Are You Being Served Again Wikipedia

Television 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 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 language James Hayter Penny Irving Vivienne Johnson Alfie Bass Mike Berry Kenneth Waller Processed Davis Moira Foot Benny Lee Milo Sperber
Theme music composer	Ronnie Hazlehurst
Country of origin	United kingdom
Original linguistic communication	English
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	thirty minutes
Production visitor	BBC
Distributor	BBC Worldwide 2entertain ABC (Australia, home video) Warner Home Video (Us, home video)
Release
Original network	BBC One
Moving picture format	PAL (576i) 1080i HDTV (2016)
Sound format	Monaural Surround sound 5.1 (2016)
Original release	eight September 1972 (1972-09-08) – one Apr 1985 (1985-04-01)
Chronology
Followed past	Are You Being Served? (Australian Television receiver series) Grace & Favour
Related shows	Comedy Playhouse Are You Being Served? Are Yous Existence Served? Beane'south of Boston Grace & Favour

Are Yous 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] Fix in London, the show follows the misadventures and mishaps of the staff of the retail ladies' and gentlemen's wearable departments in the flagship department store of a fictional chain called Grace Brothers.

The serial was broadcast on the BBC for ten seasons, totalling 69 episodes betwixt eight September 1972 and 1 April 1985 – and included five Christmas specials. At that place was also a 1977 film, a spin-off series Grace & Favour with some of the same main cast in 1991–1992, and a i-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 moving picture have been released on DVD.

Are You Beingness Served? was a keen success in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. The series was also popular in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the Republic of Republic of ireland, and was successfully aired in The netherlands and Belgium with Dutch subtitles. The show was also pop in Israel and in the United States, where it gained a loyal and enthusiastic following when PBS television stations began ambulation reruns of information technology in the mid-1980s, forth with other British sitcoms. In 2004, it was ranked 20th in a tv set countdown of Britain'south Best Sitcom.^[2] It is regularly repeated worldwide (BBC Two, Drama and Aureate in the UK; PBS and BBC America in the The states; and BBC UKTV, Fox Classics and 9Gem in Australia; and Jones! in New Zealand).

Production [edit]

Plan conception [edit]

The idea for the show came from Lloyd'south brief period 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 shop has also been credited to the one-time Clements of Watford where the concept of the floor walker character Captain Peacock was devised.^[4]

Airing [edit]

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

The pilot episode was created as function of the Comedy Playhouse series, although the BBC had originally chosen not to broadcast the program. The 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 beginning episode was repeated at the beginning of the first serial on 14 March 1973. Although the first series was aired in the same timeslot as Coronation Street on ITV, consequently receiving relatively trivial attention, the repeats shown later in the year were much more than successful.^[vi]

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

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

Restoration of the 1972 pilot [edit]

Although the pilot was produced in colour, the videotape was wiped in the 1970s leaving only a 16mm black-and-white film telerecording, which was made for international syndication to countries where color goggle box broadcasts had not been adopted.^[7] In 2009, the pilot episode was restored to colour using the colour recovery technique previously used for the Dad'due south Ground forces episode "Room at the Bottom". The restored colour version was beginning shown on BBC2 on 1 January 2010 as role of a special Are Yous Being Served? night.

Theme vocal [edit]

Audio samples of Are You lot 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 vocalization was provided by Stephanie Gathercole) announcing each floor over the musique concrète sounds of a cash annals (which effectively serves as the only percussion instrument) and a simple musical accompaniment.

The 1977 Are You Existence Served? pic has a different version of the theme song which is longer, in a dissimilar cardinal and without the flooring announcements. A remix of the theme was released in 1996 by a dance act calling itself "Grace Brothers",^[8] and featured song 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 ring 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 group Coil. The theme vocal has also been covered by Australian band Regurgitator on their 1999 album ...art. Pop vocalist Jamelia's vocal "Window Shopping" (from her 2006 anthology Walk with Me) begins with a sample of the familiar cash register sound outcome as well equally Mrs Slocombe's voice inquiring, "Good morning, Mr Grainger; are yous costless?"

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

International broadcasts [edit]

The series was shown in the The states on PBS stations and on BBC America, as well as in many Democracy nations effectually the world. PBS starting time began airing it (on 24 stations) in 1987, and viewership steadily climbed as more than stations carried information technology. Past the early on 1990s, it had gained such a loyal post-obit that American viewers of the testify formed fan clubs and were in large attendance wherever cast members made guest appearances.

Are You Being Served? aired in Canada in prime fourth dimension on Global Television Network in the mid 1980s and late nighttime on YTV. The prove aired on Saturday evening prime number time from the mid 1980s to late 1990s. It also available to Canadian viewers from nigh edge PBS stations in the United States.

The series was as well extremely popular in Commonwealth of australia. Information technology started on ABC Tv set in 1974 and was repeated by ABC in Australia several times.^[9] Past 1978 it had been acquired by the commercial Seven Network who successfully screened repeats of the program to audiences larger than those who viewed it on the ABC.^[10] Are You Being Served? was ranked every bit the height rated show on Australian tv for 1978, being watched by 2,255,000 people in v cities.^[11] New episodes were aired on ABC until 1984. After that, the last series was broadcast on the Vii Network.

Characters and casting [edit]

Are You Being Served? featured humour 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 wear for store promotions, and gaudy store displays sometimes featuring malfunctioning robotic mannequins. The evidence is remembered for its prolific use of double entendres.

A key humorous base of the series was a parody of the British grade system. This permeated a range of relationships and interactions, such as conversations between the maintenance men and sales personnel, or betwixt sales staff and management. The episodes rarely featured locations outside the store. Characters rarely addressed each other by their starting time names, even after work, instead using their titles (commonly Mr, Mrs, Miss, or Captain).

Original main cast [edit]

Mr Wilberforce Claybourne Humphries (John Inman), a sales banana in gents'; a camp-acting man who lives with his mother, also played on several occasions by John Inman. He made frequent utilise of double entendre, especially 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 conversations near her cat Tiddles, which she e'er refers to every bit "my pussy". Although usually called past her showtime proper name Betty, in one episode she's referred to every bit Rachel, one of her center names.
Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), a young, attractive, working-class, cockney-speaking junior sales assistant to Mrs Slocombe.
Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton), the haughty floorwalker who purportedly fought in the N Africa Campaign of Globe War Ii (and in the Pacific theatre) but was accused of actually being a corporal in the Service Corps and never seeing combat.
Mr Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), the autocratic, obsequious (to the Grace brothers), even so bumbling and incompetent floor manager.
Mr James/Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister) (series one–7), the young, penniless, womanising junior salesman; a source of irritation to the female person sales staff. Always referred to equally the department 'junior', only Bannister was in fact 1 twelvemonth older than Inman. The graphic symbol left the serial later on Serial 7 (1979), due to Bannister's prior commitments. His character leaving within the show 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) (series ane–v), a 40-yr veteran of Grace Brothers, a senior sales assistant and caput of the gents' department, who often falls asleep on the job, is ordinarily grumpy, and wears a measuring record over his shoulders. Arthur Brough died before the filming of Series 6. The grapheme of Mr. Grainger was brought back for the 2016 revival with Roy Barraclough replacing Arthur Brough.
"Immature" Mr Grace (Harold Bennett) (serial 1–8), the very onetime, rich but stingy shop owner, surrounded by bonny young women. The graphic symbol's final appearance was in 1981 following Bennett's expiry. The character was killed off in the first episode of the spinoff series Grace & Favour.
Mr Mash (Larry Martyn) (series 1–3), the stock and maintenance man who installed mechanised display units in store and was often scolded past Captain Peacock for being on the flooring during opening hours. At that place was no mention of his graphic symbol leaving Grace Brothers or beingness transferred.

Subsequent main cast [edit]

Diana Yardswick (Doremy Vernon) (series 3–iv, 6–10), the manageress of Grace Brothers' bottle at which the staff had their tiffin. Known for serving grossly unappetising nutrient, and for her sick atmosphere and sarcasm, as well as for enforcing strict social order, which dictated that management, sales staff and the maintenance crew and lift operators all dine separately. Initially a minor character, she gradually increased in prominence as the serial progressed.
Mr Beverley Harman (Arthur English) (series 4–10), Mr Brew's replacement. Although he holds the same position as his predecessor, the staff have a more than 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 really Beverley.
Mr Percival Tebbs (James Hayter) (series vi), Mr Grainger'due south replacement. He retired after only i year in the men's section, and his departure paves the style for Mr Goldberg's arrival in the next series.
Mr Harry Goldberg (Alfie Bass) (series 7), Mr Tebbs's replacement. Originally the inferior salesman, he was quickly promoted to senior afterward proving to be a master salesman. Like Tebbs, Goldberg lasted just 1 year.
Mr Bert Spooner (Mike Berry) (series 8–10), somewhen replaced Mr Lucas equally gents' junior sales assistant and was like to him in many means.
"Erstwhile" Mr Grace (Kenneth Waller) (serial 8), "Young" Mr Grace'southward even-older brother – replaced him at the shop when he took a sabbatical to write his memoirs. In final two serial', the direction of the store was over again attributed to "Young" Mr. Grace, who was by and so an invisible character.
Mr Grossman (Milo Sperber) (serial 8), an expert shoe salesman, joined the gents' section, when some of the flooring infinite was given over to shoes. He lasted only 4 episodes.
Mr Abraham Klein (Benny Lee) (series 8), joined the gents' department to aid out with upcoming sales in the store. Klein lasted only four episodes.
Miss Belfridge (Candy Davis) (serial 9–10), the last 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 lot Being Served? was initially broadcast from 1973 to 1985. Each serial had between five and 9 episodes. Counting the airplane pilot episode, all episodes and specials from the serial, and the film, the show ran for sixty-9 episodes and x series. Each episode was cocky-contained, with no continuing story or theme throughout the series.

Moving picture [edit]

In 1977, as for many other popular British sitcoms of the time, a feature film was produced. The British motion-picture show industry assumed at the time that audiences wouldn't come up to the cinema unless enticed past a plot they couldn't get from their boob tube, so they demanded bigger plots for such films. The film version of Are You Beingness Served? followed this tendency, post-obit the staff as they take a parcel vacation together while the shop is closed for redecoration, a loose adaptation of the play version from the yr earlier. Set in the fictional resort of Costa Plonka, in Spain, the entire cast of the goggle box series reprised their roles in the film.^[12] Reviews of the film were generally negative, with i reviewer declaring, "The humour consists mainly of withering option of patent British puns; an inflatable brassiere, some let's-insult-the-Germans jokes and a rickey thunder-box which bolts from the outside are thrown in for good measure out."^[xiii]

The Best of Are You Being Served? (1992) [edit]

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

2016 revival [edit]

In 2016, a one-off revival episode was appear and filmed at dock10 studios. Information technology was circulate as part of BBC's Landmark Sitcom Season, a celebration of 60 years of television sitcoms.^[xiv] Information technology was ready in 1988 with the original characters, played past a new cast.^[15]

Quondam But Fools and Horses histrion John Challis portrayed Captain Peacock; sometime Coronation Street actors Sherrie Hewson and Roy Barraclough were cast 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 prove included Young Mr Grace's grandson, also called Young Mr Grace, played past Mathew Horne; Miss Croft, named every bit 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 press release proverb: "It'southward 1988 and Immature Mr Grace is determined to drag Grace Brothers into, well 1988, just he has a trouble on his hands. 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 will he help shake things up or will he simply put a pussy amid the pigeons?"^[14]

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

Other adaptations [edit]

Spin-off [edit]

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

Play [edit]

In the summer of 1976, a stage adaptation of Are You Being Served? ran at the Wintertime Gardens in Blackpool. Directed past Robert Redfarn, John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard, and Nicholas Smith reprised their characters from the television show 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 year, though Immature Mr. Grace's role was omitted entirely and Mr. Mash had less to do than Mr. Harman in the film. Reviews for the play were mixed; a writer for the Blackpool Diarist of the Stage alleged it the funniest prove he'd seen in thirty 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 show.^[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 Yous Being Served?, Beane'southward of Boston, remaking the episode, "German Week" for the telly pilot. At the time, Americanised versions of British series, including Iii's Company, All in the Family unit, 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 Express joy-In partner, Alan Sues, was cast as Mr. Humphries, a decision Lloyd regretted, saying Sues had been miscast. Other cast included future Magnum PI star John Hillerman every bit Mr. Peacock, Charlotte Rae equally Mrs. Slocombe, and Lorna Patterson as Miss Brahms. Ultimately, CBS passed on Beane's of Boston and a full series was non produced.^[22]

Australian adaptation [edit]

An Australian accommodation, also called Are You Being Served?, ran for ii serial and xvi episodes from 1980 to 1981 on Network X. Information technology 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, Os 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 Captain Wagstaff, a copy of Captain Peacock. Jeremy Lloyd adapted episodes for the show from his own scripts from the British Are Y'all Being Served, drawing from the then-new episodes of the seventh series for serial one of the Australian version, and a option of older episodes for serial 2. 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 inverse or deleted.^[23]

Dutch specials [edit]

The TROS, the Dutch broadcaster that showed AYBS? in holland, invited over the key faces of the original bandage twice to reprise their characters on Dutch television set (albeit not for a total, half-hr episode). Starting time in 1976, Dutch comedian André van Duin entered a store and ran into Mr. Humphries, Miss Brahms and Mrs. Slocombe.^[24] A different special was made 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 also assisted in character as co-presented for a quiz.^[26]

Reception [edit]

The series gained much of its popularity with TV viewers past "pushing the envelope" through its deliberate-still-subtle utilize of risqué visual gags, innuendo-infused dialogue and cleverly-disguised sophomoric humor. These comical devices also attracted some mild criticism, in part for relying on sexual stereotypes and double entendres – e.g., Mrs Slocombe discussing her cat: "Animals are very psychic; the to the lowest degree sign of danger and my pussy'due south hair stands on end".

John Inman'due south portrayal of Humphries' over-the-summit antics and sharp-tongued, witty responses, along with his trademark catch-phrase "I'chiliad free!", were enthusiastically embraced by many audience members, and the character evolved into a gay icon in popular 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 non homosexual, but "merely a female parent'south boy".^[27] In an episode of the spin-off Grace & Favour, the character is further described equally neither a "woman's man" nor a "man'southward human being" and every bit being "in limbo".

Merchandise [edit]

Seven early episodes were novelised for a volume, written by Jeremy Lloyd, called Are You Existence Served? – Camping in and other Fiascos. This was written in 1976, and republished in 1997 by KQED Books. The vii episodes featured are "Camping In", "Up Captain Peacock", "Wedding Bells", "His and Hers", "Coffee Morn", "The Hand of Fate" and "The Clock".

In 1995, KQED Books published Are You Being Served – The Inside Story by Adrian Rigelsford, Anthony Brown, and Geoff Tibbals, with a foreword by Jeremy Lloyd, and sub-titled: The Inside Story of United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland'south Funniest – and Public Goggle box'due south Favorite – One-act Series. In 212 pages, the book's six chapters cover: The Bandage of Characters, Behind the Scenes, The Episodes, The Spin-offs, Trivia Quiz, and Glossary. ISBN 0-912333-04-9.

In 1999, I'chiliad Free! The Consummate Are You Being Served?, a guide to the series, was published by Orion Books. Information technology was written past Richard Webber, with contributions from David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd.

A board game was likewise produced in the 1970s. Players moved round a board resembling the shop floor to buy one detail from each of the four counters and leave the store, before their opponents and without going over budget.

DVD releases [edit]

All episodes be in the BBC Archives. All ten series, including a black and white version of the pilot episode, and all v Christmas specials from those years, likewise as both serial of Grace & Favour are now available on DVD in the UK (Region 2). Are Yous Existence Served?: the Movie was released in 2002. A colour-restored version of the original pilot episode has yet to be released commercially.

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

All x series, also every bit 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 Being Served? Christmas Specials accept as well been released.

DVD championship		Discs	Yr	Ep. #	DVD release			Special episodes
DVD championship		Discs	Yr	Ep. #	Region 1	Region ii	Region iv	Special episodes
	Complete Series 1	ane	1972–1973	half-dozen	27 August 2002	25 July 2005	two March 2006	The Pilot B&W version
	Complete Series 2	1	1974	5	27 Baronial 2002	19 September 2005	8 June 2006	—
	Consummate Series 3	2	1975	9	27 August 2002	30 January 2006	5 October 2006	1975 Christmas Special
	Complete Series 4	1	1976	7	27 August 2002	27 March 2006	vii March 2007	1976 Christmas Special
	Complete Series v	1	1977	7	27 August 2002	5 June 2006	6 June 2007	—
	Complete Series 6	1	1978	6	30 September 2003	28 August 2006	3 Oct 2007	1978 Christmas Special
	Consummate Series 7	1	1979	8	30 September 2003	25 August 2008	six March 2008	1979 Christmas Special
	Complete Series 8	1	1981	eight	30 September 2003	vii September 2009	7 Baronial 2008	1981 Christmas Special
	Complete Serial 9	1	1983	6	30 September 2003	24 May 2010	2 October 2008	—
	Complete Serial x	i	1985	7	30 September 2003	13 September 2010	5 March 2009	—
	Consummate Series 1–five	6	1972–1977	34	27 August 2002	two October 2006	N/A	Aforementioned as private releases
	Complete Serial six–ten	five	1978–1985	35	30 September 2003	N/A	Due north/A	Same as individual releases
	Complete Series 1–x	11	1972–1985	69	7 September 2003 eleven August 2009	13 September 2010	1 April 2010	Extra Disc with Contour 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 besides [edit]

List of films based on British television series

Notes [edit]

^ "BFI Screenonline: Are You Being Served? (1973–1985)". Screenonline.org.united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
^ "Britain'due south All-time Sitcom – Top 11 to 100". BBC . Retrieved seven October 2013.
^ "Going Down: 'Grace Bros' shop closes". BBC. 1 Feb 1999.
^ "'Watford has Clements running through it'". Watford Observer . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "Obituary: John Inman". BBC News. 8 March 2007. Retrieved iv 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) eighth September 1972". Vintagebrittv.blogspot.co.great britain. seven Jan 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
^ "Grace Brothers – Are You Beingness Served?". Discogs . Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Collier, Shayne. Again and over again and again. The Sydney Morning time Herald – The Guide: 2 June 1986, p.i, 6. [i]
^ Semmler, Clement. Why 'Are You Existence Served?' is our summit-rating plan. The Sydney Morn Herald: 25 October 1978, p.8. [two]
^ "Australian TV shows height ratings". The Canberra Times. xxx December 1978. p. 3. Retrieved 11 August 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs, pp. 181-183
^ Pym, John (1977). "Are You Being Served?". Monthly Movie Bulletin. London: British Moving-picture show Institute. 44 (516).
^ ^a ^b "BBC – Are You lot Existence Served? is returning to BBC Ane – Media Centre". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "All-star cast of Are You Being 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 8 October 2016.
^ "Alf Garnett back as part of BBC sitcom revival". BBC News. BBC. x March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Are You Beingness Served? made Mrs Brown'southward Boys look 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, Dark-brown, and Tibballs, pp. 175-179
^ Rigelsford, Brownish, and Tibballs, p. 186
^ Rigelsford, Brownish, and Tibballs (1995), p. 187
^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs, pp. 187-188
^ "Zoeken Beeld en Geluid". zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "Zoeken Beeld en Geluid". zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "Zoeken Beeld en Geluid". zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "I'g Free! – The Complete Are You Being Served?". Orion Books. 1999.

References [edit]

Rigelsford, Adrian; Brownish, Anthony; Tibballs, Geoff (1995). Are You lot Beingness Served?: The Inside Story of Britain's Funniest-and Public Television's Favorite-One-act Series. San Francisco: KQED Books. ISBN0-912333-04-ix.

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