Are You Being Served? (film) Are You Being Served? (film) Are You Being Served? is a 1977 film based on the BBC's hugely successful British sitcom "Are You Being Served?" (1972–1985), which follows the staff of the men's and women's clothing departments of the London Grace Brothers department store. The story is an adaptation of the successful stage version of the show, which played at Winter Gardens, Blackpool. The film was directed by Bob Kellett and the screenplay was by series creators and writers David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd also featured the performers from the television series, including Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Trevor
Are You Being Served? fourth wall for comical effect. Seven early episodes were novelised for a book, written by Jeremy Lloyd, called "Are You Being Served? – Camping In and other Fiascos". This was written in 1976, and republished in 1997 by "KQED Books". The seven episodes featured are "Camping In", "Up Captain Peacock", "Wedding Bells", "His and Hers", "Coffee Morning", "The Hand of Fate" and "The Clock". In 1995, KQED Books published "Are You Being Served – The Inside Story" by Adrian Rigelsford, Anthony Brown, and Geoff Tibbals, with a foreword by Jeremy Lloyd, and sub-titled: "The Inside Story of Britain's Funniest –