Are You Being Served? was also a 1977 film, a spin-off series "Grace & Favour" with some of the same main cast in 1991–92, and a one-off episode with a new cast in 2016. Since its original release, all 69 episodes, the restored pilot, the Christmas specials, the sequel and the film have been released on DVD. "Are You Being Served?" was a great success in the UK and was also popular in three other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations (Canada, New Zealand, and Australia), and was successfully aired in The Netherlands and Belgium with Dutch subtitles. The show was also popular in
British sitcom successful of all British sitcoms, began in 1981 and was the most durable of several series written and created by John Sullivan. Other hits included the political satire "Yes Minister" (1980–84) and its sequel "Yes, Prime Minister" (1986–88), Esmonde and Larbey's suburban sitcom "Ever Decreasing Circles" (1984–89) and the sci-fi-comedy "Red Dwarf" (1988–). Other shows such as "'Allo 'Allo!" (1984–92) were reminiscent of 1970s sitcoms such as "Are You Being Served?" and "Dad's Army" unsurprising in light of the fact that all three involved the writer/producer David Croft and two were co-written by Jeremy Lloyd. Also worth mentioning is the