Are You Being Served?
British TV sitcom (1972–1985)
This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London's 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, with the characters rarely calling their co-workers by their given names. Many of the show's characters are based on stereotypes, including the effeminate Mr. Humphries and the rich-but-stingy store owner.
Cast ages at the series premiere (September 8, 1972)
- Sherrie Hewson, as Mrs. Betty Slocombe: 21
- Mollie Sugden, as Mrs. Betty Slocombe: 50
- Jason Watkins, as Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries: 9
- John Inman, as Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries: 37
- John Challis, as Captain Stephen Peacock: 30
- Frank Thornton, as Captain Stephen Peacock: 51
- Wendy Richard, as Miss Shirley Brahms: 29
- Justin Edwards, as Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold: 0
- Nicholas Smith, as Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold: 38
- Arthur Smith, as Mr. Beverley Harman: 17
- Arthur English, as Mr. Beverley Harman: 53
- Trevor Bannister, as Mr. Dick Lucas: 38
- Harold Bennett, as Young Mr. Grace: 72
- Roy Barraclough, as Mr. Ernest Grainger: 37
- Arthur Brough, as Mr. Ernest Grainger: 67
- Larry Martyn, as Mr. Mash: 38