Are You Being Served Again S1 E1
| Grace & Favour | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | Are You Being Served? Again! |
| Created by | Jeremy Lloyd David Croft |
| Written by | Jeremy Lloyd David Croft |
| Directed by | Mike Stephens |
| Starring | Mollie Sugden Frank Thornton John Inman Wendy Richard Nicholas Smith Fleur Bennett Joanne Heywood Baton Burden Michael Bilton |
| Country of origin | Great britain |
| No. of serial | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mike Stephens |
| Running time | thirty minutes |
| Production visitor | BBC |
| Distributor | BBC Worldwide 2entertain ABC (Australia, home video) Warner Home Video (Us, home video) |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Original release | ten January 1992 (1992-01-10) – 8 February 1993 (1993-02-08) |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Are Yous Beingness Served? |
Grace & Favour (American title: Are Y'all Being Served? Again! ) is a British sitcom and a spin-off of Are You Being Served? that aired on BBC1 for two serial from 1992 to 1993. It was written by Are Yous Beingness Served? creators and writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft.
History [edit]
The idea of a spin-off was suggested by the cast of Are Yous Being Served? well-nigh immediately after the original series ended in 1985. Lloyd and Croft liked the idea, but agreed that the department store format was exhausted and that any spin-off would require a alter of location.[1] Despite the enthusiasm of the original cast, it was almost 7 years before Lloyd and Croft brought them back to tv set.
The plot line that brought the cast from the store to the manor was considered remarkably topical, since information technology aired just a few months afterward the decease of British publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell, who was revealed to have borrowed heavily confronting his own employees' pensions.
Grace & Favour is unlike from Are You Being Served? in that it involves a continuous story arc, with certain plot elements, such as the relationship betwixt Mr Humphries and Mavis Moulterd, unfolding throughout each episode. This in turn immune the series to involve more than complex storylines and subplots, making it possible to include returning guest stars and location shooting, neither of which was always done on Are Y'all Being Served?
The title of the series is a double play on words. A "grace and favour" is a dwelling house or other holding endemic by a monarch but given to the apply of a faithful servant upon retirement, as with the retired characters in this series. Grace is also the surname of the owner of Grace Brothers, the fictional department store where the characters previously worked and was also the previous owner of Millstone Manor.
International broadcasts [edit]
In the United States, the show was broadcast on PBS member stations every bit Are You Beingness Served? Once more! in 1992. In a documentary included with the Are You Existence Served? DVD box set, John Inman mentioned that he preferred the American title, and thought the program may have performed better if that championship was used in the Great britain equally well.
In Australia, the show was circulate on Network X in 1994.
Cast [edit]
Are You Being Served? bandage member Trevor Bannister (Mr Lucas) chose not to return. Arthur English (Mr Harman) was likewise not brought dorsum due to his retirement. Wendy Richard (Miss Brahms) took fourth dimension off from filming EastEnders to motion-picture show Grace & Favour. Also returning to their roles were John Inman (Mr Humphries), Mollie Sugden (Mrs Slocombe), Frank Thornton (Helm Peacock) and Nicholas Smith (Mr Rumbold). These were the same five actors to have appeared in every episode of Are You Being Served?
Other surviving cast members, such as Mike Berry (Mr Spooner), Benny Lee (Mr Klein) and Larry Martyn (Mr Mash), were not asked to reprise their roles.
Several new recurring characters were added to the testify. Joanne Heywood as Miss Lovelock, Baton Burden as farmer Morris Moulterd, and Fleur Bennett as his daughter, Mavis, appeared in all 12 episodes. Michael Bilton, as Mr Grace'south solicitor, Mr Thorpe, and his assistant, Miss Prescott, played by Shirley Cheriton, also played key roles in both series.
Cast list [edit]
- Mollie Sugden as Mrs Betty Slocombe
- John Inman as Mr Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries
- Wendy Richard as Miss Shirley Brahms
- Frank Thornton as Helm Stephen Peacock
- Nicholas Smith as Mr Cuthbert Rumbold
- Fleur Bennett as Mavis Moulterd
- Joanne Heywood as Jessica Lovelock
- Billy Brunt as Morris Moulterd
- Michael Bilton every bit Mr Thorpe
- Shirley Cheriton as Miss Prescott
- Gregory Cox as Mr Frobisher
- Andrew Barclay as Malcolm Heathcliff
- Diane Kingdom of the netherlands equally Celia Littlewood
- Andy Joseph equally Joseph Lee
- Eric Dodson every bit Sir Robert
- Maggie The netherlands every bit Mrs Cleghampton
Plot line [edit]
The new series has the elderly and womanising "Young Mr Grace", head of Grace Brothers department store, recently deceased while scuba-diving on holiday in the Caribbean area with his personal secretary, Miss Jessica Lovelock. Equally per the instructions in his will, the remaining workers in each department at Grace Brothers' endmost sale find their pensions invested in different things. The members of the Men's and Ladies' Departments, along with Ms Lovelock, inherit the estate that is the locale of the bear witness.
Young Mr Grace had invested their pension funds in a multitude of antiquated businesses, the largest of which is a land manor house called Millstone Manor. The will stipulates that they cannot sell the business firm and split up the profits, but can use the holding in the manner of their choosing. After a trip to Millstone Manor to view the property, where they also learn their pensions are minuscule, they make up one's mind to live in the manor in order to run it as an inn and alive off the gain. Miss Lovelock, given accommodation in the grooms' quarters and charge of the horses, also lives at the manor much to the distress of Mrs Slocombe and Miss Brahms. Captain Peacock is not so bothered, still.
The series begins only after the funeral of Mr Grace, and speedily brings the bandage to Millstone Manor. There they notice Mr Rumbold having trouble trying to find new staff after telling the previous staff "in no uncertain terms" that if they did non straighten up they could leave – and they left. With time running out, the old Grace Brothers employees are obliged to "stand in" for the staff in order to have their picture taken as the inn staff for a travel brochure. Soon they find that they are running the inn themselves with the help of Mr Moulterd, who manages the manor's farm, and his daughter Mavis, who helps out at the estate.
With Mr Humphries forced past circumstance to share a bed with Mavis, he finds that she develops a bit of a crush on him. This serial of events leads all of the bandage to presume they are having an affair, which flatters Mr Humphries, though he denies any such goings-on. Despite these events, Mr Humphries continues to exist rather ambivalent to the idea of a relationship with anyone. A young man from the hamlet vies with Humphries for Mavis' affection, and often attempts to intimidate him by threatening him with violence.
On her get-go day in the land, Mrs Slocombe tries to move a gypsy's wagon that blocked the route and ends up charged with wagon theft, narrowly fugitive a charge of indecent exposure since there was "simply a flash" equally the out-of-control railroad vehicle raced past the post office. At her trial, all of her colleagues are called as witnesses, but it is Mr Moulterd who ends up winning the example for her. Mrs Slocombe is grateful, despite her irritation that he brings up their sexual relationship during the State of war, which she insists never happened. Also notable is the unexpected appearance of the oft alluded to, but never-before-seen Mr Slocombe, from whom Mrs Slocombe seeks to hide her identity.
Other events include the staff putting on a traditional harvest festival dance for octogenarian American visitors and putting on a showcase of British arts and culture for a bout group from Mongolia.
Episode ane of Series ii contains a number of satirical references to the wrongful conviction and hanging of Derek Bentley for the murder of a policeman. The case revolved around the effect of whether Bentley's words "Let him accept it, Chris" to his associate Christopher Craig were meant literally ("Let him accept the gun") or figuratively ("Open up fire!"). The case had been widely publicised and was the discipline of a picture titled Allow Him Have It starring Christopher Eccleston a few years earlier the show was made.
Episodes [edit]
Serial 1 (1992) [edit]
Series 2 (1993) [edit]
Home release [edit]
All regions released contain both series of Grace & Favour in one set.[ii]
Location filming [edit]
All external filming for the serial was undertaken in and around Tetbury in Gloucestershire. Primary filming was at Chavenage House, which was used for Millstone Estate, just outside Tetbury.
References [edit]
- ^ Rigelsford, Adrian; Dark-brown, Anthony; Tibballs, Geoff (1995), Are You lot Being Served?: The Within Story of Britain's Funniest—and Public Television'south Favorite—One-act Serial, KQED Books, ISBN0-912333-04-9
- ^ "Grace & Favour (Are You Being Served? Over again!) The Consummate Serial(BBC Television) (DVD)". Amazon.co.great britain. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
External links [edit]
- Grace & Favour at IMDb
- Grace & Favour at British One-act Guide
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_&_Favour
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