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? 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