Are You Being Served? and without going over budget. All ten series, including a black and white version of the pilot episode, and all five Christmas specials from those years, as well as both series of "Grace & Favour" are now available on DVD in the UK (Region 2). "Are You Being Served?: the Movie" was released in 2002. A colour-restored version of the original pilot episode has yet to be released commercially. All ten series, as well as both series of "Grace & Favour" (in packaging titled "Are You Being Served? Again!") and the film are available on DVD in Region 1 (North
Are You Being Served? declared the play to be worthless except for the final line, though he admitted he'd never seen the television show. The play has occasionally been run at other theaters since, including in 2012 at the Manifest Theater in Manningtree. In 1979, Garry Marshall, in the midst of success producing and directing "Happy Days" and its spin-offs, produced a pilot for an American version of "Are You Being Served?" At the time, Americanized versions of British series, including "Three's Company", "All in the Family", and "Sanford and Son" were doing well in the ratings, and Marshall hoped to capitalize on this