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Are You Being Served?

  • 1972 – 1985
  • Ended
  • Comedy
  • ~30m / ep
  • 10 seasons
  • 7.3/10

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.

Latest: Series 10 · 1985

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  1. E1. Goodbye Mrs. Slocombe

    Feb 18, 1985 · 30m

    Mrs. Slocombe is forcibly retired from her position. Mr. Humphries and Captain Peacock get her job back, but they are retired in the same manner. They end the show as the cleaner and the lift operator.

  2. E2. Grounds for Divorce

    Feb 25, 1985 · 30m

    When Captain Peacock tries to salvage his marriage, he resorts to radical measures to discourage an admirer.

  3. E3. The Hold Up

    Mar 4, 1985 · 30m

    When the store is robbed late one night, the staff determine to capture the burglars themselves.

  4. E4. Gambling Fever

    Mar 11, 1985 · 30m

    Security cameras are again installed at Grace Brothers, and when the staff bet their bonuses on a horse race, it's up to Mr. Humphries to mime the race to them by closed-circuit.

  5. E5. The Night Club

    Mar 18, 1985 · 30m

    When Old Mr. Grace decides to allow the staff to use the store for after-hours money-making, they decide to open a nightclub. However, the advertising campaign has some rather unexpected results.

  6. E6. Friends and Neighbours

    Mar 25, 1985 · 30m

    When traveling to and from work becomes difficult, the staff threaten to resign unless they receive a travel allowance. Old Mr. Grace offers them the empty apartments on the top floor as living space, but they soon discover cohabitation isn't what it's cracked up to be.

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