Grace & Favour

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 REALLY liked this show! My favorite character is that old english Hillbilly. He's hillarious! I can see the many ways how this TV series is a disapiontment to the fans of the origanl, but it wasn't a let down for me! I was glad to see the Grace Bros. employees back together. ONE THING dissapionted me! Where was MR. LUCAS? HE WAS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER! I wish I knew the reason why he left the origanal in 1979.Still, this series is very humorous. My 2 favorite episodes are : The episode where this young black haired guy wants to fight Mr Humpries because that old Hillbillie's daughter has a crush on Mr Humpries and not himself. I understand that there were many episodes like this but i remember at the end, the cast is playing a game of CRICKET. My 2nd fave episode is where Mrs. Slocome EX-HUSBAND wants to buy the Motel. I remeber Mrs Slocome hides behind a liquor cabinet, where they used to hide people during the war! Thats was my absoulte favorite episdoe of this series! Enough said!

Just watched this on DVD not having seen it since the original broadcast, and it has held up incredibly well, improved even.

I think the fact it hasn't been repeated as much as the original series makes it seems fresh, and the new characters fit right in too.

Plus it's a style of comedy that is no longer made sadly(perhaps with the exception of the earlier series of 'Benidorm'), so for oldies like me who want a real belly laugh, we have to go back in time!

Hats off to the cast who have a ball throughout, and this comes across on screen, making this hilarious viewing.

Highly recommended to all.

Only joking, I m not that old :) I loved the original, but this was also a great show. I wish they did more episodes. Sigh.

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)...