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Are You Being Served? - Series 8
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Title: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.2 (81 votes)

Cast

  • Captain Peacock: Frank Thornton
  • Mr. Humphries: John Inman
  • Mrs. Slocombe: Mollie Sugden
  • Miss Brahms: Wendy Richard
  • Mr. Rumbold: Nicholas Smith
  • Mr. Spooner: Mike Berry
  • Mr. Harman: Arthur English
  • Are You Being Served? - Is It Catching? (Series 8 - Episode 1)

    The staff contract a strange tropical illness, Marine's Disease, from Mr. Humphries. They are quarantined in the basement until the disease is past.

    Are You Being Served? - A Personal Problem (Series 8 - Episode 2)

    Captain Peacock's wife works at Grace Brothers, as Mr. Rumbold's secretary. He is intensely jealous and is absolutely convinced that the two of them are having an affair.

    Are You Being Served? - Front Page Story (Series 8 - Episode 3)

    Mr. Humphries is made editor of the new staff magazine. The 1st Floor staff is not pleased with the stories he writes about them causing friction in the relations between floors.

    Are You Being Served? - Sit Out (Series 8 - Episode 4)

    The staff go on strike after being threatened with a pay cut or being moved to the bargain basement. They stage a protest on the roof which is interrupted by a fire which destroys the basement.

    Are You Being Served? - Heir Apparent (Series 8 - Episode 5)

    Old Mr. Grace becomes convinced that Mr. Humphries is his long-lost son. Mrs. Humphries (also played by Mr. Inman) arrives, and shows that she has never had relations with Mr. Grace.

    Are You Being Served? - Closed Circuit (Series 8 - Episode 6)

    Grace Brothers has decided to enter the video age and display advertisements on closed circuit television throughout the store. Meanwhile, there is a new face in Menswear.

    Are You Being Served? - The Erotic Dreams of Mrs. Slocombe (Series 8 - Episode 7)

    Mrs. Slocombe has dreams in which she and Mr. Humphries become romantically embroiled. When she attempts to turn fantasy into reality, the situation becomes most difficult to handle.

    Are You Being Served? - Roots? (Series 8 - Episode 8)

    The staff decide to obtain a coat-of-arms for Old Mr. Grace's 90th birthday, but problems arise when they're unable to figure out exactly from where his ancestors came.

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