Are You Being Served? format was exhausted, it was suggested the characters could be moved to a new location. In 1992, most of the original cast reunited for "Grace & Favour" (known as "Are You Being Served Again!" in the United States and Canada). The new series followed the characters after Young Mr. Grace's death, when they are forced to run a hotel in a dilapidated manor house that was purchased using their pension fund. "Grace & Favour" ran for two series. In October 1976, a stage adaptation of "Are You Being Served?" ran at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. Directed by Robert Redfarn,
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