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Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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An ambitious cleric decides to advance his career by murdering his archdeacon. Soon he is stalked by creatures that seem to spring from the very fabric of his church. Show more

Contributors

Archdeacon Haynes:
Robert Hardy
Dr Black:
Clive Swift
Letitia Hayes:
Thelma Barlow
Librarian:
Will Leighton
Archdeacon Pulteney:
Harold Bennett

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 2: A Man of Action

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Captain Mainwaring declares martial law when a bomb drops on the outskirts of Walmington-on-Sea.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Mr Cheeseman:
Talfryn Thomas
Inspector Baker:
Jay Denyer
Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Mr Gordon:
Eric Longworth
Captain Swan:
Robert Mill
Fire Officer Dale:
Arnold Peters
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Sponge:
Colin Bean
Mr Bluett:
Harold Bennett
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 4: Come In, Your Time Is Up

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Walmington-on-Sea's Home Guard attempt to bring ashore a German Luftwaffe aircraft crew who have bailed out into a nearby lake. Show more

Contributors

Captain George Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Arthur Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jack Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private James Frazer:
John Laurie
Mr Bluett:
Harold Bennett
Private Charles Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Frank Pike:
Ian Lavender
The Reverend Timothy Farthing:
Frank Williams
Private Sponge:
Colin Bean
ARP Warden William Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 5

Episode 13: Time on My Hands

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Wartime sitcom. An enemy pilot bails out and becomes tangled up with the town clock - and so do the members of Mainwaring's platoon when they attempt a rescue.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
ARP Warden:
Bill Pertwee
Mr Blewett:
Harold Bennett
Private Sponge:
Colin Bean
Miss Fortescue:
Joan Cooper
Mr Gordon:
Eric Longworth
Producer:
David Croft

Comedy Playhouse

Series 12

Episode 7: Are You Being Served?

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Long-running sitcom set in an old-fashioned department store. Trouble is afoot when the Ladies' Department and Gentlemen's Outfitting are made to share the same floor. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett

Are You Being Served?

Series 6

Episode 6: Happy Returns

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Classic sitcom set in a department store. It is young Mr Grace's birthday and he's in for a surprise courtesy of the Gentlemen's and Ladies' departments.

Contributors

Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett
Mr Tebbs:
James Hayter
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Mr Harman:
Arthur English
Producer:
David Croft
Director:
Bob Spiers

Are You Being Served?

Series 7

Episode 8: The Punch and Judy Affair

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

When the cleaners go on strike the staff cross the picket line. To restore good feeling, the staff give a Punch and Judy party for the kids of the strikers. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Goldberg:
Alfie Bass
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Mr Harman:
Arthur English
Secretary:
Penny Irving
Waitress:
Doremy Vernon

Are You Being Served?

Series 2

Episode 1: The Clock

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Department store sitcom. Mr Grainger's colleagues plan a birthday dinner to mark his long service in the store.

Contributors

Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Mash:
Larry Martyn
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett
Mrs Grainger:
Pearl Hackney

Are You Being Served?

Series 1

Episode 2: Our Figures Are Slipping

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Classic sitcom set in a department store. There is dissent in the ranks when a sales conference is scheduled to be held out of hours.

Contributors

Captain Stephen Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mrs Betty Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Mr Dick Lucas:
Trevor Bannister
Mr Wilberforce Clayborne:
John Inman
Miss Shirley Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Ernest Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Mr Cuthbert Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett

Are You Being Served?

Series 4

Episode 6: Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Classic sitcom set in a department store. Mr Harman has some gossip. It appears that Captain Peacock and Mr Rumbold's secretary are having relations. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Mr Harman:
Arthur English
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett
Mrs Peacock:
Diana King
Monica Hazelwood:
Melita Manger
Mr Hazelwood:
Michael Stainton
Producer:
David Croft

Are You Being Served?

Series 4

Episode 3: Forward Mr Grainger

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Classic department store sitcom. Mr Grainger is promoted to departmental manager when Mr Rumbold is called away for a one-month management seminar.

Contributors

Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Mr Harman:
Arthur English
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett
Producer:
David Croft

Are You Being Served?

Series 2

Episode 3: The Think Tank

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Department store sitcom. There's trouble in store at Grace Brothers. Sales figures are down again, so Mr Rumbold sets up a think tank. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Mr Mash:
Larry Martyn
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett
Producer:
Harold Snoad

Are You Being Served?

Series 4

Episode 2: Top Hat and Tails

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Classic department store sitcom. Young Mr Grace decides that he wants the ladies' and gentlemen's staff combine to enter a ballroom dancing competition.

Contributors

Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Mr Harman:
Arthur English
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett
Mr Ludlow:
Peter Greene
Producer:
David Croft

Are You Being Served?

Series 3

Episode 7: Shoulder to Shoulder

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Classic sitcom set in a department store. When the ladies' department is closed for a face-lift, the female assistants have to share the men's counter. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Miss Thorpe:
David Croft
Miss Thorpe:
Jeremy Lloyd
Miss Thorpe:
Moira Foot
Mr Mash:
Larry Martyn
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Producer:
Jeremy Lloyd

Are You Being Served?

Series 5

Episode 3: Founder's Day

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Classic sitcom set in a department store. The staff come up with an unusual way of marking the birthday of young Mr Grace. Show more

Contributors

Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett
Mr Goldberg:
Alfie Bass
Mr Harman:
Arthur English
Producer:
David Croft

Are You Being Served?

Series 5

Episode 5: Takeover

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Classic sitcom set in a department store. The ladies' and menswear departments are roped in to help defeat a takeover bid.

Contributors

Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Mr Goldberg:
Alfie Bass
Mr Harman:
Arthur English
Producer:
David Croft

Are You Being Served?

Series 4

Episode 1: No Sale

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Classic sitcom set in a department store. Young Mr Grace decides that the store should open early so that people can shop on their way to work. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Humphreys:
John Inman
Miss Brahams:
Wendy Richard
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Miss French:
Joanna Lumley
Mr Mash:
Larry Martyn
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett
Producer:
David Croft

Are You Being Served?

Series 5

Episode 6: Goodbye Mr Grainger

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Mr Grainger is very bad tempered. He loses customers one after another and never completes a sale. Is it time for Mr Grainger to go or will they let him stay? Show more

Contributors

Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Grace's Secretary:
Penny Irving
Mr Harman:
Arthur English
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett
Producer:
David Croft

Are You Being Served?

Series 3

Episode 1: Hand of Fate

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Mr Humphries' palm reading skills are put to the test when Mr Rumbold's position becomes available. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Mr Mash:
Larry Martyn

Are You Being Served?

Series 5

Episode 7: It Pays to Advertise

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Classic sitcom set in a department store. The Grace Bros staff dream of stardom when young Mr Grace gets a bee in his bonnet about making a promotional film. Show more

Contributors

Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas Smith
Mr Grainger:
Arthur Brough
Miss Brahms:
Wendy Richard
Mr Humphries:
John Inman
Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie Sugden
Young Mr Grace:
Harold Bennett
Captain Peacock:
Frank Thornton
Miss Bakewell:
Penny Irving
Mr Harry Harman:
Arthur English
The Ten-Pound Perfume:
Ferdy Mayne
Producer:
David Croft