So sad that Trevor and Frank are no longer with us, but my God, what an amazing legacy of acting they left behind. Rest in peace guys, and thanks for all the laughs!
I am Belgian and watched it on Tele of the Netherlands in the 7ies. This was by far the most HILARIOUS series I've ever seen. Where did the good times go ?
not only laughs but also a portrait of British society and values. Even if disagreables for todays standards. Now every body wear jeans like the boss, BUT the boss is still the boss even if he wears cat puke colored tshirt and looks like the not so bright son of woody allen.
It's strange to see Captain Peacock and Mr Lucas being nice to each other. Great actors. Frank Thorton and Trvor Bannister were on Last of the Summer wine together also. (Another fantastic British comedy).
Are You Being Served worked fantastically because of such a great cast that gelled together so well. You just can't see anyone else in those roles, the original actors played them with such aplomb.
Back in 93, Trevor sent me a note and photo thinking I was a fan (I am and was) but I had written him with a few questions....how cute..I wish he was still with us. As does his lady Pam. And this week, Nicholas Smith just died. How sad so many of them are gone.
I lived in Dallas Texas (U.S.A.) and was watching the local public television station during their fund raising drive and Trevor Bannister was a guest on the program and true to form soon as they camera appeared on him the first time he said "Don't adjust your sets, it's been 20+ years now" referring to the time since 'Are you Being Served' went off the air. He was still a comedian and I still laughed seeing him. What a cast that was on the show. Thanks for all the belly laughs cast!!!
I have been watching AYBS in America for about 14yrs now and record it on dvr, they never get old no matter how many times I watch them and just as funny as the first time I saw them. God bless them all for making us laugh all these yrs. As an American and seeing this show for the first time back in 2002 I can truly say comedy and genius is far reaching in the world. Thank you AYBS!
I’ve never watched this tv show before until a friend of mine from Arkansas who lives in North Dakota lent us a DVD set with all the episodes. This show was ahead of its time, good actors and a good script. I love it!!! Hilarious!! 🤣😂😅🤓🎥
Both men wound up in "Last of the Summer Wine" which was another brilliant series with Frank as a retired Scotland Yard detective and Trevor as the overbearing captain of the village golf club.
My girlfriend and I are in the middle of rewatching this entire series again. We're in 1981. 3 more years to go and then it's Are You Being Served Again? Love this series. Mr. Lucas was always my favorite. Mr. Humphries is my girlfriend's favorite.
My son bought the entire series on d.v.d. for me last Christmas. I always loved the show and after a while public television stopped running it in the area where I live. I believe Nicholas Smith is the only surviving cast member. Being from the U.S. (and particularly the southeastern U.S.) most people around here have never heard of the show much less watched any of it. In an interview on one of the d.v.d.'s Frank Thornton discussed that many in the U.K. thought that U.S. viewers might not "get" British humor. Good comedy transcends all cultural boundaries. So many great people. I never get tired of watching the show.
bagshitass Damn. There's nobody left from the original cast now. At least we have the d.v.d.'s and the memories. While my wife and I loved all of them the way that Trevor Bannister and John Inman played off each other was classic comedy. R.I.P. one and all.
I so appreciate these old actors, they made TV watching so much fun, it's really sad to know they're no longer with us...like someone else whom I loved, sang...Thanks for the memories, rest in eternal splendor
Believe it or not, I hadn't heard of this show until...last year. It's been on PBS, and I happened to run across it. At first, I didn't care for it, then it grew on me. Now, I love watching it. The cast was amazing! I especially like Mollie and John. Are you free? Yes..I'm free!
cindybin2001 I first discovered AYBS in the late 80's when the re-runs were showing on my local PBS station. I had no idea the show had been off the air since 1985. I've since acquired all 69 episodes on this huge 14-DVD box set, and I still watch them from time to time. It brings back a lot of fond memories for me. It was also through AYBS that I found out about other classic BBC comedies, namely Last Of The Summer Wine. A shame that Nicholas Smith is the last surviving cast member from AYBS. To John, Trevor, Frank, Mollie, Wendy, and all the other ancillary actors who have since passed on, God bless you all, rest in peace, and thanks for still keeping me laughing even after all these years.
That's how I found it, or rather it found me, in the mid-'80s. I'd be watching PBS on a weeknight, somewhere between 7 PM and 9 PM and that insistent cash register sound of the opening theme caught my attention. Then one time I _didn't_ change the channel and I was drawn-in. It's at _least_ thirty-six years since becoming a fan of Are You Being Served?
My son surprised me with the series DVD set because he knew how much I loved it and I watch it every night. I actually watching it now. Rest In Peace!!!
Trevor Bannister was a wonderful comedic actor. So underrated. Mr Lucas was my favourite character from AYBS, And he was great as Heavy Breathing in the Dustbinmen.
Remember the scene at the Lady's Counter where Capt. Peacock recited a limerick to Mrs. Slocombe, "On the chest of a bar-maid from Sale....... was tattooed all the prices of Ale.....whilst on her behind...for the sake of the blind.....was precisely the same, but in Braille". Wendy Richard (Miss Brahms), also in frame, broke up, laughing uncontrollably, obviously her first time hearing it.
not many american comedies can hold a candle to this show, the things they got away with LOL, when i was younger i used to look forward to watching this show and John Inman "Im Free" LOL always made me laugh, all such great actors
I am from a small town in NM. I grew up watching this show on PBS. I loved it. I'm watching it now on the Amazon Firestick. It's still a very funny show with a great cast.
What made this show so wonderful, was the cast of actors who played in "Are You Being Served?" They meshed so well and the only other show on tv that ever came close to such magic was "Golden Girls"--the magic was there too. Those two shows have always brought me such comfort. Why? I don't know, they just did. I miss Mollie, Frank, Trevor, and John Inman.
+WeeeWriter It's special because the star of the show was the ensemble -- same can be said about The Golden Girls (which I also love). A great ensemble will outperform any single performer, no matter how excellent the single performer may be. A great ensemble makes you feel like a group of your friends have come to visit when you turn on the television. No single star can do that. Sadly, it's the same reason why the last couple of seasons were pretty poor and lonely feeling compared to the first seven ... they lost Young Mr. Grace, Mr. Grainger and Mr. Lucas. Without those important pieces, it wasn't nearly the same show. Old Mr. Grace wasn't likeable. Mr. Spooner was just a two-dimensional dimwit and the Grainger replacements were of varying quality, but none half as good as Arthur Brough.
I first saw this show during the reruns on Channel 7 in Australia, in the mid-2000s when I was really too young to be watching it (Not that I would have understood the jokes and innuendos anyway!) Great to see that many of the episodes are available on TH-cam, and the fanbase is still going strong today. The cast members may no longer be with us, but they will live on in spirit. Every time I go to buy new clothes, if they're the wrong size, I tell myself it'll 'ride up with wear'!
Frank Thornton in his prime was badass. Any man that can dance (well) and play piano can get damn near any woman (or man) he wants. His swagger was legendary. Watch him immediately after dance scenes in AYBS, he knows exactly what he's doing.
So sad that we all have to grow old and die! Thank GOD for video tape! The employees of Grace Brothers will ALWAYS be young and full of "piss n' vinegar"! Loved the show when it was new...love it now ...that I'm 75 years old!
@poppinsexpert This came from some raw footage that we shot during interviews for the recent PBS special BEHIND THE BRITCOM which aired in March 2011 and focused on writers of British comedy. We have hours of footage that never made it into the show so trying to post some every so often.
OMG, that show made me laugh till I cried so many times. I didn't think I was going to get my breath back from laughing after Mrs. Slocum made a phone call to her neighbor and said, "Yes, could you please look in my mail slot in my door, and if you see my p*ssy, please throw it a sardine... Hello? Hello?" Cracked me up just typing it! Great writing.
It's so weird to see them both look so old. I mean I'm used to see captain Peacock look a bit old but here Mr. Lucas also looks old haha. Boy I love them. I always watch their shows every night before I go to sleep. Are you being serve relaxes me.
AYBS was the only 70s sitcom that was actually funny. It really wasn't until the 80s that witty, character filled sitcoms were continued (cheers, golden girls, etc).
I know aging is natural, but it still hurts to see your childhood television and movie idols grow old, especially when you saw them on television in their prime.
Not one of the main Cast member are with us.. but what great shows.. class acts. Curtis, 55, recently retired Navy in Las Vegas USA. (Now Christmas 2021)
And to think that ARE YOU BEING SERVED was only considered filler at first for BBC’s COMEDY PLAYHOUSE. If it hadn’t been for the Munich massacre, the series might not have ever been taken seriously…
A few years ago the BBC tried to reinvent some popular sitcoms with a completely different cast of actors. "Are You Being Served" and "Porridge" were amongst them. They wanted to test the water as to which sitcom to bring back for a six episode run. Sadly they did not pick "Are you being served" which I had thought did justice to the 1970s series, instead they bought back "Porridge" with Fletcher's much younger relative in the title role. Personally I didn't think it worked. The original F lecture, Ronnie Barker, was such a very strong character that nobody could really match up to his ability. With "Are you being served", rather than having one strong character, as in "Porridge", there were five or 6 strong characters, I guess the best one IMO was Mr Humphries as played by John Inman, but they were all very good in their own way. I wish the BBC would have a re-think about bringing it back, as the reinvented episode was head and shoulders better than the new "Porridge". A wasted opportunity IMO.
Trevor was the lead actor for the first three series, notice that his name comes first in the end credits, the BBC paid him more cos he was poached from ITV
A bit like Dad's Army was never quite as good when James Beck died, Are You Being Served? lost something when Trevor left as Mr Lucas. He provided a lot of the comic energy.
Also Doremy Vernon , the canteen manageress, Penny Irving, Miss Bakewell, Vivienne Johnson Mr Grace's Nurse, they were all in over 20 episodes and they are all still with us..
He was at first but John Inman soon became the centre of the show and got top billing along with Mollie Sugden. But Trevor was great - so fluent with his delivery and his put downs of Mrs Slocombe are hilarious!
i am disappointed trevor was not the lark he portrayed...i know , its called acting for a reason...but still , at least frank sounded like capt peacock !!! ...ha ,
i adored ALL of them!! just watching AYBS is like getting together with old friends and laughing non-stop!
So sad that Trevor and Frank are no longer with us, but my God, what an amazing legacy of acting they left behind. Rest in peace guys, and thanks for all the laughs!
Truly all of them will be missed. God Bless all of you. They are still making us laugh even today. They are eternally free.
I am Belgian and watched it on Tele of the Netherlands in the 7ies. This was by far the most HILARIOUS series I've ever seen. Where did the good times go ?
not only laughs but also a portrait of British society and values. Even if disagreables for todays standards. Now every body wear jeans like the boss, BUT the boss is still the boss even if he wears cat puke colored tshirt and looks like the not so bright son of woody allen.
It's strange to see Captain Peacock and Mr Lucas being nice to each other. Great actors. Frank Thorton and Trvor Bannister were on Last of the Summer wine together also. (Another fantastic British comedy).
Are You Being Served worked fantastically because of such a great cast that gelled together so well. You just can't see anyone else in those roles, the original actors played them with such aplomb.
Totally agree.
Amen to that !!
Back in 93, Trevor sent me a note and photo thinking I was a fan (I am and was) but I had written him with a few questions....how cute..I wish he was still with us. As does his lady Pam. And this week, Nicholas Smith just died. How sad so many of them are gone.
This is such a nice memory
I lived in Dallas Texas (U.S.A.) and was watching the local public television station during their fund raising drive and Trevor Bannister was a guest on the program and true to form soon as they camera appeared on him the first time he said "Don't adjust your sets, it's been 20+ years now" referring to the time since 'Are you Being Served' went off the air. He was still a comedian and I still laughed seeing him. What a cast that was on the show. Thanks for all the belly laughs cast!!!
RIP Mr. Bannister. Americans love Are You Being Served? and you!
It's so sad that all the original stars have passed now. God rest your souls. Thanks to you all for the laughs and R.I.P. your all free now.
I have been watching AYBS in America for about 14yrs now and record it on dvr, they never get old no matter how many times I watch them and just as funny as the first time I saw them. God bless them all for making us laugh all these yrs. As an American and seeing this show for the first time back in 2002 I can truly say comedy and genius is far reaching in the world. Thank you AYBS!
I’ve never watched this tv show before until a friend of mine from Arkansas who lives in North Dakota lent us a DVD set with all the episodes.
This show was ahead of its time, good actors and a good script.
I love it!!!
Hilarious!!
🤣😂😅🤓🎥
Both men wound up in "Last of the Summer Wine" which was another brilliant series with Frank as a retired Scotland Yard detective and Trevor as the overbearing captain of the village golf club.
Otherwise known as Inspector Truelove (Truly of the Yard) and Toby Mowbray-Smith, a far cry from Grace Bros! Did their clothes ride up with wear?
Last of the summer wine was awesome.
Now 2020 and sadly all main character 💜 actors have passed. Miss them.
Enjoying the show still. 🙏🌄📺
My girlfriend and I are in the middle of rewatching this entire series again. We're in 1981. 3 more years to go and then it's Are You Being Served Again? Love this series. Mr. Lucas was always my favorite. Mr. Humphries is my girlfriend's favorite.
My son bought the entire series on d.v.d. for me last Christmas. I always loved the show and after a while public television stopped running it in the area where I live. I believe Nicholas Smith is the only surviving cast member. Being from the U.S. (and particularly the southeastern U.S.) most people around here have never heard of the show much less watched any of it. In an interview on one of the d.v.d.'s Frank Thornton discussed that many in the U.K. thought that U.S. viewers might not "get" British humor. Good comedy transcends all cultural boundaries. So many great people. I never get tired of watching the show.
bagshitass Damn. There's nobody left from the original cast now. At least we have the d.v.d.'s and the memories. While my wife and I loved all of them the way that Trevor Bannister and John Inman played off each other was classic comedy. R.I.P. one and all.
@@DTittle well you got mike berry (mr spooner )but he sucked
I so appreciate these old actors, they made TV watching so much fun, it's really sad to know they're no longer with us...like someone else whom I loved, sang...Thanks for the memories, rest in eternal splendor
I'm 44 and not even close to being British but aybs is the best written funniest and wonderfully cast show ever made. We will miss you all.
Believe it or not, I hadn't heard of this show until...last year. It's been on PBS, and I happened to run across it. At first, I didn't care for it, then it grew on me. Now, I love watching it. The cast was amazing! I especially like Mollie and John. Are you free? Yes..I'm free!
cindybin2001 I first discovered AYBS in the late 80's when the re-runs were showing on my local PBS station. I had no idea the show had been off the air since 1985. I've since acquired all 69 episodes on this huge 14-DVD box set, and I still watch them from time to time. It brings back a lot of fond memories for me. It was also through AYBS that I found out about other classic BBC comedies, namely Last Of The Summer Wine. A shame that Nicholas Smith is the last surviving cast member from AYBS. To John, Trevor, Frank, Mollie, Wendy, and all the other ancillary actors who have since passed on, God bless you all, rest in peace, and thanks for still keeping me laughing even after all these years.
You could see it’s influence on so many 1980s American sitcoms like Cheers or Night Court.
That's how I found it, or rather it found me, in the mid-'80s. I'd be watching PBS on a weeknight, somewhere between 7 PM and 9 PM and that insistent cash register sound of the opening theme caught my attention. Then one time I _didn't_ change the channel and I was drawn-in. It's at _least_ thirty-six years since becoming a fan of Are You Being Served?
Always loved the show ❤
Thanks for the laughs Trevor, you will be missed
My son surprised me with the series DVD set because he knew how much I loved it and I watch it every night. I actually watching it now. Rest In Peace!!!
Trevor Bannister was a wonderful comedic actor. So underrated. Mr Lucas was my favourite character from AYBS, And he was great as Heavy Breathing in the Dustbinmen.
Remember the scene at the Lady's Counter where Capt. Peacock recited a limerick to Mrs. Slocombe,
"On the chest of a bar-maid from Sale....... was tattooed all the prices of Ale.....whilst on her behind...for the sake of the blind.....was precisely the same, but in Braille". Wendy Richard (Miss Brahms), also in frame, broke up, laughing uncontrollably, obviously her first time hearing it.
love this show and cast
not many american comedies can hold a candle to this show, the things they got away with LOL, when i was younger i used to look forward to watching this show and John Inman "Im Free" LOL always made me laugh, all such great actors
I think benny hill was taking cues from this show or vice versa either way theyre both great shows
Mr Humphreys Mr Lucus are you free? (In unison) we're free
@@drewski1535 I like when "Young" Mr. Grace answered "I'm Free!" in a high Voice. Mr. Humphries looked stunned.
@@mikejordan8259 🤣🤣🤣🤣
RIP Trevor, love you lots, hang on in there Frank Thornton, you are loved so much xx
I am from a small town in NM. I grew up watching this show on PBS. I loved it. I'm watching it now on the Amazon Firestick. It's still a very funny show with a great cast.
Always a treasure of British comedy and superb wriitng and cast as Trevor points out.
🚨I'm 65 and live in Texas and have watched this show for as long as they've been showing it in the US and love it just like I love 😒I love Lucy😱
RIP Frank. Thanks for the laughs.
Rest in Peace Captain Peacock!
We my mom and I will watch them forever, 'Are you being served forever, just a great cast of people.
Perfect casting, clever writing (and farcical plotting) all added up to a classic series!
What made this show so wonderful, was the cast of actors who played in "Are You Being Served?" They meshed so well and the only other show on tv that ever came close to such magic was "Golden Girls"--the magic was there too. Those two shows have always brought me such comfort. Why? I don't know, they just did. I miss Mollie, Frank, Trevor, and John Inman.
+WeeeWriter It's special because the star of the show was the ensemble -- same can be said about The Golden Girls (which I also love). A great ensemble will outperform any single performer, no matter how excellent the single performer may be. A great ensemble makes you feel like a group of your friends have come to visit when you turn on the television. No single star can do that.
Sadly, it's the same reason why the last couple of seasons were pretty poor and lonely feeling compared to the first seven ... they lost Young Mr. Grace, Mr. Grainger and Mr. Lucas. Without those important pieces, it wasn't nearly the same show. Old Mr. Grace wasn't likeable. Mr. Spooner was just a two-dimensional dimwit and the Grainger replacements were of varying quality, but none half as good as Arthur Brough.
+Kevin Leo Smith Agree.
I first saw this show during the reruns on Channel 7 in Australia, in the mid-2000s when I was really too young to be watching it (Not that I would have understood the jokes and innuendos anyway!) Great to see that many of the episodes are available on TH-cam, and the fanbase is still going strong today. The cast members may no longer be with us, but they will live on in spirit. Every time I go to buy new clothes, if they're the wrong size, I tell myself it'll 'ride up with wear'!
What humility and conscientiousness, and not just talent, that they brought to some damn good writing. A show like no other.
Frank Thornton in his prime was badass. Any man that can dance (well) and play piano can get damn near any woman (or man) he wants. His swagger was legendary. Watch him immediately after dance scenes in AYBS, he knows exactly what he's doing.
It's hard for me to believe that all the fearured cast are dead now. This show is still hilarious today.
Mike Berry aka Mr. Spooner is still alive.
Is Miss Brahms still with us?
@@krisscanlon4051 Wendy Richard (Miss Brahms) ungortunately passed away from cancer.
@@carolstarr9062 Think one of Mr Grace's nurses is still alive too.
I can't believe they are all gone. Through the show they will be with us forever.
So sad that we all have to grow old and die! Thank GOD for video tape! The employees of Grace Brothers will ALWAYS be young and full of "piss n' vinegar"! Loved the show when it was new...love it now ...that I'm 75 years old!
Two original greats of the AYBS cast. We miss you guys. Mr.Spooner,(Mike Berry) Ms. Belfridge(Penny Irving) are two of the last cast members left.
ONE OF THE FUNNIEST WELL ACTED COMEDY EVER. GOD BLESS YOU ALL 🙏 ❤️
I can't believe Trevor just died. I had no idea until now. He was the funniest character on Are You Being Served? :( I'm super sad now.
@joeypolanski Frank Thornton had a beautiful voice. It was very stern, very authoritarian; but still very loving.
Yes, 91 years-old!!! He is one of the few left,
he pulled the trigger
11 years ago 11 season 😋😛
Loved them both in the last of the summer wine as well...thanks fir the fond memories...
Farewell Captain Peacock.
@poppinsexpert This came from some raw footage that we shot during interviews for the recent PBS special BEHIND THE BRITCOM which aired in March 2011 and focused on writers of British comedy. We have hours of footage that never made it into the show so trying to post some every so often.
Miss them.
One of my favorite British comedies. They were all so good together!
RIP Trevor, or should I say, MR Lucas!
Just been watching Are you being served.. excellent show.
Rest in peace Trevor bannister.
You were the best jouiner.
Well miss you mr Lucas
You'll will now be wanted in that great fitting room in the sky.
All talented cast
They aren't really gone when you watch repeats of old episodes. They're still there.
OMG, that show made me laugh till I cried so many times. I didn't think I was going to get my breath back from laughing after Mrs. Slocum made a phone call to her neighbor and said, "Yes, could you please look in my mail slot in my door, and if you see my p*ssy, please throw it a sardine... Hello? Hello?" Cracked me up just typing it! Great writing.
It's so weird to see them both look so old. I mean I'm used to see captain Peacock look a bit old but here Mr. Lucas also looks old haha. Boy I love them. I always watch their shows every night before I go to sleep. Are you being serve relaxes me.
I love and miss you all
AYBS was the only 70s sitcom that was actually funny. It really wasn't until the 80s that witty, character filled sitcoms were continued (cheers, golden girls, etc).
British comedy is all the more poorer without Captain Peacock.
two great actors..r.i.p trevor..
RIP trevor bannister, the only ones left are nicholas smith and frank thorton now, are you being served was so funny
❤😂🎉
My Grandma always called Trevor Bannister Heavy Breathing. His character in The Dustbinmen
Rest In Peace best show everr 💫🌟🌟
RIP Trevor Bannister
I know aging is natural, but it still hurts to see your childhood television and movie idols grow old, especially when you saw them on television in their prime.
Its hard to believe that this is Trevor Bannister actuality talking. He sounds so much different when he played Mr. Lucas.
Frank & Trevor were great!
RIP Gentlemen!
Frank looks different without the mustache.
Not one of the main Cast member are with us.. but what great shows.. class acts. Curtis, 55, recently retired Navy in Las Vegas USA. (Now Christmas 2021)
There's still Mr. Spooner, though he came in late and didn't have much of a script to work with.
RIP Frank Thornton, he died on the 16th march 2013
Yes I am sad too..I had hoped that Frank would be there with us a few more years..
And to think that ARE YOU BEING SERVED was only considered filler at first for BBC’s COMEDY PLAYHOUSE. If it hadn’t been for the Munich massacre, the series might not have ever been taken seriously…
One of the best comedies of all time still funny today only fools and horses crap
Legendary
So this sure a few days or so after Bannisters passing? May they all rest in peace.
aired .
Why did Trevor leave the show?
I was just wondering about that too ! Xlnt question !
My recently passed father in law was a carbon copy of Frank Thornton. If you met him you'd be convinced they were twin sons of different mothers.
A few years ago the BBC tried to reinvent some popular sitcoms with a completely different cast of actors. "Are You Being Served" and "Porridge" were amongst them. They wanted to test the water as to which sitcom to bring back for a six episode run. Sadly they did not pick "Are you being served" which I had thought did justice to the 1970s series, instead they bought back "Porridge" with Fletcher's much younger relative in the title role. Personally I didn't think it worked. The original F lecture, Ronnie Barker, was such a very strong character that nobody could really match up to his ability. With "Are you being served", rather than having one strong character, as in "Porridge", there were five or 6 strong characters, I guess the best one IMO was Mr Humphries as played by John Inman, but they were all very good in their own way. I wish the BBC would have a re-think about bringing it back, as the reinvented episode was head and shoulders better than the new "Porridge". A wasted opportunity IMO.
So, now both are gone :-(
Frank should’ve done his classic “ Mr. Lucas are you free??” to which Trevor could’ve said “ I’m free Captain Peacock!”
Corporal Peacock and Dick Lucas, would have been fun to see old Jug Ears in that interview as well.
I like the way you think !!
I didn't know he was a smurf in real life, wow!
Trevor was the lead actor for the first three series, notice that his name comes first in the end credits, the BBC paid him more cos he was poached from ITV
A great team like that don't happens casually.
A bit like Dad's Army was never quite as good when James Beck died, Are You Being Served? lost something when Trevor left as Mr Lucas. He provided a lot of the comic energy.
It is Frank Thornton is still alive
Mr Lucas was an under rated genius ...or a walking H. R. claim!
Yes. Agree. 👍🎬📺
trevor was such a jack the lad far from being so called politly correct, and peacock a snob ; but they were all great at there jobs,;
The show ran from 1972 to 1985 & there was a feature film made..
And let's not forget Are you being served again (Grace and Favour) in 1992 and 1993.
I think they are all dead now.Great show and very naughty 😆
They were a very classy naughty. It went past the heads of children and wasn't too crass. You don't have that today.
All of the original cast are dead but Mike Berry is still alive.
Also Doremy Vernon , the canteen manageress, Penny Irving, Miss Bakewell, Vivienne Johnson Mr Grace's Nurse, they were all in over 20 episodes and they are all still with us..
@@jrgboy also Mr Rumbold's longest serving secretary miss Belfridge played by candy davis is still around.
@@anarchistatheist1917 - Yes she is in her late 50's now, last I hear she was a teacher, she stopped acting around 1986..
Although Trevor played the junior he was the lead actor in the show & got paid the most..
He was at first but John Inman soon became the centre of the show and got top billing along with Mollie Sugden. But Trevor was great - so fluent with his delivery and his put downs of Mrs Slocombe are hilarious!
Very sad news of his death. I am quite shocked actually.
good bye capt. peacock.
they're all gone now except for Mr Rumbold.
Wow, ol' Rumbold outlasted them all.
And Spooner is still with us.
Tank Stoner
true but he wasnt part of the original cast Spooner didnt come on till nearly the end of the series in the early 80s
+Patrick3183 Nicholas Smith died December 2015.
Mr Lucas very funney
I thought the show was good. Made me laugh in the USA. Rest in peace to all.
At this point, Trevor could have played Young or Old Mr. Grace.
Mr. Lucas and Captain Peacock sound so posh!
It’s hard to believe the entire cast of rybs is 💀. Watching it is a bit eerie.
i am disappointed trevor was not the lark he portrayed...i know , its called acting for a reason...but still , at least frank sounded like capt peacock !!! ...ha ,
Gosh, TB should speed up