Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served? follows the misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of the fictional London department store Grace Brothers.

Published: 17 August 2016

Sunday 28 August, 9pm

Picking up where Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's classic comedy left off, the show brings Grace Brothers and some of the nation's all-time favourite sitcom characters, including Mrs Slocombe, Captain Peacock and Mr Humphries, back to life with an all-star cast.

It's 1988 and Young Mr Grace is determined to drag Grace Brothers into, well 1988, but he has a problem on his hands. Mr Humphries, Captain Peacock, Mr Rumbold and Mrs Slocombe all seem to be stuck in another era. A new member of staff, Mr Conway, joins the team - but will he help shake things up or will he just put a pussy among the pigeons?

Are You Being Served? was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC Channels and iPlayer and Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning. It will be produced by JamThis brand new one-off special is written by the multi-award winning Derren Litten (Benidorm, The Catherine Tate Show).

The new cast includes Bafta-award winning Jason Watkins (The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jefferies) who plays the role of Mr Humphries; Sherrie Hewson (Benidorm, Coronation Street) plays Mrs Slocombe; John Challis (Only Fools And Horses) plays Captain Peacock; Roy Barraclough (Coronation Street) plays Mr Grainger; Arthur Smith (comedian and writer) plays Mr Harmon; Justin Edwards (The Thick Of It) plays Mr Rumbold and Niky Wardley (The Catherine Tate Show) plays Miss Brahms. As well as the original favourites, some new characters join the show. They are Mathew Horne (Gavin And Stacey) playing Young Mr Grace, the original Young Mr Grace's grandson; Jorgie Porter (Hollyoaks) playing Miss Croft and newcomer Kayode Ewumi playing the character Mr Conway.es Farrell (Mrs Brown's Boys, Flat TV) and directed by Dewi Humphreys (Vicar of Dibley, My Family, Still Open All Hours). The executive producer is Stephen McCrum (Josh, Bluestone 42, Mrs Brown's Boys).