Andrew Joseph Are You Being Served Again

Are Y'all Being Served? Again!

(Grace and Favour)

Contributors: Jeffrey Rice, Marty Peritsky, Eric Martinez, and Keri Holley and KNME-TV.

Last Modified 02/09/00.

Their hilarious antics in the Grace Brothers' Department Store entertained millions of viewers effectually the world. At present five of the original cast members are reunited for a brand new uproarious series which sees them adapting to life in the eye of the English countryside. The deplorable demise of the nonagenarian "Young" Mr. Grace while scuba diving in the Caribbean with his nubile nurse, Miss Lovelock, has meant the closure of Grace Brothers' store. The remaining staff and fellow beneficiary, Miss Lovelock, discover that the remains of the pension fund is a Tudor Manor House which is being run every bit a country hotel.

A trip to the 16th-century building confirms their worst fears- they are the only guests and the place is going to rack and ruin. The only staff left are local yokel Farmer Moulterd and his naive only willing young daughter Mavis. Over dinner the quondam colleagues decide to chip in and make a go of the establishment where they tin can at to the lowest degree live rent free. And so every bit the 'city slickers' endeavor to adapt to 'county ways', at that place are a whole host of new and riotous situations alee.

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Episode List

Outset Series

2nd Series

Bandage List

Pictures of the Cast

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Plot Summaries

Starting time series

#i. Young Mr. Grace has died and the store has closed. On behalf of the Alimony Fund Mr. Grace acquired a Tudor Manor house with subcontract, in the hamlet of Great Tender - which at the moment is being run as a State House Hotel. Existence the only source of pension money for the Grace Bros. staff, they all decide to visit for the weekend to investigate its possibilities. Mr. Humphries receives a surprise in the sleeping room, and we find that Mrs. Slocombe isn't every bit cosmopolitan as she would like usa to think!

#2. The staff decide to have over Millstone Manor and run it for themselves to try and make a profit. The domicile farm, run past Morris Moulterd and his daughter Mavis, provides fresh eggs for breakfast, but Mrs. Slocombe gets a daze whilst collecting them. Captain Peacock and Mrs. Slocombe set off for the village on Mr. Moulterd'southward pony and trap and stop upward in police force custody when Mrs. Slocombe attempts to shift a Gypsy cart that blocks the road. Mr. Humphries and Mavis "to-and-fro" in the woodshed, and Mrs. Slocombe's pussy, Tiddles, disrupts the local fox chase.

#iii. Mrs. Slocombe finds herself in court charged with stealing a gypsy cart and speeding in it. Jessica Lovelock offers Captain Peacock a elevator to court on her bike but he declines after a demonstration and travels with the others on the back of Moulterd's grunter cart. Once in courtroom the staff as character witnesses come up frontwards.

#four. A group of American tourists, the hotel's first guests, are due to arrive at the weekend but there are still very few replies to Mr. Rumbold'south advert for staff. The merely alternative is for them all to knuckle downward and try to make the place presentable. Mr. Humphries exhibits his natural talent for ratting drains. The staff teasel the sheets, and interview the ii applicants who replied to Mr. Rumbold's assist-wanted advertising.

#five. A photograph is organized for the hotel brochure and Miss Lovelock offers to share her broad experience in hotels as the staff gear up for their new roles. The staff decide to fill the vacant positions at the Manor themselves, and have their photo taken for an advertisement brochure. Something ghastly (with a bald head and big ears) walks nearly the Manor on a dark and stormy dark.

#half-dozen. A grouping of American tourists arrive for the weekend as part of their European tour. The ex-shopworkers do their best to brand their guests experience at home but piddling do they realize that they are besides expected to provide the cultural entertainment every bit well as the Americans are expecting a church service and the traditional Harvest Thanksgiving Dance. Mr. Enberg'due south dentures are retrieved from the goat's trough.

2nd Series

#i. Mrs. Slocombe's pussy gets gummed up. A gun discovered by Captain Peacock brings the riot constabulary to Millstone Manor, where the criminal records of such notorious characters as "Knuckles Rumbold" are revealed.

#2. The staff organize a cricket friction match against the townspeople. The match is marred by jealousy of Malcom Heathcliff, who sees Mr. Humphries equally a competitor for Mavis' angel. The highlight of the match is a fantastic dive by Mrs. Slocombe, and the winning stroke of Mr. Humphries.

#three. Mrs. Slocombe's long-lost husband pays an unexpected visit after an absence of 42 years, forcing Mrs. Slocombe into hiding. After the staff find that he intends to purchase the hotel they temporarily expand the staff to make the idea seem unprofitable.

#four. Mr. Rumbold, Mrs. Slocombe, Mr. Humphries and Miss Brahms plant potatoes. Captain Peacock removes a petrified pussy from a niche in the attic, precipitating a series of supernatural events.

#v. A Mongolian tour group gets a cultural extravaganza from the staff at Millstone, highlighted by ballet by Mr. "Sergei" Humphries and Miss "Natasha" Lovelock and other selections.

#6. Later Mr. Rumbold complains that he gets no respect, the staff vote to share authority democratically. The staff play darts confronting the local team at the village pub. Captain Peacock leads a commando raid to rescue a flock of sheep.

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Cast Listing

Writers- David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd

Producer/Managing director- Mike Stephens

Actualization in all episodes:

Mr. Humphries -- John Inman

Mr. Rumbold -- Nicholas Smith

Miss Brahms -- Wendy Richard

Captain Peacock -- Frank Thornton

Mrs. Slocombe -- Mollie Sugden

Mr. Moulterd -- Billy Burden

Mavis Moulterd -- Fleur Bennett

Jessica Lovelock -- Joanne Heywood

Actualization in a few episodes:

Miss Prescott (Mr. Thorp's secretary) -- Shirley Cheriton

Mr. Thorp -- Michael Bilton

Joseph Lee (Gypsy cart driver) -- Andrew Joseph

Sir Robert (magistrate) -- Eric Dodson

Miss Littonwood (lady magistrate) -- Diane Holland

Malcolm Heathcliff -- Andrew Barclay

Mrs. Clegghampton -- Maggie Holland

Mr. Frobisher (tour agent) -- Gregory Cox

Other players:

Mr. Slocombe -- Donald Morley

Mr. Thorp'due south assistant -- Penny Gonshaw

Jesse (cricket histrion) -- Joe Hobbs

Tourist -- Leonard Lowe

Fox hunt "whipper-in" -- Martyn Townsend

Courtroom Bailiff -- Roger Winslett

Court Clerk -- James Walker

Constable (in courtroom) -- Geoffrey Greenhill

Mr. Volpone (job applicant) -- Gordon Peters

Posh driver -- Jeremy Lloyd (Yes, the writer.)

Mr. Maxwell (photographer) -- Paul Cooper

Miss Long Wee (Mongolian interpreter) -- Akemi Otani

Inspector (riot police) -- Roger Sloman

Anarchism police -- Steve Whyment, Richard Lumsden, Steve Edwin

Museum ticket agent -- Roger Avon

Museum curator -- Patrick Fyffe

Percy (village policeman) -- Nick Scott

Sam (bartender in pub) -- Colin Edwynn

Henry Heathcliff (Malcolm'south dad) -- Paul Humpoletz

Tiverton resident in pub -- Martin Friend

The Heathcliff'due south family domestic dog -- Shirley Brahms

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