Are You Being Served? (Australian TV series) Are You Being Served? (Australian TV series) Are You Being Served? is an Australian sitcom that is based on the British sitcom of the same name; it was produced by Network Ten. A total of 16 episodes were produced in two series, which aired in 1980 and 1981. The draw-card was the presence of actor John Inman reprising his role of Mr. Humphries from the original series. The other characters were all directly based on the regular characters in the show's original British version, but were all given new names. hence there were no other returning original actors. In comparison
Captain Peacock Originally, Captain Peacock appeared to be just like the Grace Brothers management: old-fashioned, a sense of station, snobbish, upper-class, posh accent, who did everything by the book. However, as the series progressed, Peacock began to side more with the sales staff and go on strike, whenever pay rises did not come or cuts came, and he helped in taking charge of parties and offering comfort, most notably in "Forward Mr Grainger", "A Change Is As Good As A Rest", "Founder's Day", "Goodbye Mr Grainger", "The Club", "Anything You Can Do", "Is It Catching", "A Personal Problem", "Sit Out", "The Erotic