Are You Being Served?

Overview

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.

Series details

First air date

1972

Last air date

1985

Status

Ended

Seasons

10

Episodes

69

Episode runtime

30 min

Genres

Comedy

Original language

EN

Origin country

GB

Networks

BBC One

Created by

David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

Production

BBC

Cast

Frank Thornton

Captain Peacock

John Inman

Mr. Humphries

Mollie Sugden

Mrs. Slocombe

Wendy Richard

Miss Brahms

Trevor Bannister

Mr. Lucas

Arthur Brough

Mr. Grainger