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Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Year: 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 0: Pilot

Original Air Date: 8 September 1972
At the department store Grace Brothers, the ladies department is sharing the floor with the gentleman's's department. The men on the floor, the senior Mr.Granger, his assistant Mr.Humphries, and the new junior Mr.Lucas, are of course unhappy with this arrival. The ladies department consists of the senior Mrs.Slocomb and her junior Miss.Brahms. The entire staff on the floor, including the floor walker Captain Peacock and the packing department member Mr.Mash, are having a few disagreements, and the store isn't even open yet!

Season 1, Episode 1: Dear Sexy Knickers

Original Air Date: 21 March 1973
Mr. Lucas is keen on Miss.Brahms and decides to write her a note to ask her out. But when Mrs. Slocomb gets the note instead, the situation gets very complicated. To top it off, she thinks Captain Peacock sent her the note! Oh what a day it's going to be.

Season 1, Episode 2: Our Figures Are Slipping

Original Air Date: 28 March 1973
Sales figures for the department are lower than expected so Mr. Rumbold has instructed the staff on new sales techniques. Besides viewing the store as a ship or a battlefield, Mr. Rumbold feels that the staff, particularly Mr. Lucas, should smile more in an effort to charm the customers.

Season 1, Episode 3: Camping In

Original Air Date: 4 April 1973
The recent travel strikes have left the staff stranded at the store. At first thought, the idea of camping out on the floor seems a horrible idea, but soon the staff start sharing many war memories and find out that staying the night might not be as bad as they thought.

Season 1, Episode 4: His and Hers

Original Air Date: 11 April 1973
The center display stand is missing and Mr.Grainger is not pleased. Mr.Rumbold informs the staff that Grace Brothers has made an agreement to sell perfume from the His and Her company. The staff becomes even more infuriated when the perfume company starts handing out free ties and stockings with every purchase of perfume.

Season 1, Episode 5: Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend

Original Air Date: 18 April 1973
A reward is offered when a wealthy customer loses a diamond in the store. But which of the staff will be the one to find it?

Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1: The Clock

Original Air Date: 14 March 1974
A special dinner is organized to celebrate Mr. Grainger's 65th birthday. But will he be asked to remain with Grace Bros. or will he be given the Cuckoo clock?

Season 2, Episode 2: Cold Comfort

Original Air Date: 21 March 1974
Due to the fuel economy crisis in the country, Grace Brothers has turned off the heating for the day. But as Mrs.Slocomb says "It's like an ice box in 'ere" Management has ordered no heating devices behind the counter, but the staff can't bear it and sneak in items to keep the circulation going. However if Captain Peacock finds out, it could lead to a chilly meeting in Mr.Rumbold's office.

Season 2, Episode 3: The Think Tank

Original Air Date: 28 March 1974
Sales are down again and the staff has a meeting to find new ideas. They come up with a fashion show and run a demo show to try and impress Mr.Grace.

Season 2, Episode 4: Big Brother

Original Air Date: 4 April 1974
Due to recent shoplifting at Grace Brothers, Mr.Rumbold announces that the first floor will be a guinea pig for the new security cameras. But when the staff find out that Rumbold is watching everything they do, they take action to get rid of the cameras.

Season 2, Episode 5: Hoorah for the Holidays

Original Air Date: 11 April 1974
Due to the fact that Mr.Grace is having the entire department redecorated, management has offered 5 pounds inconvenience money if the staff take their holidays in August. Very unhappy about the situation, the staff refuse to comply, so Mr.Grace offers them various holiday packages for them to choose from.

Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1: The Hand of Fate

Original Air Date: 27 February 1975
Mr. Humphries' palm reading skills are put to the test when Mr.Rumbold's position becomes available for Captain Peacock and Mrs.Slocomb and Mr.Grainger compete over his position. Believing he can foretell their futures in their hands, Mr.Humphries makes surprising predictions on behalf of each member of the staff.

Season 3, Episode 2: Coffee Morning

Original Air Date: 6 March 1975
Captain Peacock complains when he notices the staff are taking leisurely coffee breaks. After his complaint is reported, management(Mr.Rumbold) orders for a time keeping book in which the staff will "clock in and clock out" whenever they go to coffee, lunch or the washroom. With heavy protest, the staff organize a union, and refuse to acquiesce to managements orders until their demands are met.

Season 3, Episode 3: Up Captain Peacock

Original Air Date: 13 March 1975
After 20 years of service at Grace Brothers, Captain Peacock is congratulated with a honorary medal. As well he has been granted the key to the executive washroom and a seat in the executive dining room. The floor staff are quite displeased about this and feel that their segregated work places are entirely unfair. But what can they do about it?

Season 3, Episode 4: Cold Store

Original Air Date: 20 March 1975
It's a hectic day at Grace Brothers during cold season. Mr.Lucas tries to get off sick with the help of Mr.Mash and an onion and a bar of soap. Miss.Brahms claims she can't catch a cold for seven days due to several recent flu shots. Mrs.Slocomb is trying to ward off her incoming cold with a dash of rum and brandy. And finally Mr.Humphries and Mr.Grainger have back ache and a spot of trouble with the gastric(Mr.Grainger the latter of course.) In order to prohibit anyone from leaving the store, Captain Peacock decides to put Mr.Lucas in the ladies department to replace Miss.Brahms in the gents. But how on earth is Miss.Brahms supposed to measure an inside leg while Mr.Lucas struggles to alter a ladies suit?

Season 3, Episode 5: Wedding Bells

Original Air Date: 27 March 1975
Dispute reins in the department as Mrs.Slocomb refuses to sell a new line of underwear. Her complaints are dismissed by both Captain Peacock and Mr.Rumbold. Mr.Grainger is still hostile towards Mrs.Slocomb for taking up half of the floor space for her ladies department. But then, Mr.Grace announces that he plans on marrying someone in the store. He then asks Mrs.Slocomb to tea with him in order to discuss the matter of a ring. Everyone automatically thinks Mr.Grace will propose and Mrs.Slocomb gets dressed up for the occasion while the rest of the staff wonder what their futures may hold with Mrs.Slocomb in charge.

Season 3, Episode 6: German Week

Original Air Date: 3 April 1975
The ladies and gents are selling German goods for the next week. But neither the staff nor the customers are warming up to the lederhosens. In order to boost the German spirit, the floor gets out some German wine and dresses up for a folk dance. The question is, will Mr.Grace approve?

Season 3, Episode 7: Shoulder to Shoulder

Original Air Date: 10 April 1975
The ladies and gentleman's floor is going to be redecorated but only one department can afford to be decorated. After it is decided that the ladies will be decorated, they are forced to share counter space with the gentleman, much to the dismay of both parties.

Season 3, Episode 8: New Look

Original Air Date: 17 April 1975
When the suggestion box provides little in the way of suggestions, the staff decide to play background music and a recorded voice to boost sales. Then, when they learn that a cash prize will be awarded to whomever is the voice, the whole floor offer their voices for the department, but it's up to Mr.Grace to decide.

Season 3, Episode 9: Christmas Crackers

Original Air Date: 22 December 1975
The staff arrive early in the morning to discuss various ideas on how to boost sales. However once Mr.Rumbold arrives, he informs them that Mr.Grace has already decided that the staff should dress up in novelty costumes in an attempt to attract customers.

Season 4

Season 4, Episode 1: No Sale

Original Air Date: 8 April 1976
In an effort to boost sales figures, the staff have been asked to come in at the 'crack of dawn' in the hope of catching more customers on their way to work. The sales skyrocket, and it looks as if the new early opening will become permanent. Throuhgly displeased with the thought, the staff steal the previous weeks figures from Mr. Rumbold's office and hatch a plan to not sell any more items, but as Mr.Grainger says, how can you not sell things if people want to buy them?

Season 4, Episode 2: Top Hat and Tails

Original Air Date: 15 April 1976
Mr.Grace has informed the ladies and gentleman's department that he wishes for them to compete in the annual ballroom dancing competition. With the direction of Mr.Humphries the staff learn some of the basic moves on the dance floor. And then with their fancy top hats and tails, they have a final rehearsal in front of Mr.Grace while he decides whether or not to let them in the competition.

Season 4, Episode 3: Forward Mr. Grainger

Original Air Date: 22 April 1976
Mr.Rumbold is going away for one month to a sales and managerial seminar and he has decided that Mr.Grainger will be his replacement while he's gone. But as the shock of Mr.Grainger's new position wears off the staff, they soon realize that Mr.Grainger has taken advantage of his new position and is no longer their friendly colleague.

Season 4, Episode 4: Fire Practice

Original Air Date: 29 April 1976
After the disastrous surprise fire drill, a crash fire safety course has been ordered on the staff. The staff are taught everything from how to rescue a fainted victim as well as how to find a smoked out exit. Then in order to practice mouth to mouth resuscitation, a practice dummy is brought in for all the staff.

Season 4, Episode 5: Fifty Years On

Original Air Date: 5 May 1976
It's Mrs.Slocomb's birthday and the staff decide to pull together and buy her a gift. But Miss.Brahms remembers that last year Mrs.Slocomb said she was as old as her cat, then 49. So the staff assume that this year she will turn 50. Because of this, it is decided that the occasion calls for something extra special so a professional birthday cake, made by a friend of Mr.Humphries, and a proper chorus of "Happy Birthday to You" is prepared. But what will the staff do when they realize that they don't even know Mrs.Slocomb's first name?

Season 4, Episode 6: Oh What a Tangled Web

Original Air Date: 13 May 1976
When both Captain Peacock and Mr.Rumbold's secretary are late rumors start to circulate that the two are together on the side. Then Mrs.Peacock becomes very suspicious concerning her husband's strange behavior. She confronts Captain Peacock about his actions in the store and brings tremendous confusion and an assault on Mrs.Slocomb and currents in Mr.Grainger's ears.

Season 4, Episode 7: The Father Christmas Affair

Original Air Date: 24 December 1976
As the CDU (Christmas Display Unit) has proved both inappropriate and dysfunctional, Mr.Grace has offered 50 pounds to the member of staff who can portray a more friendly Father Christmas. All the men on the floor are eager to try out,and so are the women, feeling that they should be given an equal chance. Meanwhile Mr.Humphries and Mr.Lucas teach Mr.Grainger a dance number for him to preform while miming to a song for the old folks.

Season 5

Season 5, Episode 1: Mrs. Slocombe Expects

Original Air Date: 25 February 1977

Season 5, Episode 2: A Change Is as Good as a Rest

Original Air Date: 4 March 1977
After a brief misunderstanding causing the staff to believe they are being replaced and Mr.Grainger to lose his job, Mr.Rumbold tells the staff that they will be working in the toy department for a while. With Mr.Grainger back but in the junior's position, the staff have fun remembering what it was like to be a child as they sell toys to the customers.

Season 5, Episode 3: Founder's Day

Original Air Date: 11 March 1977
Mr.Grace will soon be 80 years old and Mr.Rumbold has designated the staff to come up with an idea for a special birthday celebration. They decide on spoofing "This is Your Life" by doing a presentation of "Here is Your Department," showing how Mr.Grace has affected all of their lives.

Season 5, Episode 4: The Old Order Changes

Original Air Date: 18 March 1977
Captain Peacock doesn't have his usual carnation and is in a very bad mood, but now that Mr. Grace has returned from America, carnations will no longer be needed, along with a lot of other things. In fact the entire manner of the floor will be changing. Casual dress and first-name terms within the department are only the beginning!

Season 5, Episode 5: Take-Over

Original Air Date: 25 March 1977
There's a big secret at Grace Brothers, apparently the store might be taken over by a competitor. To discuss the matter, a board room meeting has been organized. Convinced that the new company will give them all the boot, the staff are quick to search for new jobs. But then the staff are informed that there is a chance that Grace Brothers can be saved if enough shareholders go against the take-over. Unfortunately the four shareholders who's vote would save Grace Bros aren't able to attend the meeting, so in a effort to save the store, and their jobs, the staff volunteer to act as the shareholders and veto the take-over.

Season 5, Episode 6: Goodbye Mr. Grainger

Original Air Date: 1 April 1977
The whole staff has noticed that Mr.Grainger is in a foul mood and has yet to make a sale. He has even gone against Captain Peacock's ruling and requested that the ladies center stand be removed. The floor staff have therefore decided that he should leave the store but how will they tell him?

Season 5, Episode 7: It Pays to Advertise

Original Air Date: 8 April 1977
Dummy displays have been made of Mrs.Slocomb and Mr.Humphries, and Mr.Grace is keen on expanding the advertisement for Grace Brothers further. He thinks that the store should have ordinary people (the staff) in a commercial advertising the various types of clothes on sale. With Mr.Humphries and the rest of the staff as characters in the script, they set out to make the commercial.

Season 6

Season 6, Episode 1: By Appointment

Original Air Date: 15 November 1978
Back from their holidays, the staff return with many vacation antics. Mr.Tebbs takes over as head of the gentleman's department. The staff are informed that the Royal family will be paraded in the street right outside Grace Brothers and will pay a visit to their floor so they prepare their greeting for the Queen and Prince Philip.

Season 6, Episode 2: The Club

Original Air Date: 22 November 1978
Mr.Grace has offered the staff a room in the basement where they may form their own social club. Due to the huge cost of having the room professionally decorated, the staff opt to decorate the room themselves.

Season 6, Episode 3: Do You Take This Man?

Original Air Date: 29 November 1978
Mrs. Slocomb has exciting news when she announces that she has become engaged to a Greek man. But with looming wedding expenses she doesn't know how she'll be able to afford it, little does she know that wedding expenses are only the beginning of her problems.

Season 6, Episode 4: Shedding the Load

Original Air Date: 6 December 1978
Sales are down, again, and the management conclude that they must let one of the staff members go. Also, they decide to leave it up to the staff to decide who should go. Facing the difficult decision, the staff convene at the store on the weekend and battle it out.

Season 6, Episode 5: A Bliss Girl

Original Air Date: 13 December 1978
There's a new perfume display at Grace Brothers called 'Bliss' but there's no 'Bliss Girl' to man the display. With no other alternative, Mr. Humphries is placed in charge of the display. And to top it off Captain Peacock has replaced Mr.Humphries. It's going to be a chaotic day on the Ladies and Gents floor.

Season 6, Episode 6: Happy Returns

Original Air Date: 26 December 1978
It's Mr.Grace's birthday once again and the staff have been treated to a free lunch after they grant Mr.Grace a chorus of 'happy birthday to you.' To continue with the celebration, the floor staff have prepared a special ballet performance of the Dance of the Toys for Mr.Grace.

Season 7

Season 7, Episode 1: The Junior

Original Air Date: 19 October 1979
Mr. Tebbs has left Grace Brothers and there are rumors that the new position will be advertised. But it's not the seniors' position, it's the junior. Mr.Humphries has taken over as senior and Mr. Lucas as assistant. The floor is asked to stay behind and interview the candidates, but will they find a suitable replacement?

Season 7, Episode 2: Strong Stuff, This Insurance

Original Air Date: 26 October 1979
Mr.Grace has offered the staff of Grace Brothers a pension plan in which they will all receive a sum of money upon retirement. The younger employees will receive the highest sum and those closest to the age of retirement will receive the lowest. However in order for Grace Brothers to pay for the insurance, the staff must past a physical examination. Eager to pass the test, the staff take dancing classes to shape up; But will they pass or fail?

Season 7, Episode 3: The Apartment

Original Air Date: 2 November 1979
When Mrs.Slocomb's new flat is taken over by squatters, and none of the staff offer her accommodations, Mr.Grace allows Mrs.Slocomb to stay at the store. With her furniture set up, pussy by her side and a real front door (complete with door bell) Mrs.Slocomb is just as happy as can be. But when transportation strikes leave everyone without a ride home, the staff slowly turn up at Mrs.Slocomb front door asking for a place to stay.

Season 7, Episode 4: Mrs. Slocombe, Senior Person

Original Air Date: 9 November 1979
Due to food poisoning, Mr.Rumbold has to leave Grace Brothers temporarily, leaving his position suddenly available. Mrs.Slocomb takes charge and it isn't long before she settles comfortably into her new position. But when sales for the ladies department begin to skyrocket in her absence, Mrs.Slocomb fears she will be fired by the time Mr.Rumbold gets back.

Season 7, Episode 5: The Hero

Original Air Date: 16 November 1979
After Mr.Franco of the sports department reveals an embarrassing secret about Captain Peacock, the staff urge their floorwalker to defend his honor by challenging Franco to a boxing match. When Peacock finds himself face to face with a heavyweight champion however, the staff realize what he is truly made of.

Season 7, Episode 6: Anything You Can Do

Original Air Date: 23 November 1979
The ladies and gents department are quite dissatisfied with the way the world is run these days especially in their canteen. In fact they've complained so much that the kitchen staff has left. In order to prove that it's much easier to produce decent meals on time, the group runs the kitchen themselves for a day, but their working conditions are not at all what they expected.

Season 7, Episode 7: The Agent

Original Air Date: 30 November 1979
Because of the poor wages at Grace Brothers, Mr.Goldberg has started an employment agency and is helping practically the whole of Grace Brothers find better paying jobs. His special new clients are Mr.Humphries and Mrs. Slocomb. But when management gets wind of the latest news, the employees might just be forced to find new jobs.

Season 7, Episode 8: The Punch and Judy Affair

Original Air Date: 26 December 1979
At Grace Brothers, most of the staff is on strike for better wages, but the ladies and gents department refuse to waste their time picketing and go to work. But because they crossed the picket line, the rest of the staff are not happy with them at all. To end the bad feelings, Mr.Grace decides that the ladies and gents department should hold a party for the children of Grace Bros. employees. To make the event better, the group decides to put on a life-sized Punch and Judy show. But with Mr.Lucas as Punch, Miss. Brahms as Judy, Mrs.Slocombe as the policewoman, Captain Peacock as the devil, Mr. Goldberg as the butcher, Mr. Humpries as the director and worst of all, Mr. Rumbold on the piano, it's going to be a tough show to pull off.

Season 8

Season 8, Episode 1: Is It Catching?

Original Air Date: 9 April 1981
There're some new changes happening at Grace Brothers. The first floor has a new junior, Mr.Spooner, who's looking to be just as cheeky as Mr.Lucas was. A Mr.Grossman is taking Mr.Goldberg's place as senior in the men's department. A new shoe display comes in and Mrs.Slocomb and Miss.Brahms fight back for their old center display. Young Mr.Grace is going on retirement, and his older brother, old Mr.Grace, is taking over as owner of the store. Aside from all these changes there is of course a problem on the floor, everyone has contracted the strange Marine's disease from Mr.Humphries and for safety, they are all quarantined at the store.

Season 8, Episode 2: A Personal Problem

Original Air Date: 16 April 1981
All is not well in the Peacock household; jealousy is brewing around the activities of Captain Peacock at the Christmas party. To make matters worse Mrs. Peacock gets hired as Mr. Rumbolds' secretary and Captain Peacock is convinced they are having an affair!

Season 8, Episode 3: Front Page Story

Original Air Date: 23 April 1981
The executive staff have noticed Mr.Humphries large social network; he knows all the latest gossip and trends and gets on well with everyone. Because of this, he is offered the position of editor in the new Grace Brothers magazine, "What's on in the store" Along with the latest tittle tattle about certain staff members, Mr.Humphries becomes the organizer of the swimsuit show. But when Miss. Brahms refuses to participate, who will represent the ladies intimate apparel?

Season 8, Episode 4: Sit Out

Original Air Date: 30 April 1981
When Captain Peacock has to report that sales on a rainy day in a gloomy conjuncture have reached rock bottom -naught- Mr. Rumbold comes over to examine their selling technique and then demonstrates, playing a customer with Mrs. Slocombe, how much better it would be if Mr. Humphries greets customers; Peaock, who fears for his position, then plays an utterly impossible customer, causing a shouting match just when Mr. Grace stops by, who then announces they'll either suffer a 10% pay cut or be moved to the bargains cellar, where no commissions will be earned. After a desperate brainstorming they decide to strike and demonstrate on the roof, but Peacocks plan with 'military precision' proves precisely disastrous...

Season 8, Episode 5: Heir Apparent

Original Air Date: 7 May 1981
A shock revelation is had in Grace Brothers when it is believed that Mr. Humphries is the illegitimate son of Old Mr. Grace.

Season 8, Episode 6: Closed Circuit

Original Air Date: 21 May 1981
Sales are the worst they've ever been at Grace Brothers and after some discussion they decide to film a short commercial to be shown on screens around the store. After a slow start, Miss.Brahms ends up being the perfect candidate for the ladies and gents department except for her cockney accent. But with a simple voice stand in, the commercial turns out great. But what will Miss.Brahms do when a rich bloke spots her on the t.v. and insists on taking her, and her sexy voice, out to dinner?

Season 8, Episode 7: The Erotic Dreams of Mrs. Slocombe

Original Air Date: 28 May 1981
After years of reaction in her widow's love life, Mrs. Slocombe is getting extremely cranky with everybody, even with customers. The notable exception is Mrs. Humphries, whom she showers with embarrassingly obvious attention, including presents. When the obsession drives her to alcoholism and it starts raining complaints from verbally abused customers, Mr. Rumbold and Mr. Grace investigate, and end up with psychological advice that the only cure is for the object of her desire to appear to be responsive- poor Mr. Humphries has to sit next to her when the whole floor gets to attend a ballet show of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker...

Season 8, Episode 8: Roots?

Original Air Date: 24 December 1981
Every year the department store has an elaborate celebration for the birthday -now the 90th- of Mr. Grace, the owner. After a brainstorming for a pleasing, original present without any cost the first floor decides on a Welsh song in miners costume, as the Grace family comes from Wales. After various hiccups who will sing what, with our without organ and in what key, they get it right; however then Mr. Rumbold's brother Mycroft, who works for the College of Arms and was asked to research the Grace genealogy to devise a coat of arms, reports the family actually migrated from Scotland, where they were called Grouse, so the program is changed to a highland fling and a sword dance by Mr. Humphries. Further research traces back to Somerset, as Grice, so that gets another song. Ultimately a rather surprising set of oldest roots is performed on the big day...

Season 9

Season 9, Episode 1: The Sweet Smell of Success

Original Air Date: 22 April 1983

Season 9, Episode 2: Conduct Unbecoming

Original Air Date: 29 April 1983
Mr. Humphries' position is called into question when money goes missing from the till of the Gents' department.

Season 9, Episode 3: Memories Are Made of This

Original Air Date: 6 May 1983
To promote sporting equipment on their floor, the ladies and gents department are temporarily sharing their floor with a golf expert from the sports department. While practicing their swings, Mrs.Slocomb gets hit on the head with a golf ball and loses her memory. While Mrs.Slocomb thinks she's still a little girl at school, the staff try desperately to hide her condition from Mr.Rumbold.

Season 9, Episode 4: Calling All Customers

Original Air Date: 13 May 1983
With sales down, once again, the staff have a think tank and at the last minute think of advertising on CP radio. And of course it's free, so Mr.Grace loves the idea. Once the staff decide to submit their own ideas, it's up to management to decide which story will be acceptable. But then surprisingly Mr.Harman's story is chosen and the staff are playing all the characters. Oh my!

Season 9, Episode 5: Monkey Business

Original Air Date: 20 May 1983
When the staff are denied their promised rise in wages they refuse to work and are rude to customers in order to get themselves fired. But then news gets around that the Japanease are going to buy the store so the staff decide to flee to Number 10 Downing Street and plea their case to the Prime Minister.

Season 9, Episode 6: Lost and Found

Original Air Date: 27 May 1983
Mrs.Slocomb's cat Tiddles goes missing. Fearing the cat may never return and knowing how fond their colleague was of her pet, the staff come together and buy her a kitten.

Season 10

Season 10, Episode 1: Goodbye, Mrs. Slocombe

Original Air Date: 18 February 1985
Staff that have reached a certain age have been made redundant, including Mrs.Slocombe. Refusing to leave Grace Brothers, she becomes a cleaner and her position is filled by a younger woman. The staff decide to get her back, no matter what it takes, especially since Mrs.Slocombe's replacement has turned out to be a very annoying woman.

Season 10, Episode 2: Grounds for Divorce

Original Air Date: 25 February 1985
There's trouble in the Peacock home. Captain Peacock has changed over the years and has fallen for another women, who's equally infatuated with him. He wants a divorce but his wife won't allow it, Mrs. Peacock feels that they should work at their marriage. But then Captain Peacock's mistress makes it clear she can't control her urges. At a loss of what to do, they decide to make her jealous by arranging Captain Peacock to be found with another woman. An idea that's bound to bring trouble.

Season 10, Episode 3: The Hold-Up

Original Air Date: 4 March 1985
While the staff stay late at the store stocktaking, two burglars break into the store and capture Miss. Brahms, Captain Peacock and Mr.Spooner. While impersonating the most dangerous gangster family of the underworld, Mrs.Slocombe, Mr.Harman and Mr.Humphries pull out all the stops to get the police to the store and capture the burglars.

Season 10, Episode 4: Gambling Fever

Original Air Date: 11 March 1985
With their very overdue 100 pound bonuses, the staff are eager to gain some more and bet all their money on a horse that Mr.Harman assures them will win. Watching the race on the newly installed television they all hold their breath to either win their fortunes, or lose it all.

Season 10, Episode 5: The Night Club

Original Air Date: 18 March 1985
Mr.Grace has allowed the ladies and gents to use their floor at night to raise extra money. They decide to hold a night club and will get the word out by advertising at the local cinema where Mr.Humphries has connections. With a borrowed camera they decide to shoot their own commercial. When it's finished they go to the cinema to view it but will it be as good as they hoped?

Season 10, Episode 6: Friends and Neighbours

Original Air Date: 25 March 1985
With the high transport fees, the staff have taken drastic measures to get to and from work without going broke. To help with cutting the expense, Mr.Grace has offered small apartments for the staff. With only the basic residence fees, the staff are quite excited about living together. But they'll soon find out that being neighbors has its ups, and downs.

Season 10, Episode 7: The Pop Star

Original Air Date: 1 April 1985
In this final episode of 'Are You Being Served?' it appears as though Mr.Spooner will be sacked. But after a raving review by a local newspaper for his singing performance at the recent concert, a record company offers him a contract. Meanwhile, the whole staff eagerly awaits to be cast as back-up singers. The stars of the show end it in style with a musical performance to remember.

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