PaddyMahMay 2, 2025
Mr Grainger from "Are you being served?" Many of you are probably too young to know of the show. Im only 36 but was raised on BBC reruns. #bbc #doodling #AreYouBeingServed #ArthurBrough #illustration #storytelling #VintageTelevision #BBC
RikerDonegalMar 24, 2023

#AreYouBeingServed? s6e1 (1978) - 5/10
Below average.

1️⃣ 18 months after the end of series 5, the show returns with #JamesHayter replacing #ArthurBrough (who had passed away). His fussy character fails to make much of an impression. He’ll only appear 5 more times after this.

2️⃣ The first half of the episode is basically plotless. It’s just the regulars returning from holiday, and recounting their misadventures.

Show threadRikerDonegalMar 11, 2023

2️⃣ A shame because the idea driving the story - the team films an advert for the store - is reasonably strong. But the episode feels rushed. It lacks actual jokes. Instead, they are clearly hoping we’ll be amused by the sight of a ridiculous wig on Mrs. Slocombe.

3️⃣ This is the final episode for #ArthurBrough. He does appear one more time, in the film that came out a couple of months after the 5th season ended. But he had sadly passed away by the time the regular series returned, 18 months later.