Argos, End Of an Era?
The End Of An Era, But What Was Making us Laugh 48 Years Ago?
This week catalogue retailer Argos announced the end of their famous catalogue, after 48 years. we thought it might be interesting to turn the clo...
Is There Life In Those Old Shows?
Is There Life In Those Old Shows?
Part 3 - Are You Being Served?In viewof the success of UKTV's re-makes of the three missing Dad's Army Episodes, we're asking is there still life in the old shows, or sh...
Were These TV’s Most Controversial Sitcoms
You Can't Show That ! Well They Did In The Day
Sitcoms are no stranger to controversy, even today with watershed times, language etc. However in years gone by they just put them out and worried about it later...
Grace And Favour
Grace and Favour, 1992Retirement Grace Brothers’ style!Grace And Favour was the sequel off from the hugely successful Are You Being Served?The idea for at the show was suggested by the cast of the o...
Old Hands, New Faces
Are You Being Served, 2016
To celebrate 60 years since Hancock's Half Hour first hit TV screens, the BBC launched a season of remakes and updates of classic sitcoms. One of which was Are You Being Served?...
Are You Being Served ? – The Movie
As was the trend during the 1970's Are You Being Served was given the big screen treatment in 1977. The film starred all the original cast from the TV version as they take a holiday on the Costa Plonka while t...
Details Finally Released
BBC Landmark Comedy Season - Summer 2016
We told you last year how to celebrate 60 years since Hancock's Half Hour launched on TV the BBC were pulling out all the stops with cdetails to follow. Since then we'...
Mr Rumbold Actor, Dies Aged 81
The death of the last surviving cast member from hit sitcom Are you Being Served, Nicholas Smith has died aged 81.As Mr Rumbold he appeared in every episode between 1972 and 1985 and in the spin off series ...
Are You Being Served – Christmas Special – 1975
Christmas Crackers - 1975
After a pilot in 1972, Are You Being Served started it's ten season run in 1973. However it would be 1975 before we saw the first Christmas Special.Improving sales figures as onl...
Another Great Writer Passes On
It has been announced that Jeremy Lloyd, probably best known as co-author and writer of several successful British sitcoms, including Are You Being Served? and 'Allo 'Allo! has died aged 84 from pneumonia. The...