Are You Being Served? Follows the misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a fictional London department store called Grace Brothers, will be returning to BBC One later this year for a one-off special.
Executive producer is Stephen McCrum said that the series will be Picking up where Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft’s classic comedy left off, the show will bring Grace Brothers and some of the nation’s all-time favourite sitcom characters, including Mrs Slocombe, Captain Peacock and Mr Humphries back to life with an all-star cast. Mr. McCrum explained that in the special it’s 1988 and Young Mr. Grace is determined to drag Grace Brothers into, well 1988, but he has a problem on his hands. Mr. Humphries, Captain Peacock, Mr. Rumbold and Mrs. Slocombe all seem to be stuck in another era. A new member of staff, Mr. Conway, joins the team – but will he help shake things up or will he just put a pussy among the pigeons?

“Writing a new episode of Are You Being Served? has been the most fun I have ever had as a professional writer. We have an amazing cast, a brilliant producer and a great director, it was just too exciting an opportunity to pass up and I am unanimous in that.” Derren Litten commented.
Mr McCrum explained that the new cast include Bafta-award winning Jason Watkins (The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jefferies) who will play the role of Mr Humphries; Sherrie Hewson (Benidorm, Coronation Street) will play Mrs Slocombe; John Challis (Only Fools And Horses) will play Captain Peacock; Roy Barraclough (Coronation Street) will play Mr Grainger; Arthur Smith (comedian and writer) will play Mr Harmon; Justin Edwards (The Thick Of It) will play Mr Rumbold and Niky Wardley (The Catherine Tate Show) will play Miss Brahms. McCrum went on to add that as well as the original favourites, there will be some new characters joining the show. They are Mathew Horne (Gavin And Stacey) who will play Young Mr Grace, the original Young Mr Grace’s grandson; Jorgie Porter (Hollyoaks) will play Miss Croft and newcomer Kayode Ewumi will play the character Mr Conway.
“The Are You Being Served? Special is a riot of a script from Derren and has attracted a real comedy pedigree cast to pay homage to this glorious and much-loved show.” Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning commented.