Are You Being Served?
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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.
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10 Seasons
Are You Being Served? Ratings & Reviews
- Richard26 de octubre de 2025Saw it on TV in the 80's and it felt like stepping into a department store where the staff were cheekier than the mannequins. Set in the fictional Grace Brothers store, this British sitcom follows the misadventures of the sales staff in the ladies’ and gentlemen’s departments. It’s packed with sexual innuendo, slapstick and double entendres, all delivered with impeccable timing and outrageous flair. Frank Thornton’s Captain Peacock struts with pomp, John Inman’s Mr. Humphries flutters with camp brilliance and Mollie Sugden’s Mrs. Slocombe steals scenes with her ever changing hair and feline obsessions. The humor is broad, the stereotypes bold and the punchlines unapologetically vintage. Watching it again is like revisiting a time when sitcoms didn’t hold back and somehow made risqué jokes feel like family fun. The sets may be cardboard, but the laughs are solid gold.
- ርልዪረ24 de enero de 2025Oh buy this please ........ you will laugh your socks off! Are You Being Served? is a British sitcom created and written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft (Croft also directed some episodes), with contributions from Michael Knowles and John Chapman, for the BBC.[1] Set in London, the show follows the misadventures and mishaps of the staff of the retail ladies' and gentlemen's clothing departments, in the flagship department store of a fictional chain called Grace Brothers. This really in a gentle way led the now the world to be introduced again to camp humour made famous from the Carry on Movies featuring Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey and really the Carry on cast. Are you Being Served (this is still watched in many english speaking countries around the world today) allowed at the time gayness and campery to be enjoyed by all the family. Now the series is quite passé. And yet people still enjoy the light if not rude double entendre that was all the rage in the 1970's though to to 1985. A brexit, Are You Being Served, sort of quote - Miss Brahms: Well if England's a such good country you've cracked it up to be. How come then we've got strikes & inflation. Mmm? So what's so good about England then? Captain Peacock: I shall tell you what is so good about England Miss Brahms. It is the only country in the world that isn't semi-detached. Dont you just love that humour ! Read less
Are You Being Served? Trivia
Are You Being Served? has 10 seasons.
Are You Being Served? has 69 episodes.
The key characters in Are You Being Served? are Captain Peacock (Frank Thornton), Mr. Humphries (John Inman), Mrs. Slocombe (Mollie Sugden).
Are You Being Served? was directed by Ray Butt, David Croft, Bob Spiers, Bernard Thompson.
Are You Being Served? was produced by David Croft.
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.
Are You Being Served? is rated TV-PG.
Are You Being Served? is a Comedia show.
Are You Being Served? has an audience rating of 8 out of 10.
Are You Being Served? episodes are 30min long.
No, this show was canceled after 10 seasons.