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. O Mr. O Mr. O was a Canadian children's music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1956 to 1957. This series on classical music was hosted by David Ouchterlony. It was geared towards children aged between five and eight, compared to Ouchterlony's previous series "Let's Make Music" which was geared towards older children. Episodes featured puppet characters operated by John and Linda Keogh such as Cellini (a cello), Clarence (a clarinet) with Manley and Whisper. These characters were voiced by Len Davidson and Pegi Loder. Games, stories and songs were also featured on "Mr. O". This 15-minute series was