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The Story of Are You Being Served?

Documentary telling the story of the long-running farce set in the clothing section of a dilapidated department store.

Chock-full of innuendo, dodgy lifts, occasional customers and much loved regulars, this documentary tells the story of the long-running farce set in the clothing section of a dilapidated department store.

It's an affectionate look back at one of Britain's most popular sitcoms, where off camera the veneer of camaraderie concealed an undercurrent of envy and sadness.

55 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Sep 201617:00
BBC Two except Scotland & Wales

Music Played

  • The Go! Team

    Friendship Update

  • Anton Karas

    Harry Lime Theme (The Third Man)

    Performer: Anton Karas.

  • Ron Grainer

    Happy Joe

  • Percy Faith

    I Will Follow You

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Il Marcia Funebre (Adagio Assai)

  • The Soup Dragons

    I'm Free

  • Roxy Music

    Beauty Queen

  • Gerome Ragni

    The Flesh Failures

    with Galt Macdermot

  • Elbow

    Powder Blue

  • Doves

    Break Me Gently

  • Calexico

    Untitled III

  • David Bowie

    Life On Mars?

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

Credit

ProducerSamantha Peters

Broadcasts

  • New Year's Day 201018:30
    BBC Two
  • Sat 29 Jan 201118:30
    BBC Two
  • Sat 13 Apr 201317:30
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
  • Sat 10 Sep 201616:35
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sun 11 Sep 201617:00
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales