Full disclosure: the original title for this was “Five Great British TV Mothers,” which is perhaps more factually accurate, but could be misleading if you came of age in the ’60s, or listen to a lot of hip hop, so ...
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The Brit List: Seven Reasons Why “Are You Being Served?” Took Over The World
Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the first episode of Are You Being Served? an unlikely comedy show to become a worldwide hit, but a worldwide hit nevertheless, and probably because the characters do seem to represent a kind of ...