Are You Being Served? (Original title)
Dates: 1977 (Copyright), 25 August 1977 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Bob Kellett
Synopsis: Comedy. The staff of the Grace Bros. department store go on holiday for two weeks to the Costa Plonka in Spain whilst the store is closed for decoration. When they arrive at the hotel, the manager, Carlos Bernardo, tells them that their rooms will not be ready until the next day. They agree to be put up for the night in 'penthouses', but this turns out to be a misunderstanding and they are shown to a series of 'tent houses', or tents on the beach. Over dinner, the delivery of various secret, written romantic notes gets mixed up and so various people think they are being propositioned by others who have not in fact written the messages. That night, the confusion is compounded when people go to other people's tents for a supposed romantic liaison, only to find that they are not expected or that, for whatever reason, someone else is in the tent. Involved in these mix-ups are Bernardo's would-be revolutionary friend César Rodríguez, who longs for Mrs Slocombe (having seen her with a ravishing young body in what he does not realise is a joke photo taken at Blackpool), and hotel maid Conchita, hoping to hide in a tent as she fears Bernardo's nocturnal advances. The next morning, as Rodríguez's army have been unable to cross the border, he and his small cohort come under fire at the hotel and defiantly fight back. This violence interrupts the Grace Bros. workers' breakfast, who duly have to hide from the line of fire and devise a way to signal for help, which they manage to do using the advertising balloon over the hotel. A tank arrives, which turns out to be driven by 'Young' Mr Grace, the elderly owner of the shop, who has had to use this means of transport to travel from the airport.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Holidays, Shop assistants, Hotels, Package holidays
Releases
Date: 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8484 FeetDialogue (original): English
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Dates: 1977 (Copyright), 25 August 1977 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Bob Kellett
Synopsis: Comedy. The staff of the Grace Bros. department store go on holiday for two weeks to the Costa Plonka in Spain whilst the store is closed for decoration. When they arrive at the hotel, the manager, Carlos Bernardo, tells them that their rooms will not be ready until the next day. They agree to be put up for the night in 'penthouses', but this turns out to be a misunderstanding and they are shown to a series of 'tent houses', or tents on the beach. Over dinner, the delivery of various secret, written romantic notes gets mixed up and so various people think they are being propositioned by others who have not in fact written the messages. That night, the confusion is compounded when people go to other people's tents for a supposed romantic liaison, only to find that they are not expected or that, for whatever reason, someone else is in the tent. Involved in these mix-ups are Bernardo's would-be revolutionary friend César Rodríguez, who longs for Mrs Slocombe (having seen her with a ravishing young body in what he does not realise is a joke photo taken at Blackpool), and hotel maid Conchita, hoping to hide in a tent as she fears Bernardo's nocturnal advances. The next morning, as Rodríguez's army have been unable to cross the border, he and his small cohort come under fire at the hotel and defiantly fight back. This violence interrupts the Grace Bros. workers' breakfast, who duly have to hide from the line of fire and devise a way to signal for help, which they manage to do using the advertising balloon over the hotel. A tank arrives, which turns out to be driven by 'Young' Mr Grace, the elderly owner of the shop, who has had to use this means of transport to travel from the airport.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Holidays, Shop assistants, Hotels, Package holidays
Releases
Date: 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8484 FeetDialogue (original): English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: DVDBFI identifier: C-1446577
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: DVDBFI identifier: C-1446577
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access