), the young, penniless, womanising junior salesman; a source of irritation to the female person sales staff. Always referred to as the section 'junior', but Bannister was in fact ane twelvemonth older than Inman. The character left the series after Serial 7 (1979), due to Bannister's prior commitments. His graphic symbol leaving within the show was not mentioned or referenced. Wendy Richard claimed in an interview that the series was originally devised every bit a vehicle for Trevor Bannister.
Mr Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough) (series 1–5), a 40-year veteran of Grace Brothers, a senior sales assistant and head of the gents' department, who oftentimes falls asleep on the task, is usually grumpy, and wears a measuring tape over his shoulders. Arthur Brough died before the filming of Series 6. The character of Mr. Grainger was brought back for the 2016 revival with Roy Barraclough replacing Arthur Brough.
"Immature" Mr Grace (Harold Bennett) (series 1–8), the very onetime, rich just stingy shop owner, surrounded by attractive young women. The grapheme's final appearance was in 1981 post-obit Bennett's decease. The character was killed off in the commencement episode of the spinoff series Grace & Favour.
Mr Mash (Larry Martyn) (series 1–iii), the stock and maintenance man who installed mechanised display units in store and was often scolded past Captain Peacock for existence on the floor during opening hours. At that place was no mention of his character leaving Grace Brothers or being transferred.

Subsequent main cast [edit]

Diana Yardswick (Doremy Vernon) (series 3–4, six–ten), the manageress of Grace Brothers' bottle at which the staff had their lunch. Known for serving grossly unappetising food, and for her sick temper and sarcasm, as well as for enforcing strict social order, which dictated that direction, 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) (series 4–ten), Mr Mash'southward replacement. Although he holds the same position every bit his predecessor, the staff have a more friendly relationship with him than they did with Mr. Brew. Mr Rumbold calls him Harry in series 5, but in series ix he states his proper noun is actually Beverley.
Mr Percival Tebbs (James Hayter) (series 6), Mr Grainger'southward replacement. He retired after simply one year in the men's department, and his departure paves the mode for Mr Goldberg's arrival in the next series.
Mr Harry Goldberg (Alfie Bass) (series 7), Mr Tebbs'south replacement. Originally the junior salesman, he was rapidly promoted to senior after proving to be a master salesman. Like Tebbs, Goldberg lasted but one year.
Mr Bert Spooner (Mike Berry) (series 8–10), eventually replaced Mr Lucas as gents' junior sales assistant and was similar to him in many ways.
"Onetime" Mr Grace (Kenneth Waller) (series 8), "Young" Mr Grace'south even-older blood brother – replaced him at the store when he took a breather to write his memoirs. In last ii serial', the direction of the shop was once again attributed to "Young" Mr. Grace, who was past then an invisible character.
Mr Grossman (Milo Sperber) (series eight), an expert shoe salesman, joined the gents' department, when some of the floor space was given over to shoes. He lasted but four episodes.
Mr Abraham Klein (Benny Lee) (serial 8), joined the gents' department to aid out with upcoming sales in the store. Klein lasted only 4 episodes.
Miss Belfridge (Candy Davis) (series 9–10), the last and longest-running of Mr Rumbold's secretaries. She was admired past all male staff, including Mr Humphries and especially Helm Peacock, who dined her at The Ritz Hotel.

Episodes [edit]

Are You lot Being Served? was initially broadcast from 1973 to 1985. Each series had betwixt five and 9 episodes. Counting the pilot episode, all episodes and specials from the serial, and the motion-picture show, the prove ran for sixty-nine episodes and ten serial. Each episode was self-contained, with no standing story or theme throughout the series.

Film [edit]

In 1977, every bit for many other popular British sitcoms of the time, a feature film 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 set, so they demanded bigger plots for such films. The movie version of Are You Being Served? followed this tendency, following the staff every bit they take a bundle holiday together while the store is closed for redecoration, a loose adaptation of the play version from the year before. Set in the fictional resort of Costa Plonka, in Spain, the entire cast of the idiot box series reprised their roles in the film.^[12] Reviews of the pic were generally negative, with one reviewer declaring, "The humour consists mainly of withering selection of patent British puns; an inflatable brassiere, some allow's-insult-the-Germans jokes and a rickey thunder-box which bolts from the outside are thrown in for skillful measure."^[thirteen]

The All-time of Are You lot Beingness Served? (1992) [edit]

Buoyed by the huge success of the series in the U.s.a., BBC America commissioned a special direct-to-VHS compilation in 1992. Running at 78 minutes, The Best of Are You Beingness Served featured newly-shot scenes of Mr Humphries reminiscing with his elderly mother, Annie, about his time working at Grace Brothers. Both roles were played by John Inman. The additional 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 circulate every bit part of BBC's Landmark Sitcom Flavour, a celebration of sixty years of television sitcoms.^[14] Information technology was set in 1988 with the original characters, played by a new cast.^[15]

Former Only Fools and Horses histrion John Challis portrayed Captain Peacock; former Coronation Street actors Sherrie Hewson and Roy Barraclough were cast equally 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'southward grandson, also 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's 1988 and Young Mr Grace is determined to drag Grace Brothers into, well 1988, only he has a problem on his easily. Mr Humphries, Captain Peacock, Mr Rumbold and Mrs Slocombe all seem to be stuck in another era. A new member of staff, Mr Conway, joins the squad but volition he help shake things up or volition he just put a pussy amongst the pigeons?"^[xiv]

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

Other adaptations [edit]

Spin-off [edit]

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

Play [edit]

In the summertime of 1976, a stage adaptation of Are You Being Served? ran at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. Directed by Robert Redfarn, John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard, and Nicholas Smith reprised their characters from the boob tube prove while the characters of Mr. Lucas, Mr. Grainger, and Mr. Brew were recast. The play had basically the same plot as the flick version which would debut the next year, though Young Mr. Grace's function 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 Phase declared it the funniest testify he'd seen in 30 years, while Michael Leapman from The Times, declared the play to be worthless except for the final line, though he admitted he'd never seen the television evidence.^[21] The play has occasionally been run at other theatres since.

American adaptation [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 You Beingness Served?, Beane'south of Boston, remaking the episode, "German Calendar week" for the television pilot. At the time, Americanised versions of British series, including Three's Visitor, 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 product. Jeremy Lloyd's Express mirth-In partner, Alan Sues, was cast as Mr. Humphries, a conclusion Lloyd regretted, proverb Sues had been miscast. Other cast included future Magnum PI star John Hillerman equally Mr. Peacock, Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Slocombe, and Lorna Patterson as Miss Brahms. Ultimately, CBS passed on Beane'south of Boston and a full series was non produced.^[22]

Australian adaptation [edit]

An Australian adaptation, also called Are You Beingness Served?, ran for two series and xvi episodes from 1980 to 1981 on Network X. It starred John Inman as Mr Humphries, who travels to Australia on loan from Grace Brothers to work for the Grace brothers' cousin, Mr. Bone at his department store, Bone Brothers. Renamed versions of characters from the original serial rounded out the bandage including June Bronhill equally Mrs. Crawford, a copy of Mrs. Slocombe, and Reg Gillam as Captain Wagstaff, a copy of Helm Peacock. Jeremy Lloyd adjusted episodes for the evidence from his own scripts from the British Are You lot Beingness Served, drawing from the then-new episodes of the seventh serial for series i of the Australian version, and a option of older episodes for serial two. Lloyd would later say he hated the process of adapting the episodes, which were mostly 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 (albeit non for a total, half-hour episode). Commencement in 1976, Dutch comedian André van Duin entered a store and ran into Mr. Humphries, Miss Brahms and Mrs. Slocombe.^[24] A unlike special was fabricated 1994, on the occasion of the xxx 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 besides assisted in character equally co-presented for a quiz.^[26]

Reception [edit]

The serial gained much of its popularity with TV viewers past "pushing the envelope" through its deliberate-withal-subtle use of risqué visual gags, innuendo-infused dialogue and cleverly-disguised sophomoric sense of humor. These comical devices also attracted some mild criticism, in office for relying on sexual stereotypes and double entendres – e.yard., Mrs Slocombe discussing her true cat: "Animals are very psychic; the least sign of danger and my pussy'southward hair stands on end".

John Inman'southward portrayal of Humphries' over-the-top antics and sharp-tongued, witty responses, along with his trademark grab-phrase "I'm gratuitous!", were enthusiastically embraced by many audition members, and the character evolved into a gay icon in popular civilization. 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, but "just a mother's boy".^[27] In an episode of the spin-off Grace & Favour, the character is further described as neither a "woman's man" nor a "man's human" and equally being "in limbo".

Merchandise [edit]

Seven early episodes were novelised for a volume, written by Jeremy Lloyd, chosen 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 In", "Upwards Helm Peacock", "Hymeneals Bells", "His and Hers", "Coffee Morning", "The Hand of Fate" and "The Clock".

In 1995, KQED Books published Are Y'all Existence Served – The Within Story by Adrian Rigelsford, Anthony Chocolate-brown, and Geoff Tibbals, with a foreword by Jeremy Lloyd, and sub-titled: The Within Story of Britain'due south Funniest – and Public Television's Favorite – Comedy Serial. In 212 pages, the volume's half-dozen chapters comprehend: The Cast of Characters, Behind the Scenes, The Episodes, The Spin-offs, Trivia Quiz, and Glossary. ISBN 0-912333-04-9.

In 1999, I'thou Free! The Complete Are You Being 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 lath game was also produced in the 1970s. Players moved circular a board resembling the shop floor to purchase i detail from each of the 4 counters and leave the shop, earlier their opponents and without going over budget.

DVD releases [edit]

All episodes be in the BBC Archives. All ten series, including a blackness and white version of the pilot episode, and all v Christmas specials from those years, as well as both series of Grace & Favour are now available on DVD in the UK (Region ii). Are You Beingness Served?: the Motion picture was released in 2002. A color-restored version of the original airplane pilot episode has all the same to be released commercially.

All ten series, also as both series of Grace & Favour (in packaging titled Are You Being Served? Again!) and the film are bachelor on DVD in Region i (North America).

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

A DVD titled Are Yous Existence Served? – Best of The Early Years and Are You lot Being Served? Christmas Specials have besides been released.

DVD title		Discs	Year	Ep. #	DVD release			Special episodes
DVD title		Discs	Year	Ep. #	Region 1	Region two	Region 4	Special episodes
	Complete Series ane	1	1972–1973	6	27 August 2002	25 July 2005	ii March 2006	The Pilot B&W version
	Consummate Series 2	1	1974	five	27 August 2002	19 September 2005	8 June 2006	—
	Complete Series iii	two	1975	9	27 August 2002	30 Jan 2006	5 October 2006	1975 Christmas Special
	Consummate Serial 4	1	1976	vii	27 August 2002	27 March 2006	7 March 2007	1976 Christmas Special
	Complete Series 5	ane	1977	7	27 August 2002	v June 2006	6 June 2007	—
	Complete Series 6	i	1978	6	30 September 2003	28 Baronial 2006	three October 2007	1978 Christmas Special
	Complete Series vii	i	1979	8	30 September 2003	25 Baronial 2008	6 March 2008	1979 Christmas Special
	Complete Series 8	1	1981	eight	xxx September 2003	seven September 2009	7 Baronial 2008	1981 Christmas Special
	Complete Series 9	1	1983	half dozen	30 September 2003	24 May 2010	2 Oct 2008	—
	Complete Series 10	one	1985	7	30 September 2003	13 September 2010	5 March 2009	—
	Complete Series 1–5	6	1972–1977	34	27 August 2002	2 October 2006	N/A	Same as individual releases
	Complete Serial vi–10	five	1978–1985	35	30 September 2003	N/A	N/A	Same every bit individual releases
	Consummate Serial one–ten	eleven	1972–1985	69	vii September 2003 11 August 2009	xiii September 2010	one 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 keep cases.

See as well [edit]

List of films based on British television receiver series

Notes [edit]

^ "BFI Screenonline: Are You Being Served? (1973–1985)". Screenonline.org.u.k.. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
^ "Uk's Best Sitcom – Top 11 to 100". BBC . Retrieved 7 Oct 2013.
^ "Going Downwardly: 'Grace Bros' shop closes". BBC. 1 February 1999.
^ "'Watford has Clements running through it'". Watford Observer . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "Obituary: John Inman". BBC News. viii March 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ Coates, Sam; Asthana, Anushka (nine March 2007). "Obituary – John Inman". The Times. London.
^ "Vintage British TV: Comedy Playhouse – Are You Being Served? (BBC) 8th September 1972". Vintagebrittv.blogspot.co.uk. seven January 2010. Retrieved 21 Apr 2014.
^ "Grace Brothers – Are Yous Being Served?". Discogs . Retrieved 8 Oct 2016.
^ Collier, Shayne. Again and once more and again. The Sydney Forenoon Herald – The Guide: 2 June 1986, p.1, 6. [1]
^ Semmler, Clement. Why 'Are You Being Served?' is our peak-rating program. The Sydney Morning Herald: 25 October 1978, p.8. [2]
^ "Australian TV shows acme ratings". The Canberra Times. xxx Dec 1978. p. three. Retrieved eleven August 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Rigelsford, Dark-brown, and Tibballs, pp. 181-183
^ Pym, John (1977). "Are You Being Served?". Monthly Moving-picture show Bulletin. London: British Film Plant. 44 (516).
^ ^a ^b "BBC – Are You Being Served? is returning to BBC 1 – Media Centre". Retrieved 8 Oct 2016.
^ "All-star cast of Are Y'all Beingness Served? remake spotted arriving for filming at Salford Quays". Manchester Evening News.
^ Guide, British Comedy (22 February 2016). "New Are You Existence Served? cast revealed". Retrieved eight October 2016.
^ "Alf Garnett back as part of BBC sitcom revival". BBC News. BBC. ten March 2016. Retrieved ten March 2016.
^ "Are You Being Served? made Mrs Brown's Boys wait like Wodehouse – review". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.
^ "Are You Being Served? remake panned past viewers". Your Local Guardian.
^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs, pp. 175-179
^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs, p. 186
^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs (1995), p. 187
^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs, pp. 187-188
^ "Zoeken Beeld en Geluid". zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . Retrieved 12 Oct 2021.
^ "Zoeken Beeld en Geluid". zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "Zoeken Beeld en Geluid". zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . Retrieved 12 Oct 2021.
^ "I'g Free! – The Complete Are You Beingness Served?". Orion Books. 1999.

References [edit]

Rigelsford, Adrian; Dark-brown, Anthony; Tibballs, Geoff (1995). Are Y'all Being Served?: The Inside Story of Britain's Funniest-and Public Tv set's Favorite-Comedy Series. San Francisco: KQED Books. ISBN0-912333-04-9.

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