Are You Being Served? sharp-tongued, witty responses, along with his trademark catch-phrase "I'm free!", were enthusiastically embraced by many audience members, and the character evolved into a gay icon in popular culture. Despite this, Inman pointed out that Mr Humphries' true sexual orientation was never explicitly stated in the series, and David Croft said in an interview that the character was not homosexual, but "just a mother's boy". In an episode of the spin-off "Grace & Favour", the character is further described as neither a "woman's man" nor a "man's man" and as being "in limbo". The characters (Mr Humphries especially) sometimes broke the
Are You Being Served? (film) Bannister, Arthur Brough, Wendy Richard, and Nicholas Smith. As Grace Brothers is being redecorated, the management sends the staff on a paid holiday to resort Costa Plonka, in Spain. Their hotel and its surroundings prove to be dismal, and the group tries to pass the time by acting on the crushes they have developed for one another in the workplace. After the eventful plane flight, the staff arrive at the hotel; they are greeted by the hotel manager Carlos who says that no rooms are available until the day afterwards, but luxury penthouses are available for the night, so the