Are You Being Served In Australia? (partially lost Australian remake of British TV series; 1980-1981): Difference between revisions

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Status: Partially Lost

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Are You Being Served In Australia is a Australian remake on the British sitcom of the same name. It was produced by Network Ten and aired a total of 16 episodes in two seasons. The draw-card presents actor, John Inman reprising his role of the main character, Mr.Humphries from the original series. Though, the other character of the show are directly based on the original characters from the British version, just having new names.

Plot

Mr.Humphries is sent to Australia by Mr.Grace to work temporarily at his Australian cousin's menswear department, Bone Brothers. However, apart from being in a new setting with Australian characters, the characters and situations are almost the same to the original series, from the set design to all the way from the costuming. Menswear and ladies apparel share a floor of a large city department store which comes into regular conflicts throughout the show.

Cast

John Inman as Mr. Humphries
June Bronhill as Mrs. Crawford
Reg Gillam as Captain Wagstaff
Judith Woodroffe as Miss Buxton
Christine Amor as Miss Nicholls
Tony Bazell as Mr. Mankowitz
Shane Bourne as Mr. Randel
Peter Collingwood as Mr. Dunkley
Ken Fraser as Mr. Fenwick
Basil Clarke as Young Mr. Bone
Reg Evans as Mr. Cocker
Kerry Daniel as Young Mr. Bone's Nurse
Tracey Kelly as Young Mr. Bone's Secretary
Bernadette Gibson as the Canteen Manageress
Maurie Fields as Harry Collins (1 episode)

Availability

The series never ran outside of Australia or been repeated on television since the late 1980s. Though, in a recurring joke on a radio show called "Get This", it stated that the loss of the master tapes from the series prevented its release on DVD. 15 episodes from the show have been found and uploaded by YouTube user, Fredrick Featherstone, though Season 1, Episode 3 hasn't been found entirely.

Episode List

Season One

#	Episode Title	Status
1	Get Fit Down Under, Mr. Humphries	Found
2	The Hero	Found
3	Mrs. Crawford, Senior Person	Lost
4	The Agent	Found
5	The Apartment	Found
6	The Junior	Found
7	The Punch and Judy Affair	Found
8	Anything You Can Do	Found

Season Two

#	Episode Title	Status
9	Dear Sexy Knickers	Found
10	Camping In	Found
11	Our Figures Are Slipping	Found
12	Heir Apparent	Found
13	Front Page Story	Found
14	Undesirable Alien	Found
15	Diamonds are a Man's Best Friend	Found
16	His and Hers	Found

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 '''Are You Being Served In Australia''' is a Australian remake on the British sitcom of the same name. It was produced by Network Ten and aired a total of 16 episodes in two seasons. The draw-card presents actor, John Inman reprising his role of the main character, Mr.Humphries from the original series. Though, the other character of the show are directly based on the original characters from the British version, just having new names.
 ==Plot==
-Mr.Humphries is sent to Australia by Mr.Grace to work temporarily at his Australian cousin's menswear department, Bone Brothers. Though, Apart from being in a new setting with Australian characters, the characters and situations are almost the same to the original series, from the set design to all the way from the costuming. Menswear and ladies apparel share a floor of a large city department store which comes into regular conflicts throughout the show.
+Mr.Humphries is sent to Australia by Mr.Grace to work temporarily at his Australian cousin's menswear department, Bone Brothers. However, apart from being in a new setting with Australian characters, the characters and situations are almost the same to the original series, from the set design to all the way from the costuming. Menswear and ladies apparel share a floor of a large city department store which comes into regular conflicts throughout the show.
 ==Cast==
 *John Inman as Mr. Humphries