Are You Being Served Again S3e3
| Grace & Favour | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | Are Y'all Being Served? Again! |
| Created past | Jeremy Lloyd David Croft |
| Written past | Jeremy Lloyd David Croft |
| Directed by | Mike Stephens |
| Starring | Mollie Sugden Frank Thornton John Inman Wendy Richard Nicholas Smith Fleur Bennett Joanne Heywood Billy Burden Michael Bilton |
| Country of origin | U.k. |
| No. of serial | two |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mike Stephens |
| Running time | xxx minutes |
| Product company | BBC |
| Distributor | BBC Worldwide 2entertain ABC (Commonwealth of australia, dwelling house video) Warner Abode Video (United states, habitation video) |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Original release | 10 January 1992 (1992-01-ten) – 8 February 1993 (1993-02-08) |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Are You Being Served? |
Grace & Favour (American championship: Are You Being Served? Again! ) is a British sitcom and a spin-off of Are You Being Served? that aired on BBC1 for two series from 1992 to 1993. It was written by Are You Beingness Served? creators and writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft.
History [edit]
The thought of a spin-off was suggested by the cast of Are Y'all Existence Served? almost immediately afterwards the original serial ended in 1985. Lloyd and Croft liked the idea, but agreed that the department store format was wearied and that any spin-off would require a alter of location.[one] Despite the enthusiasm of the original cast, it was almost seven years earlier Lloyd and Croft brought them back to telly.
The plot line that brought the bandage from the store to the estate was considered remarkably topical, since it aired just a few months after the death of British publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell, who was revealed to take borrowed heavily against his own employees' pensions.
Grace & Favour is dissimilar from Are You Being Served? in that it involves a continuous story arc, with certain plot elements, such every bit the relationship betwixt Mr Humphries and Mavis Moulterd, unfolding throughout each episode. This in turn immune the series to involve more complex storylines and subplots, making it possible to include returning invitee stars and location shooting, neither of which was ever done on Are You Being Served?
The title of the series is a double play on words. A "grace and favour" is a home or other property owned by a monarch but given to the utilize of a faithful retainer upon retirement, as with the retired characters in this series. Grace is also the surname of the owner of Grace Brothers, the fictional department shop where the characters previously worked and was also the previous possessor of Millstone Manor.
International broadcasts [edit]
In the Us, the testify was circulate on PBS member stations every bit Are You Existence Served? Again! in 1992. In a documentary included with the Are You Being Served? DVD box set, John Inman mentioned that he preferred the American title, and idea the program may have performed improve if that title was used in the UK as well.
In Australia, the evidence was circulate on Network Ten in 1994.
Cast [edit]
Are Y'all Being Served? cast member Trevor Bannister (Mr Lucas) chose not to render. Arthur English (Mr Harman) was also not brought dorsum due to his retirement. Wendy Richard (Miss Brahms) took fourth dimension off from filming EastEnders to motion-picture show Grace & Favour. Too returning to their roles were John Inman (Mr Humphries), Mollie Sugden (Mrs Slocombe), Frank Thornton (Captain Peacock) and Nicholas Smith (Mr Rumbold). These were the same v actors to have appeared in every episode of Are Yous Being Served?
Other surviving cast members, such every bit 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 bear witness. Joanne Heywood as Miss Lovelock, Billy Burden as farmer Morris Moulterd, and Fleur Bennett every bit his daughter, Mavis, appeared in all 12 episodes. Michael Bilton, as Mr Grace's solicitor, Mr Thorpe, and his assistant, Miss Prescott, played past Shirley Cheriton, likewise played key roles in both series.
Bandage listing [edit]
- Mollie Sugden as Mrs Betty Slocombe
- John Inman as Mr Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries
- Wendy Richard as Miss Shirley Brahms
- Frank Thornton equally Captain 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 equally Mr Thorpe
- Shirley Cheriton as Miss Prescott
- Gregory Cox as Mr Frobisher
- Andrew Barclay as Malcolm Heathcliff
- Diane Holland as Celia Littlewood
- Andy Joseph equally Joseph Lee
- Eric Dodson as Sir Robert
- Maggie Holland as 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 with his personal secretary, Miss Jessica Lovelock. As per the instructions in his will, the remaining workers in each department at Grace Brothers' closing 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 show.
Young Mr Grace had invested their pension funds in a multitude of antiquated businesses, the largest of which is a country estate house chosen Millstone Manor. The will stipulates that they cannot sell the house and split the profits, but tin can use the holding in the manner of their choosing. After a trip to Millstone Manor to view the property, where they besides learn their pensions are minuscule, they decide to live in the manor in gild to run it as an inn and alive off the proceeds. Miss Lovelock, given accommodation in the grooms' quarters and accuse of the horses, also lives at the manor much to the distress of Mrs Slocombe and Miss Brahms. Captain Peacock is not so bothered, yet.
The series begins only after the funeral of Mr Grace, and rapidly brings the cast to Millstone Estate. There they find Mr Rumbold having trouble trying to discover new staff after telling the previous staff "in no uncertain terms" that if they did not straighten up they could leave – and they left. With time running out, the sometime Grace Brothers employees are obliged to "stand up in" for the staff in order to have their moving-picture show 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'southward farm, and his girl Mavis, who helps out at the manor.
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 series of events leads all of the cast to assume they are having an affair, which flatters Mr Humphries, though he denies whatsoever such goings-on. Despite these events, Mr Humphries continues to be rather ambivalent to the idea of a human relationship with anyone. A beau from the village vies with Humphries for Mavis' amore, and oftentimes attempts to intimidate him by threatening him with violence.
On her offset day in the country, Mrs Slocombe tries to move a gypsy's wagon that blocked the road and ends upward charged with wagon theft, narrowly avoiding a charge of indecent exposure since there was "just a flash" as the out-of-control wagon 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 instance 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 frequently 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 tour group from Mongolia.
Episode 1 of Series 2 contains a number of satirical references to the wrongful conviction and hanging of Derek Bentley for the murder of a policeman. The case revolved effectually the event of whether Bentley's words "Let him have it, Chris" to his associate Christopher Craig were meant literally ("Let him have the gun") or figuratively ("Open fire!"). The case had been widely publicised and was the subject field of a film titled Let Him Have Information technology starring Christopher Eccleston a few years before the show was made.
Episodes [edit]
Series i (1992) [edit]
Series 2 (1993) [edit]
Domicile release [edit]
All regions released contain both series of Grace & Favour in i set.[2]
Location filming [edit]
All external filming for the series was undertaken in and around Tetbury in Gloucestershire. Primary filming was at Chavenage Business firm, which was used for Millstone Manor, just exterior Tetbury.
References [edit]
- ^ Rigelsford, Adrian; Chocolate-brown, Anthony; Tibballs, Geoff (1995), Are You lot Being Served?: The Within Story of Britain's Funniest—and Public Television's Favorite—One-act Serial, KQED Books, ISBN0-912333-04-ix
- ^ "Grace & Favour (Are You Being Served? Again!) The Complete Series(BBC TV) (DVD)". Amazon.co.uk. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
External links [edit]
- Grace & Favour at IMDb
- Grace & Favour at British Comedy Guide
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_&_Favour
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