Set in london, the show follows the misadventures and mishaps of the staff of the retail ladies and gentlemens clothing departments in the flagship department store of a. Humphries, it would help if you turned the same way as mr. Grace has offered the staff a room in the basement where they may form their own social club. Peacock remarked in an episode after mr lucas left, in which the departments had. The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
Grainger is replaced by a string of, mostly unmemorable, characters, and mr. Spooner, constantly make sarcastic jokes and remarks about mrs. The original cast of are you being served in a 1975 episode credit. Mr lucas trevor bannister was thejack the lad junior menswear assistant. Bbc axes lecherous mr lucas from are you being served. Are you being served it pays to advertise 5 7 season final. Trevor gordon bannister 14 august 1934 14 april 2011 was an english actor best known for having played the womanising junior salesman mr lucas in the sitcom are you being served.
Despite the shows huge success and at the time of bannisters leaving, aybs was at its most popular it still filmed only seven weeks a year. Are you being served trevor bannister was born on august 14, 1934 in durrington, wiltshire, england as trevor gordon bannister. Lucas, should smile more in an effort to charm the customers. Mr lucas and mr humphries have some, such as mr lucas pinching mr humphries on the bottom, or the two being each others date for a formal dinner. There was a film in 1977, also entitled are you being served while all episodes were in colour, the pilot had originally survived only in blackandwhite as a film transfer from the original colour source. Also included is a bonus disc containing close ups of your favorite are you being served. Mr jamesdick lucas trevor bannister was the jack the. The latter is a bit easier for those who have watched grace and favourare you being served again. He vaguely resembled winston churchill, in both appearance and demeanor, and did impressions of him during the war while in ensa. Mr rumbold suggests that mr lucas smile more in an effort to help boost his sales figures, but the juniors. When i was in college back in the earlymid 90s and living with my best friend troy, we go into the habit of watching are you being served.
Due to the huge cost of having the room professionally decorated, the staff opt to decorate the room themselves. I came in the 8th season, a lesser trevor bannister mr. However, over the last several years people have written to tell me that they tried to sign up for the official club but had had their mail returned to them. Lucas will eventually be replaced by the more meanspirited and less tactful mr. What at first seems to be a nightmare soon proves to be a chance for everyone to. While assisting a female customer, mr lucas drops his chalk in a customers derriere. Mr lucas drops his chalk down a customers skirt are you being. These were also the only five actors to have appeared in every episode of are you being served. Other cast members, such as trevor bannister mr lucas, milo sperber mr grossman, benny lee mr klein and larry martyn mr mash, were not asked to reprise their roles. He was a bit pervy and after what has gone on at the beeb, they are obviously reluctant to bring back his character. Television ac this category is for questions and answers related to are you being served. It can be strange to see mollie sugden in interviews with her normal brown or grey hair.
Many were also professional dancers, so they were able to take part in some of the dance sequences. We even sat through an allday marathon of the shows once, hosted by none other than molly sugden mrs. Mr lucas trevor bannister was the jack the lad junior menswear assistant, who was nearly always late for work but always had a creative excuse. Mr lucas was one of the main characters in the original. Womanising menswear salesman mr lucas who continually sexually. It ran on network 10 for 16 episodes between monday. During the staff holiday to the costa plonka, he revealed he had booked a private suite as the earl of harman. Sales figures for the department are lower than expected so mr. Lucas has a girl coming to visit him, so he tries to pretend he has a cold to get the day off work. When the 12 episodes went to dvd it was appropriately renamed are you being served. He directed much of his amorous attention toward miss brahms, but only went out with her once though. Harman was last seen in the pop star 1984 which was the last episode of are you being served.
Actor known for his role as mr lucas in are you being served. Slocombe plays a policewoman, captain peacock plays the devil and mr. Harman was last seen in the pop star 1984 which was the last episode of are you. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. He resented being forced to share the floor with the ladies department. America discovered the delightful british comedy series are you being served. Episode guide series 10 1985 the final series was broadcast in the spring of 1985. It follows the sun revealing last week that comedy chiefs had wanted to. With john inman, mollie sugden, frank thornton, trevor bannister. Slocombes sex life, age, appearance, size and weight. Nicholas smith, mollie sugden, and frank thornton in are you being trevor. The cast of the new version of are you being served, led by jason watkins third left as mr humphries credit. His last appearance was in the tv series new tricks episode old fossils.
Lucas how to stretch a jacket by kneeing the stitching to make it seem roomier. Several new recurring characters were added to the show. He wasnt very concerned about the pecking order, and thus made many sarcastic remarks usually towards mrs. While working at grace brothers, mr harman owned a male alsatian dog. The following is a list of episodes for the british sitcom are you being served. This is the last episode after years of shows, the last customer, the last look and quip at the camera by mr humphries, the last stoush between mrs slocombe and captain peacock. What happened to the original cast of are you being served.
With mollie sugden, john inman, frank thornton, wendy richard. Bannister did not appear in the final three series, pulling out in 1980 after the. Grainger on the bbctv comedy series are you being served. Bbc axes lecherous mr lucas from are you being served as. Mr lucas began as the junior menswear member of staff when are you being served. Rumbold forms a think tank to come up with ways to increase sales. Meanwhile captain peacock finds himself working under obnoxious mr. Arthur brough actor are you being served the english actor arthur brough, who achieved fame as senior clothing salesman mr. Mr lucas drops his chalk down a customers skirt are you being served. I remember the final episode where mr lucass replacement, mr spooner mike berry became a pop star, with hilarious results. Each character has been so wellwritten and is so wellportrayed that they are all funny, and each and every one of them brings something different. The episode ends with mr spoonermike berry singing as a pop star as he was in real life in.
The writercreator of the series, jeremy lloyd, got the idea for are you being served. Nonetheless, mr humphries is also the most congenial towards her. Are you being served a change is as good as a rest 5. Mr lucas drops his chalk down a customers skirt are you. Are you being served it pays to advertise 5 7 season final duration. Season 3 episode 4 subscribe for more exclusive clips, trailers and mor. Ernest grainger arthur brough was the original head of the menswear department. The lift girls and sales assistants were nearly always present. Season 3 episode 4 subscribe for more exclusive clips, trailers and more.
With john inman, mollie sugden, trevor bannister, frank thornton. Mike berry in the pop star, the final episode of are you being served. There wasin fact, it was written up in the first are you being served book. Transport strikes leave the staff of grace brothers trapped overnight in the store. Lucass love note to miss brahms is accidentally delivered to mrs. Trevor bannister, the actor who died on thursday aged 74, was best known for playing mr lucas in the 1970s bbc television sitcom are you being served.
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