Are You Being Served? (TV Series) Founder's Day (1977) User Reviews

Mr Grace, here is your department.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 9/10 · 1 December 2019]

Mr Grace has become an octogenarian, so the staff put on a special treat for him.

It's another classic episode, and it's nice to see Young Mr Grace put centre stage for a change, the trip down memory lane is very funny, and we get an insight into how Grace Brothers started.

I loved the scene where Mrs Slocombe and Miss Brahms fight over the fur coat sale, it's a fine moment.

We learn who Rachel Yiddle is, and we get that wonderful scene where John Inman drags up to play Mother, it's a hilarious scene.

I'd forgotten just how good this fifth series was. 9/10

Founder's Day

[studioAT · 3/10 · 25 August 2020]

What's lovely about this episode is that it really lets Trevor Bannister be at the centre of the chaos, and his comic timing just shines through.

You do wonder if, having been perhaps the main focus in the early years, John Inman's scene stealing turns pushing him to one side a little weren't a factor in him moving on, because his screen time did decline over time.

This isn't that great an episode other than for the performance of Bannister sadly.