Synopsis
Are You Being Served? (1972), Season 2 is the British shop-floor sitcom you can watch online on iFILM — five episodes that never leave the Grace Brothers department store, where the staff bicker far more than they sell.
Each episode is its own working day, each with its own small disaster. The department throws a dinner for Mr. Grainger's long service, while everyone frets that a cuckoo clock means the sack. A national fuel shortage shuts off the heating, and the assistants get inventive about staying warm behind the counter. Sales sag again, so Rumbold convenes a "think tank" and a fashion show; a shoplifter works the floor and a store detective moves in; and the redecoration plans collide with everyone's holidays. Class, manners and double entendres, seventies vintage.
The comedy runs on its regulars: the camp Mr. Humphries, the formidable Mrs. Slocombe, the penny-pinching Young Mr. Grace. If the first run landed, this one serves the same dish, a little richer. Stream Are You Being Served? Season 2 online on iFILM.
5 episodes
S2·E1The Clock
It's Mr. Grainger's 37th anniversary at Grace Brothers and the Department hosts a celebration dinner for him. It's a time of happiness, and dread, for if he receives a cuckoo clock then it means he's to be retired.
S2·E2Cold Comfort
A fuel shortage grips the country and Grace Brothers, so the stores furnaces are shut down for the day. The staff are freezing and soon develop unique ways to keep warm.
S2·E3The Think Tank
Sales are falling once again and so Mr. Rumbold calls together a "think tank", a suggestion he "borrowed" from Captain Peacock. The staff decide that a fashion show would be the answer, but when Young Mr. Grace won't cough up the dough to hire proper models, the staff are forced to put on the show themselves.
S2·E4Big Brother
There's trouble afoot at Grace Brothers! Someone's been lifting Mrs. Slocombe's skirts and putting their hands in Mr. Grainger's drawers. Shoplifting has struck the store and Mr. Rumbold installs a store detective and a video surveillance system. It goes off track for awhile, as Mr. Rumbold turns into a voyeur and the staff act like they're on television. Ultimately, the staff decide to do in the scheme and prey on Mr. Rumbolds hypochondria to accomplish it.
S2·E5Hoorah for the Holidays
The Store's redecoration plans threaten to interfere in the staffs vacations. Everyone is now expected to take the same two weeks off and there's disagreements on how to handle it. Grace Brother's Tour Group Company offers some package deals, but they are far from First Class.
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