Are You Being Served?
1972, Series, 28 min, Comedy, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 73
This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London's fictional "Grace Brothers" department store, is full of sexual innuendo, slapstick, visual gags, and double entendres. Much of the show's humor parodies Britain's class system, and many of the show's characters are based on stereotypes of the period, including the effeminate Mr. Humphries and the rich, but stingy, store owner.
Directed by Ray Butt, Bob Spiers, David Croft, John Kilby, Martin Shardlow, Bernard Thompson, Gordon Elsbury, Harold Snoad
Cast
- Mollie Sugden as Mrs. Slocombe
- John Inman as Mrs. Annie Humphries
- Frank Thornton as Captain Peacock
- Wendy Richard as Miss Brahms
- Nicholas Smith as Mycroft Rumbold
- Stephanie Gathercole as The Secretary
- Trevor Bannister as Mr. Lucas
- Arthur English as Mr. Harman
- Harold Bennett as Young Mr. Grace
- Arthur Brough as Mr. Grainger
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