Are You Being Served? on his hands. Mr Humphries, Captain Peacock, Mr Rumbold and Mrs Slocombe all seem to be stuck in another era. A new member of staff, Mr Conway, joins the team but will he help shake things up or will he just put a pussy amongst the pigeons?" The episode was aired in August 2016 to universally poor reviews for both the writing and the acting. No further episodes were commissioned. Almost immediately after the cancellation of "Are You Being Served?" in 1985, the cast began suggesting a spin-off to Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. Though all felt the department store
Mr. Humphries derisory comments or jokes about his perceived sexuality from Mr. Grainger and Captain Peacock on occasion. In one episode, Mrs Slocombe calls him "fairy cake" and Mr Humphries replies in a hurt voice, "It's "all" coming out "now"!" Later in the same episode, the employees are to vote on which of them should be made redundant; each employee receives exactly one nomination with the exception of Mr. Humphries, who simply writes "don't know". As Mr. Rumbold points out, this indicated that Mr. Humphries is the "most popular" person in the department, as nobody voted for him to be made redundant.