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#AreYouBeingServed? s5e7 (1977) - 5/10
Lacklustre.
As the years went by, the show increasingly relied on silly props and costumes to generate laughs. Here, it mostly falls flat. Even the studio audience doesn’t appear to be greatly amused. The opening sequence, where Humphries replaces a dummy that looks just like him, is silly. How stupid are Rumbold and Peacock supposed to be, that they don’t realise it’s a real person standing in front of them?
A shame because the idea driving the story - the team films an advert for the store - is reasonably strong. But the episode feels rushed. It lacks actual jokes. Instead, they are clearly hoping we’ll be amused by the sight of a ridiculous wig on Mrs. Slocombe.
This is the final episode for #ArthurBrough. He does appear one more time, in the film that came out a couple of months after the 5th season ended. But he had sadly passed away by the time the regular series returned, 18 months later.