Are You Being Served? Volume 1

Movie Description

There's plenty of laughter in store when an unbelievably quirky contingent of sales clerks makes shopping at Grace Brothers the comic experience of a lifetime. This ready-to-wear collection of classic episodes has been lovingly pressed and polished for DVD.

Pilot
The Ladies' Intimate Apparel must share a floor of Grace Brothers' department store with the Gentlemen's Department.

Dear Sexy Knickers
The amorous adventures of the Grace Brothers staff go deliciously awry as love letters land in the pockets of all the wrong people.

Our Figures Are Slipping
The figures are down and the tempers are up as Mr. Rumbold tries to run the store with all the efficiency of a shop at sea.

Camping In
When a rail strike "strikes," the staff of Grace Brothers camps out inside the store. That leads to a rash of tent-hopping and all-around antics.

His and Hers
The staff smells a rat when a perfume company promotion sends over a sexy salesgirl who's giving away much-coveted ties and stockings.

Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend
Conspiracies and paranoia warp the minds of the Grace Brothers staff when a customer offers a hefty reward for a missing diamond.

Director

•   David Croft

Cast

•   Alfie Bass (Mr. Harry Goldberg (8 episodes, 1979))
•   Joanna Lumley (German Lady / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1975))
•   Frank Thornton (Captain Stephen Peacock (69 episodes, 1972-1985))
•   John D. Collins (Doctor / ... (3 episodes, 1981-1983))
•   Moira Foot (Miss Thorpe (3 episodes, 1975))
•   John Inman (Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries / ... (69 episodes, 1972-1985))
•   Mollie Sugden (Mrs. Betty Slocombe (69 episodes, 1972-1985))
•   Taryn Kay (Lift Girl (1 episode, 1983-1985))
•   Wendy Richard (Miss Shirley Brahms (69 episodes, 1972-1985))
•   Nicholas Smith (Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold / ... (69 episodes, 1972-1985))
•   Trevor Bannister (Mr. Dick Lucas / ... (48 episodes, 1972-1979))
•   Arthur English (Mr. Beverley Harman (48 episodes, 1976-1985))
•   Harold Bennett (Young Mr. Grace (46 episodes, 1972-1981))
•   Arthur Brough (Mr. Ernest Grainger (34 episodes, 1972-1977))
•   Vivienne Johnson (Mr. Grace's Nurse (22 episodes, 1978-1981))
•   Penny Irving (Miss Bakewell (22 episodes, 1976-1979))
•   Mike Berry (Mr. Bert Spooner (21 episodes, 1981-1985))
•   Larry Martyn (Mr. Mash (18 episodes, 1972-1975))
•   Freddie Wiles (Goddard / ... (16 episodes, 1972-1978))
•   Doremy Vernon (Canteen Manageress / ... (14 episodes, 1975-1985))
•   Candy Davis (Miss Belfridge (13 episodes, 1983-1985))
•   Kenneth Waller (Old Mr. Henry Grace (8 episodes, 1981))
•   Hilda Fenemore (Ivy / ... (8 episodes, 1974-1979))
•   Pat Astley (Mr. Grace's Nurse (7 episodes, 1976-1977))
•   James Hayter (Mr. Percival Tebbs (6 episodes, 1978))
•   Stephanie Gathercole (Mr. Rumbold's Secretary (5 episodes, 1972-1974))
•   Debbie Linden (Old Mr. Grace's Secretary (5 episodes, 1981))
•   Benny Lee (Mr. Klein (4 episodes, 1981))
•   Milo Sperber (Mr. Grossman (4 episodes, 1981))
•   Louise Burton (Virginia Edwards (4 episodes, 1981))
•   Raymond Bowers (Mr. Crawford / ... (4 episodes, 1977-1979))
•   Lee Richards ( (4 episodes, 1978-1985))
•   Diana King (Mrs. Peacock (3 episodes, 1976-1983))
•   Keith Hodiak (Seymour (3 episodes, 1985))
•   Tony Sympson (Claude / ... (3 episodes, 1976-1983))
•   Diana Lambert (Mrs. Peacock / ... (3 episodes, 1976-1985))
•   Mavis Pugh (Lady Weeble-Able-Smith / ... (3 episodes, 1976-1978))
•   Hilary Pritchard (Newlywed Female Customer / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1976))
•   Gorden Kaye (Mr. Fortescue / ... (3 episodes, 1978-1981))
•   Jimmy Mac (Warwick (3 episodes, 1979-1981))
•   Robert Raglan (Dr. Wainwright / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974))
•   John Clegg (The Bald-Headed Sweater / ... (2 episodes, 1974-1975))
•   Nina Francis (Miss Ainsworth (2 episodes, 1975))
•   Michael Knowles (Customer / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1975))
•   Jeffrey Segal (The Clip-On Bow Tie / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1979))
•   Bill Martin (Customer with List / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1977))
•   Jeffrey Holland (The Afro Pants / ... (2 episodes, 1977-1979))
•   Anita Richardson (The 38C Cup / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1975))
•   Norman Mitchell (Customer / ... (2 episodes, 1978-1983))
•   Michael Sharvell-Martin (Handsome Customer / ... (2 episodes, 1981-1983))
•   Gordon Peters (Henry / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1976))
•   Bernice Adams (Cynthia / ... (2 episodes, 1977-1978))
•   Stuart Sherwin (The Dressing Gown / ... (2 episodes, 1974-1976))
•   Felix Bowness (The Gent for the Gents' / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1978))
•   Ronnie Brody (Man In Cinema / ... (2 episodes, 1979-1985))
•   Joy Allen (Sister / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1979))
•   Jack Haig (Old Gentleman / ... (2 episodes, 1981))
•   Jeffrey Gardiner (Gloves Customer / ... (2 episodes, 1977-1979))
•   Jennifer Guy (Miss Hurst / ... (2 episodes, 1979-1981))
•   Belinda Lee (Lift Girl (1 episode, 1979))
•   Eileen Winterton (Shop assistant (1 episode, 1985))