Product 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. For the first time all 69 episodes of this classic Britcom have been gathered together in one deluxe collection. Each episode is presented uncut and has been lovingly restored. Also included are two bonus discs containing over five hours of extra material!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 794051206329 Manufacturer No: E2063
Amazon.com: The definitive British sitcom is almost certainly Are You Being Served?, which depicts the squabbles, misadventures, and flirtations of the staff of Grace Brothers department store. The show was originally conceived as a vehicle for an irreverent junior salesman named Mr. Lucas (Trevor Bannister), but it soon became clear that mocking a social hierarchy isn't half as funny as taking it all too seriously. The show really revolves around Mrs. Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), whose wildly changing hair color and mercurial moods terrorize the rest of the staff, and cheerful but sly Mr. Humphries (the effervescent John Inman), one of the first gay characters on television treated with dignity--or at least no more indignity than anyone else (the show makes some noise about not being sure if Mr. Humphries is gay or not, but no one in the audience will have any question). But the rest of the cast is superb as well: Frank Thornton as the elegant but leering floorwalker Capt. Peacock, Wendy Richard as the sexy, impish Miss Brahms, Arthur Brough as cantankerous Mr. Grainger (who, sadly, died after the fifth season; other characters took his position on the sales staff, but never quite matched up), and Nicholas Smith as the self-serving but incompetent manager Mr. Rumbold form a comic ensemble that has rarely been equaled.
These characters, written with affection and played with superb comic dash, endlessly jockey for status and salary while simultaneously creating an alternative family (the core structure for any sitcom on either side of the Atlantic). Are You Being Served? deserves its devoted fan base, who will revel in this comprehensive 14-DVD box set (which includes specials about Inman, Sugden, and Richard, as well as other extras). --Bret Fetzer
AYBS? COLLECTORS EDITION I ordered the Complete Collection Edition on Oct.3, 2008 (Standard Shipment) from Amazon.com and received it on Oct.5th, 2008!! I absolutely love this show! It is so addicting and I NEVER get tired of watching this show! The BIO'S were great and Mollie Sugden is absolutely a sweetheart! I just wish there were more women in the world like her! I also loved the rest of the cast bio's. I also own GRACE and FAVOUR (aka AYBS? AGAIN). When looking at the bio of Wendy Richards and her other show called EAST ENDERS, I decided that will be my next purchase! Hope I can get the complete series of this show also! Does ANYBODY know where I can write to the CAST (any member still alive)? I heard Trevor Bannister say in his BIO that he receives a lot of FAN MAIL and I would like to write to him or any member of AYBS?. Thanks AMAZON.COM for the GREAT SERVICE you have provided and you will ALWAYS have a LOYAL CUSTOMER here! LeRoy
wonderful! i absolutely love this show! its the best british comedy i've seen so far. very funny with realistic retail sales plots. highly recommend!
Great British TV on DVD My wife is such a fan of the British TV series "Are You Being Served?" and was thrilled when she received this gift and is so impressed by the quality of the original broadcasts that are now on DVD !!!!
bad disc I am a big fan of the group but the first disc has a defect. It stops in the first min. of playing the 2nd episode. Then the rest of the episodes won't play when you select it to play. It took a while for me to go through the entire collection. The disc shows no marks or scratches so It must be encoded with a defect. Also tried it on other dvd player and same problem. Wish you could also have the option to continuously play remaining episodes no matter which episode you start.
This is a great series Are You Being Served? Its a great series, for anyone who has worked retail. You can really appreciate everything. However, best thing to remember is that its not all business. If you can appreciate British humor, then I would recommend checking it out from the library before you purchase. But if you do purchase, you wont be sorry.
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