Grace and Favour

1990s British tv sitcom

After long years the Grace Brothers department store is finally closed after death of Young Mr Grace, but few of the surviving employees are in for surprise - it turns out their pensions were not secured by the employer, but there is an option for them...

Rating	6.0
Series creators	Jeremy LloydDavid Croft
Years	1992 - 1993
Country	United Kingdom
Original title	Are You Being Served Again?
Format	30 minutes per episode
Language	English
Series tags	country lifehotelslow paceinnuendosmall townfriendsbankrupt

Grace and Favour trivia

Trevor Bannister

Trevor Bannister was only original main cast member that did not rejoined the cast of Grace and Favour, which was his own decision. As he described it his character in Are You Being Served? was just a cheeky young man who often uses double entendre, which worked fine when he was in his 30s, but when he was in his 60s he felt Mr Lucas would simply be a dirty old man...

Robert Maxwell

The idea for the series was partly inspired by the case of British publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell, who, as it turned out, used to borrow heavily from his own employees? pensions fund.