Tuesday, October 4, 2011

John Inman - Are You Being Served Down Under

I couldn't tell you how many people have asked me over the years about the Australian version of Are You Being Served? I've had these 6 episodes sitting around here for ages hoping more would turn up as, from what I understand, they do supposedly exist in an Australian archive somewhere. I never came across any other Australian comedy from that period so I would have something to pair it up with, so here they are along with Inman's two solo shows plus brief edits of his guest appearances in 1999's hilarious French & Saunders Star Wars spoof and the 3 lines he had in one of his first TV appearances in the final episode of Two In Clover in 1970.   
In case you're not familiar with Are You Being Served? (Down Under), in the early 80's Network 10 made 16 episodes of this with all the same roles played by Australian actors with the exception of Inman's Mr. Humphries. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Being_Served%3F_%28Australian_TV_series%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Man_Out_%28UK_TV_series%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_a_Letter,_Mr._Jones

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