g-pala Awful, truly awful. As a little boy in the 1970's there was very little on TV, but we had to endure this. Even before the concept of political correctness had emerged I found the relentless smutty innuendo and gay suggestion dull, repetitive and predictable.What a waste- and all this from a time when Fawlty Towers was being produced. There was other stuff on TV to keep an eight-year old entertained. How this ran for a decade is beyond comprehension. I guess it's Americans giving this show great reviews- just what must they think of us Brits?

Paul Evans I'm now 30 years of age and grew up watching Allo Allo, 2.4 Children, Only Fools and Horses, One foot in the Grave etc, all of which I have wonderful nostalgic feelings for. I've always felt Brits make the funniest sitcoms, maybe i have an inbuilt British humour. Only in the last 2 years i bought series one of this to see what all the fuss was about, without any shadow of a doubt this is the funniest sitcom ever, no matter what mood i'm in i can put one of these on and laugh out loud, to the people who moan that the jokes were repeated i'd like to remind them of how many years this ran for and just how successful it was and still is. The movie was horrible, why did they make it!! However the sitcom all the way through was hilarious, Mollie and John i think made the series but all the cast were wonderful, especially young Mr Grace. There was an innocence about the series hidden deep amongst all the double entendres. High points for me were from the episodes Camping in, Oh what a tangled web and Friends and Neighbours. Maybe the show dipped a bit at series 9, but series 10 was a class act.

joliefille411 I was pondering which review would be worthy of being my 50th IMDb review and AYBS won by a landslide. Not only is it the definitive field guide to the world of double entendres, it's my personal favourite TV show- British or otherwise. If you are looking for your first foray into British comedy, you'll find no better, and if you only see one, this had better be it.Despite its long run and casting changes, not always for the better mind you, AYBS was one show I can never say outran it's welcome. It remains as fresh and hilarious as the first day of taping, capturing perfectly the working atmosphere (in no small ways can I pick out similarities to my own stint in retail) while seamlessly introducing the absurdly hilarious. Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft were BRILLIANT writers for the show.The original lineup will always remain the favorite. In that time, I felt the characters were more equally favored, and I loved the caustic Mr. Mash. As changes ensued, there were highlights and detriments, including Miss Brahms coming more into her own, and the most obvious unwanted replacements of Mr. Grainger and Mr. Lucas. I never was a fan of Mr. Spooner, but I don't think he killed the show as more rabid purists may attest. Either way, I was never presented with an episode that couldn't make me laugh and forget the oppressions of real life.One last note, the musique concrete theme song was really outstanding as a hallmark of the show: very iconic.So this is my poor tribute to a fantastic show. If anything, I hope the very least I can do is inspire someone to look it up and become a new fan of this brilliant classic

jools_69 On my two visits to the USA I have always been bemused that Are You Being Served is always on one of the channels, OK, it may only be on one channel, but the perception that it seems to be looped.As a kid I had to sit through episode after episode as we only had three channels and this was Sunday night comedy I think. I just didn't get it, I have never got it. I have browsed through the comments here and noticed our American cousins are all rolling around just thinking about it, never mind actually watching it, maybe it will prove to much and cause the odd coronary.The comedy is slapstick and playground innuendo. I have no problem with escapism and sometimes I don't want to relate to characters, but when as an 8 year old child I feel pity and superiority something is wrong.Maybe it was written with export in mind, British comedy is more often subtle, character assassination. It is not even that American comedy does not cross over into Britain (though you do tend to kill it dead by making 7,000 episodes, dead horses and flogging).But, hey, you like it, it very rarely gets played in the UK now, so on behalf of the UK public, you can keep this dull, ridiculous, not funny, boring rubbish just for yourselves.I also need to know how they managed to stay open without ever selling anything? Sorry, but this needed a reality check!