Synopsis
Are You Being Served? (1981), Season 8 is the London department-store comedy, eight episodes you can watch online on iFILM. By the early eighties Grace Brothers hasn't changed, but the gags have grown a little bolder.
The opener locks everyone in the basement under quarantine after they catch a tropical bug off Mr Humphries. Then Captain Peacock spirals into jealousy over his wife, now Mr Rumbold's secretary; Humphries is handed the new staff magazine and sets the floors at each other with what he prints; a rooftop strike ends in a fire; and Old Mr Grace decides Humphries must be his long-lost son. It runs on through Mrs Slocombe's romantic dreams and a hunt for the boss's coat-of-arms before his 90th birthday.
The show still leans on familiar types and lines with a second meaning, though the humour here pushes further than the early years did. For fans, that's the appeal. Stream Are You Being Served? Season 8 online on iFILM.
8 episodes
S8·E1Is It Catching?
The staff contract a strange tropical illness, Marine's Disease, from Mr. Humphries. They are quarantined in the basement until the disease is past.
S8·E2A Personal Problem
Captain Peacock's wife works at Grace Brothers, as Mr. Rumbold's secretary. He is intensely jealous and is absolutely convinced that the two of them are having an affair.
S8·E3Front Page Story
Mr. Humphries is made editor of the new staff magazine. The 1st Floor staff is not pleased with the stories he writes about them causing friction in the relations between floors.
S8·E4Sit Out
The staff go on strike after being threatened with a pay cut or being moved to the bargain basement. They stage a protest on the roof which is interrupted by a fire which destroys the basement.
S8·E5Heir Apparent
Old Mr. Grace becomes convinced that Mr. Humphries is his long-lost son. Mrs. Humphries (also played by Mr. Inman) arrives, and shows that she has never had relations with Mr. Grace.
S8·E6Closed Circuit
Grace Brothers has decided to enter the video age and display advertisements on closed circuit television throughout the store. Meanwhile, there is a new face in Menswear.
S8·E7The Erotic Dreams of Mrs. Slocombe
Mrs. Slocombe has dreams in which she and Mr. Humphries become romantically embroiled. When she attempts to turn fantasy into reality, the situation becomes most difficult to handle.
S8·E8Roots?
The staff decide to obtain a coat-of-arms for Old Mr. Grace's 90th birthday, but problems arise when they're unable to figure out exactly from where his ancestors came.
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