Sometimes after working together for 10 years tensions can appear, but Molly Sugden was known in the business for her mellow , motherly nature towards her colleagues and John Inman was also a popular colleague. If there was any tension I doubt if it lasted for long or outweighed the pressures of getting the show in the can within limited filming schedules. They both appeared quite happily together in Grace and Favour , the sequel.

I don't believe any of this video. I have been a fan of the show since the 1970s and I've never heard of any friction between Mollie and John. The "popular musician" was Mike Berry. Although he was a musician in real life he was also playing junior assistant, Mr. Bert Spooner for several episodes after Trevor Bannister left.

@marcmitchel25

17 күн бұрын

Don't believe it either. Never heard either say an unkind word about the other

Don't believe 99% of this video for a start they all kept working with each other in their next show & it wasn't a revival of it either

@katiekatconway1880

17 күн бұрын

I agree. I never take KZread videos as fact. Channel 5 recently did a documentary on Are You Being Served. It ended just because humour changed- nothing about “tensions”. I saw it as a little girl and loved it- however it certainly wouldn’t appeal now.

@13thcentury

9 күн бұрын

100% agreed. This is crap.

@ackerjawaka4742

6 күн бұрын

Are you being served has to be one of the worst so called sitcoms ever made...in fact it makes Allo Allo seem funny, jokes about mrs Slocums pussy and talking dogs business in a dwarf Italian accent cannot be classed as comedy surely...and stop calling me Shirley 😜

Strange recollection about the “Popstar” episode - this anecdote mentions Alfie Bass, who played Mr. Goldberg in the series. Alfie Bass was long gone by the time the Popstar episode was made. Someone needs to re-examine this recollection.

Alfie Bass wasn’t in the final series…

This cannot be trusted.

What utter BS..

That was stupid. None of that made sense. It was so far out of chronological order that it was ridiculous!! Grow up and get a job, click baiters!!

You just cant have are you being served without all of the cast its that simple.

If the cast had disliked each other that much, they wouldn't have got back together in 1990 and 1991/92 to make Grace and Favour . As for the problems during production - nearly every TV show of the time that you can think of would have cock-ups during the making of the episodes - that is why the studios were booked for three hours to record one 28 minute programme. Sometimes they would insert pre-recorded VT if a scene really was too difficult to replicate in the studio. The audience in the studio probably got bored with the same scenes being the subject of retakes , but both cast and crew would just accept it was just one of those things and keep going till they got it right. I suspect the reason it ended was because it had had a long run, and by that time the BBC were embarrassed by it (in the same way Central/ITV got embarrassed by Crossroads in 1988 and dropped that, despite still having a loyal audience. None of the cast remain alive now (well, possibly Mike Berry might be), so it is easy to invent discord between cast members when they are not here to defend themselves.

Lots of clips from the show they all did together afterwards

Well done with the thumbnail picture it's from the one off remake. More like Poundland than Grace Brothers

I used to enjoy this show back in the day but John Inman was always my favourite.

Recollections may differ 🤔Still never let the facts get in the way of any story😳😱

I'll ALWAYS LOVE this show no matter the era💜💜💜💜!!! I first discovered it as a child, watching late night offerings on PBS. Hilarious!

@joehurst

21 күн бұрын

But we must be honest and say that the 1980s episodes weren't a patch on the 1970s ones. It definitely went downhill in the 80s.

@Lilith_Nightshade

21 күн бұрын

@joehurst True but such is life...

@joehurst

20 күн бұрын

@@Lilith_Nightshade Yes, such is life. Sigh! The trouble is that some people don't seem to subscribe to the notion that you should quit while you're ahead. If AYBS had ended after the 1979 series (season 7) then we wouldn't have the embarrassing mess that seasons 8, 9 and 10 were.

@Lilith_Nightshade

20 күн бұрын

@@joehurst I suppose the old adage is true, "Leave them wanting more." Thank goodness for digitalization!

@joehurst

20 күн бұрын

@@Lilith_Nightshade 👍agreed!

10 to one ladies and gentlemen, this is another example of an AI video gone wrong!

If the kernel of "Are You being served?" was cancelled in 1985 - there was a reason. And that was Michael Grade! the nephew of Lew Grade and Bernard Delfront, he was appointed D.G. of BBC1, coming from London Weekend Television (part of ITV), he set about trimming the fat, cutting the bloated budgetary backholes, like the third season of "The Tripods"; he also set about cancelling the worn-out series, like "Doctor Who", "the Black and White Minstrel Show", etc. That is where "Are you being served?" fell... he did give a reprieve to "Blackadder", on the stipulation that there would be primarily studio based, only two standing sets to be built (that could be redressed, and a third was added) * they did get around the sets issue by "borrowing" from other productions. And finally focus on the main cast.

I loved this show and all the charaters john inman was my was real funny kym

Just watched it on UK Gold, on everyday.

Utter Twaddle, this video is completely unfactual and incorrect, the cast had always got on so well, a very well documented fact which was why the show was so successful, and the final show did not have a guest cameo by a pop star it was the character Burt Spooner played by Mike Berry, who in the episode was talent spotted in the" inter store singing competition. " Also 6 of the original cast members came back together to film Grace & Favour "are you being served again" I would suggest you fact check correctly before putting this kind of rubbish out there!

Alfie Bass was not he the last series he was only in series 7 as I believed he died us by series 10 but a fee years later I followed up series called Grace and Favour which ran for 2 series some of the pictures in this video are from that series , was very funny lol its been on TV here call Are you being served again

Loved it on PBS along with the other Britcoms.

This video is wrong do more research

Facts Verse hasn't been 'respectable' for over a year (for me).

The show was axed because the running jokes were tired, and viewer numbers falling, they were also running out of ideas.

Load of old rubbish

Time for a remake but it must be set in modern times...

Very dated British comedy series today, and certainly of its time. But still mostly very harmless and funny even today !...😂😅

@edgein7892

22 күн бұрын

Most of what I watch is dated but I take it over the pc crap anytime.

Who wrote this ? Almost All of is this wrong....

@13thcentury

9 күн бұрын

Almost? You give them too much credit 😅😅😅

Rubbish

I was friends with both Molly and John. Neither ever had anything bad to say about the other. And your story about the final episode is totally false. Alfie Bass wasn't even in any of the 10th series episodes, especially The Pop Star. Don't know where you're getting your information but it's definitely wrong

The spinoff was not as good nor funny.

Load of old bollox....

This video is complete BS. It is obviously poorly researched. The cast spoke fondly of each other through the decades. Also, the series ended because the BBC, creators and cast were ready to move on. This video is filled with inaccuracies.

I hated when they had these young twits playing their rolls. It didn't bloody last did it.? What did you hope to prove.? What ever it was it didn't work. Shame on the the writers what a abomination.

BOLLOCKS!

This is not entirely true…. There were many issues during filming.

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