Are You Being Served? America). All ten series, as well as both series of "Grace & Favour" and the film have been released in Australia (Region 4). A DVD titled "Are You Being Served? – Best of The Early Years" and "Are You Being Served? Christmas Specials" have also been released. Are You Being Served? Are You Being Served? is a British sitcom created and written by executive producer David Croft (Croft also directed some episodes), and Jeremy Lloyd with contributions from Michael Knowles and John Chapman, for the BBC. Set in London, the show follows the misadventures and mishaps of the staff of
Are You Being Served? known as "Are You Being Served? Again!"). The cast performed in character for a stage sketch on the BBC1 programme "Variety" on 19 June 1976. Although the pilot was produced in colour, the videotape was wiped in the 1970s leaving only a 16mm black-and-white film telerecording, which was made for international syndication to countries where colour television broadcasts had not been adopted. In 2009, the pilot episode was restored to colour using the colour recovery technique previously used for the "Dad's Army" episode "Room at the Bottom". The restored colour version was first shown on BBC2 on 1 January 2010