Are You Being Served? The Complete Collection (Series 1-10) 14 vol
by Jeremy Lloyd
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Actor: Frank Thornton, John Inman, Nicholas Smith, Trevor Bannister, Wendy RichardDirector: Jeremy Lloyd
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Jeremy Lloyd
Producer: Mike Stevens
Writer: David Croft
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 2070 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E2063
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Reviews of Are You Being Served? The Complete Collection (Series 1-10) 14 vol
DVD Review: Who knew working at a Department Store was this much FUN!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well this is not just any department store, this is Grace Bros one of London Towne's finest department stores. The story line is set in the late early to late 70's a time before the big box stores Like WALMART, Home Depot and the rest. The Department store was still King and Grace Bros wasone of the UK's finest and strangest too. Grace Bros Department store is the backdrop for the antics of Are You Being Served.
We come to know the sales team in two of Grace Bros high end departments. Ladies Intimate Appearl headed by Ms Betty Slocumbe a nice enough lady who at least understands the needs of the posh classes enough to sell to them but a lady equally at home on a bar stool in a trucker or biker bar as you will find out. Ms. Brahms a brassy young thing who is not just common but some would say dead common or common as muck, with her heavy East End of London accent as second string in the ladies department she adds a bit of spice to all the upper crust goings on.
For the men there were a succession of players as the turn over in the Men's Ready Made Area was higher during the shows run. Two who stayed was the man in the Middle Mr. Claybourne Wilburforce Humpries a dandy foppish fellow in his fine taylored suits by day and wild life by night. Mr Humphries sometimes came in dressed in ways that told tales that could easily set the heart crossways within you. Mr. Humphries tape measure in hand was always at the ready to take your inside leg measurements. He was a man who at middle age still lived with his mother who lives quite an exciting life if Mr Humphries stories do her justice.
There is Mr Lucas a skirt chasing dog wrapped in the every so thin vaneer of a gentleman but only while a paying Grace Bros customer is within range. Mr. Lucas is a nice enough sort but his commissions are always stay low because, his eyes are on the ladies figures not the sales figures.
There is the referee of this wild bunch floor walker Captain Peacock a very important man at Grace Bros but only if you count being "Self Important". Captain Peacock who served in the military in the Big War WW2 is at the very bottom rung of Grace Bros, Middle Management with desires to move higher. Captain Peacosk is not just a dog he is an old dog who can see a woman a mile away on a cloudy day and from further still if he is near an open window. If you could buy Captain Peacock for what you end up thinking he is worth and sell him at what he thinks he is worth you would be far richer than Bill Gates himself at the end of the transaction.
Mr. Cusbert Rumbold is sort of the director of operations for the floor, you must remember department stores of quality had layers of middle management during this era. Anyways before meeting Mr. Cusbert Rumbold on Are You Being Served I did not know what a Toby Jug was now I do. Look at the man's ears for goodness sake his humorous value to the show is built in.
There is sweet kind if brusk and a tad common voice of the working man, in support staff worker Mr Harman whose appearance on the floor during store opening hours sends Mrs Slocumbe and Captain Peacock into a warp driven tizzy. There are some floor displays that will just blow you away with their odd ball humorous charm. The real secret to are you being served is almost everything said in the show has a dual meaning, one clean and another that is slightly less wholesome. Mrs Slocumbe has a pet cat, she adores and she never fails to tell you of all the high life and drama she has at home with her Pussy named Tittles.
Then there is Mr Grace. An old but lovable man clinging to life by a thread thinner than the fleeting trail left by a tired electron as it circles its atoms nucleas. Mr Grace still loves the ladies but alas is too feeble to act on any of his desires leaving him fun but harmless. He is funny in his own right as he brings a certain depth and old world charm to the role it would not have had without his efforts.
Remember the flagship item on offer at any old line department store after all was Service, Service Service along with knowledge of products. With Are You Being Served its not like an on location store where things look way real. The stories are tame, relics of their times 1973 to the early 80's. The in store sets are only barely believable sort of like the old Doctor Who Sets. But you do not buy or enjoy Are You Being Served for the authenticity of the sets or cutting edge storylines. Are You Being Served provides you comedy that is second to none a task it still delivers does with vigor and power despite its age. I give Are You Being served 5 stars only because, I can not give it more. If you love british comedy you must have Are You Being Served in your collection it is one of the staples and for its price of the complete set a pretty good value.
Enjoy I brought it so I will be too!
Description of Are You Being Served? The Complete Collection (Series 1-10) 14 vol
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/27/2005 Run time: 2070 minutes Rating: NrBestsellers in DVD
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