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
The Curse of Mr. Bean Programme. Two scenes from this episode later inspired the storylines of episodes from "Mr. Bean: The Animated Series": The scene from Act 1 where Mr. Bean accidentally exposes himself to a group of female swimmers was cut on broadcasts on the Philippine network ABS-CBN, Nickelodeon UK and Disney Channel. The Curse of Mr. Bean "The Curse of Mr. Bean" is the third episode of the British television series "Mr. Bean", produced by Tiger Television for Thames Television. It was first broadcast on ITV on Tuesday, January 1, 1991 and was watched by 13.8 million viewers during its original transmission. This