Grace & Favour

I've been a long time fan of AYBS and have recently been watching Grace and Favour on one of my PBS stations. It was wonderful to see the cast again, and the addition of the beautiful and talented Fleur Bennett. Her accent and charm really made this show that much better. I recently bought the DVD and watch it often, mostly selecting the scenes where Mavis interacts with Mr. Humphries and the other cast. Chavenage House, where the show was filmed, was a much better setting than the old department store, and I plan to visit next fall and have a good look around. I wish they would've continued the series.

Joe

It's true that it's not the same as the original, and I also wish that Trevor Banister had joined, (it would have been great to see him as a hen pecked husband, kind of to make up for his being such a "ladies man") but it was still a great show. It's too bad they didn't continue. I would have loved to see Mr. Humpfries bop Malcom in the hooter! I loved how they showed Mrs. Slocomb's "humble beginnings." Corpral Pompus looked like a bit of a dirty old man, but it was in the name of comedy. And Mr. Rumbold was just as irritating as in the original. Did anyone else notice that some of the guest stars were in the original. Mr. Slocomb was the store detective in Big Brother. Malcom's dad was one of the robbers. Can't remember the name of that episode.

This was an alright show. It was still funny but I think it didn't work because the jokes had been done before and there weren't enough cast members from the original. But some of the episodes were really good and I liked the new continuing subplots that the other show just didn't have. But I guess people got tired of Are You Being Served. I wish they had gotten Trevor Bannister on to guest-star as a guest in the hotel: that would have been really something!!!

I thoroughly enjoyed the original series, "Are You Being Served?", but I LOVED the re-union series commented on here. It's good to see the old gang from Grace Brother's Department Store in such fine fettle (retired now, of course). The show is funny, charming, and in many ways superior to the original. The added cast members are marvelous and memorable. The new setting, a country inn (run for profit by our inexperienced cast)is far removed from their familiar city life and provides a greater range of backdrops for their mis-adventures. And, as always, the double entendre and mis-use of language are expertly used.

A thoroughly enjoyable show and I am "UNANIMOUS" in that!!!!!

PS--I dare you not to be charmed completely by Fleur Bennett's character Mavis. She's a scene stealer... (so's her dad)...

I loved the series.Yes the group is several years older and yes some of the lines seem strained but the magnitude of the actors and actress'personalities make them work.Mr.Lucas would have been perfect in this setting,i can just imagine some of the one liners he would have used.He is missed in this series.I enjoyed the addition of the molturds.I had to watch the series through one time before i really began to understand the change of venue and the interactions of the new cast additions.My favorite episode is when Mr.Rumbold is wandering around the house after the electricity is knocked out by a storm and is scaring everyone simply by his sillouette accented by candle light.