Are You Being Served? with his script for "Beane's of Boston". Jeremy Lloyd's "Laugh-In" partner, Alan Sues, was cast as Mr. Humphries, a decision Lloyd regretted, saying Sues had been miscast. Other cast included future "Magnum PI" star John Hillerman as Mr. Peacock, Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Slocombe, and Lorna Patterson as Miss Brahms. Ultimately, CBS passed on "Beane's of Boston" and a full series was not produced. An Australian adaptation, also called "Are You Being Served?", ran for two series and sixteen episodes from 1980 to 1981 on Network Ten. It starred John Inman as Mr Humphries, who travels to Australia on loan
Mr. Men and Little Miss released on DVD several times in the UK, there has not been a DVD release of the US version as of 2018. The series was French produced as can be seen by the inclusion of characters only seen in France such as Little Miss Prim in 'Mr Cheerful Doffs his Hat'. The French version had lyrics to the theme tune and a selection of episodes were novelized in France. These books finally became available in England in 2014. Mr. Men and Little Miss Mr. Men and Little Miss (also called "The Mr. Men Show" in the US) was a British