Product Details

• Actors: Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard, Nicholas Smith
• Directors: Jeremy Lloyd
• Writers: Jeremy Lloyd, David Croft
• Producers: Mike Stevens
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Warner
• DVD Release Date: August 27, 2002
• Run Time: 150 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000069HXI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,807 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Are You Being Served?, Vol. 5" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Happy Birthday Dear Er Er", January 6, 2004

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mwreview "mwreview" (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Are You Being Served?, Vol. 5 (DVD)

As relatively weak volume 4 in the AYBS? set is, volume 5 makes up for it big time! Fifty Years On is hilarious. It is Mrs. Slocombe's birthday, and the staff must find out her age and first name. The scene where Mr. Rumbold gets the staff together to rehearse their rendition of "Happy Birthday" is one of the funniest of this long-running series. Some of my favorite episodes of AYBS? are the ones that feature Capt. Peacock's womanizing reputation, and Oh What a Tangled Web has tales of Peacock's "blow tickler" and Mr. Rumbold's secretary flying around. The ending of this episode is rather weak, but, as a whole, it is still one of the best.

In Mrs. Slocombe Expects, the staff try a new sales technique suggested by Young Mr. Grace where they pretend to be customers to attract sales. And then there is the "expectant mother." Mrs. Slocombe can find homes for 6 but "anymore than that will have to be drowned in a bucket." The staff find themselves in the toy department in A Change is as Good as a Rest. It is refreshing to see the gang on a new "sales floor." The one episode of this set that is a little dicey is The Father Christmas Affair. Here, Mr. Grainger, Mr. Humphries, and Mr. Lucas rehearse an Al Jolson "Mammy" minstrel. There is also a surprise at the end which may offend some people. Still, this episode has one of my favorite AYBS? lines. Mrs. Slocombe tries out for the Father Christmas job by stating: "I will ask you to remember that Parliament has passed the sexual relations act which states that women are just as good at it as men and, what's more, they should be paid the same for doing it."

This excellent volume, as well as the other volumes in this series, are also available in two boxed sets, both of which I highly recommend.

5.0 out of 5 stars Continued Good Material -, November 26, 2010

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Loyd E. Eskildson "Pragmatist" (Phoenix, AZ.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Are You Being Served?, Vol. 5 (DVD)

Mrs. Slocomb reaches her birthday party, and staff are trying to guess her age (50?) and first name, while she is dropping sly hints to make certain that her day is remembered. Then Capt. Peakcock gets tangled up in a seemingly romantic affair with Mr. Rumboldt's secretary (just a misunderstanding), and the usual efforts to boost sales.

5.0 out of 5 stars great British sitcom, November 21, 2009

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This review is from: Are You Being Served?, Vol. 5 (DVD)

I started to watch Are You Being served when it used to come out on PBS and I grew to love it. All the episodes on this volume are great. I particulary like the one having to do with Father Christmas and Mrs.Slocombe's birthday. This is definitely a great show to watch when you really need to laugh.