"Grace & Favour" (1992) TV series 1992-1993

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

10 January 1992 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The staff of the defunct Grace Brothers department store reunite to run a rural hotel.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Country House | Punctuation In Title | Sequel | Ampersand In Title

Cast

Mollie Sugden	...	Mrs. Betty Slocombe (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
John Inman	...	Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Wendy Richard	...	Miss Shirley Brahms (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Frank Thornton	...	Captain Stephen Peacock (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Nicholas Smith	...	Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Fleur Bennett	...	Mavis Moulterd (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Joanne Heywood	...	Jessica Lovelock (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Billy Burden	...	Maurice Moulterd (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Michael Bilton	...	Mr. Thorpe (5 episodes, 1992-1993)

Also Known As:

Are You Being Served? Again! (USA)

Runtime:

26 min (12 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Chavenage House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

In the final episode, Wendy Richard's cairn terrier named "Shirley Brahms" makes a cameo appearance.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Maurice Moulterd: Sorry to barge in when you've got your snouts in the trough.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Funny Women: Mollie Sugden (#3.1)" (1999)

I enjoyed it

I thought this was a nice continuation of the original series. Inman and Sugden just really make this work. I wish there were more of their work available. The rest of the cast also grew into their parts from the original. The addition of Fleur and Bennet opened up a whole new set of story side lines.

I thought the writing was superior to the original series. The quality of the production was also superior to the original.

With the exception of the last two episodes, the scripts were also superior to the original.

English humors sometimes don't do well in this US. But this one made the transition better then most, and even took advantage of some of the differences, IE, Mrs Slocum's cat.

I wouldn't mind seeing more.

It will often make you smile, and occasionally make you laugh out loud.