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Are You Being Served? :: Are You Being Served? (01x01)
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| Title: | Are You Being Served? |
| Episode #: | 01x01 |
| Original Airdate: | Friday September 08th, 1972 |
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Grace Brothers reorganizes its store. Neither Mr. Grainger, who is the head of the Men's Ready-Made Department, nor Mrs. Slocombe, who is the head of the Ladies' Intimate Apparel Department, is happy about the new arrangements. They face off in a series of territorial disputes.
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During the 1972 Munich Olympics, some of the events that had been scheduled to air were cancelled due to terrorist activities. The pilot episode of "Are You Being Served?" was aired, without any advanced public notice, in order to fill one of the time slots unexpectedly left open due to these cancellations in the BBC schedule.
| This is the only episode of "Are You being Served?" that was filmed in black and white.
| Sales Model: The first sales model of the series is Beauty Belle's flashing bra display.
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Humphries: Having trouble with Mrs Slocombe?
Mash: Oh, all that women's lib's gone to her head, mate.
Humphries: Oh! I hope not. If she burns her bra we'll have to call out the London fire brigade.
| Humphries: (Referring to Young Mr Grace) He's worth two million.
Lucas: Two million?
Humphries: Mm, he can't take it with him.
Lucas: The way he's walking it looks as though he's carrying it on his back.
| Lucas: (Referring to Young Mr Grace as he's leaving) Well that was a short day, wasn't it?
Humphries: Oh, I don't know; he's put in ten minutes. I wonder where he's going.
Lucas: I think it's a toss-up between the bank and the undertaker.
| Slocombe: Look! What's me not having a baby got to do with him not taking his trousers down?
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As soon as Mr Grace makes his exit, the camera switches to Mollie Sugden (Mrs Slocombe), who is waiting for her cue and is motionless for a second.
<Correction> She responds to the secretary on the phone (but her microphone is not on for a second) and then continues with her lines (which the microphone does catch). The sound man made the goof.
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