Are You Being Served?: The Inside Story of Britain's Funniest--And Public Television's Favorite--Comedy Series

by Adrian Rigelsford, Anthony Brown, Geoff Tibballs

Traces the history of the popular British comedy series, and offers plot summaries for all 69 episodes

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor, Tv, History, Reference

224 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1995

About the author

Adrian Rigelsford was born in Cambridgeshire. He is a writer and long-time fan of Doctor Who and has conducted interviews for periodicals including Radio Times, Film Review, Fantasy Zone and Movies and Doctor Who Magazine. He wrote the script for The Dark Dimension, an unproduced story intended to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Doctor Who. It would have starred all the surviving Doctors.

Reviews

[Bronwyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it, it is the inside story and some of the stories about TV,s funniest british comedy, and the people who made us laugh, cry and enjoy it

[Rob Jeffery · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm free!

[Ruth Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like loved the TV series. This book has background on the main characters along with plenty of photos. I was impressed with many of the actors' credentials.

[Erin O'Riordan]

I had my phase of being obsessed with Britcoms but especially this one.

[Martin Mulcahey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought I knew everything and found out I missed a lot. To tell the truth, when I ordered the book I was not expecting much. I figured it was just a book thrown together to help raise money for PBS stations, and I was completely wrong. The pictures alone are priceless and the behind the scenes info is great. It features a list of the Cast's carrer highlights (very informative & complete) so you can see what other films, TV series and theater projects the cast was involved in. A trivia section had me scratching my head and the season by season episode guide (with ratings) is indispensable for fans. As I said before the pictures are great and the overall look of the book is incredible. Worth every cent a must buy for AYBS fans. The Q&A with Jeremy Loyd gives insight on how characters were originally developed and then taken over by the actors. Want to know what department store AYBS is modeled after? It is in this book and a picture of it is included. As I said before I was overjoyed with the content and look of this book. Great stuff.

[April Helms · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was a huge fan of Are You Being Served (still like it), and just had to have this book. There's a lot to like: the pictures, the back stories. Just wish it had been double-checked better, for there were some errors, especially in the episode listings.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the "Are you being served?" BBC Television series. I recommend this book if you like the colorful pictures and the episode summaries.

[Linda Appelbaum · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite British TV shows, this recaps all the shows for each year.

[Francis Cuncich · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm free.

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

read some time in 1995

[Jillian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved watching Are You Being Served with my mom growing up. This book isn't amazing, but I appreciated the chance to reminisce.