department store,camp,sitcom,workplace comedy

Are You Being Served? (1972)

Poster for Are You Being Served?

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
  • Profile picture of Frank Thornton
    Captain Peacock Frank Thornton
  • Profile picture of John Inman
    Mr. Humphries John Inman
  • Profile picture of Mollie Sugden
    Mrs. Slocombe Mollie Sugden
  • Profile picture of Wendy Richard
    Miss Brahms Wendy Richard
  • Profile picture of Nicholas Smith
    Mr. Rumbold Nicholas Smith
  • Profile picture of Arthur English
    Mr. Harman Arthur English
Poster for Series 10

Series 10

1985

7 episodes

Season 10 of Are You Being Served? premiered on February 18, 1985

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Keywords

  • department store
  • camp
  • sitcom
  • workplace comedy