S2.E5

The Darts Match

Name: The Darts Match
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1993-02-01
Duration: 28 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, Joanne Heywood

Episode aired Feb 1, 1993
TV-PG
28m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

YOUR RATING

Joanne Heywood and Wendy Richard in Are You Being Served? Again! (1992)

Comedy

The gang accepts the local pub's challenge to a game of darts.The gang accepts the local pub's challenge to a game of darts.The gang accepts the local pub's challenge to a game of darts.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

YOUR RATING

3User reviews

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Mollie Sugden

Betty Slocombe
(as Mrs Slocombe)

Frank Thornton

Captain Stephen Peacock
(as Captain Peacock)

Joanne Heywood

Jessica Lovelock
(as Miss Lovelock)

Wendy Richard

Shirley Brahms
(as Miss Brahms)

John Inman

Wilberforce Claybourne Humphries
(as Mr Humphries)

Nicholas Smith

Cuthbert Rumbold
(as Mr Rumbold)

Billy Burden

Maurice Moulterd
(as Mr Moulterd)

Fleur Bennett

Mavis Moulterd

Nick Scott

Policeman

Colin Edwynn

Landlord

Andrew Barclay

Malcolm Heathcliff

Paul Humpoletz

Henry Heathcliff

Martin Friend

Old Man

Shirley Brahms

Director
- Mike Stephens
Writers
- Jeremy Lloyd
- David Croft
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Trivia
The dog, played by Shirley Brahms, is Wendy Richard's own, named after her character in Are You Being Served? (1977).

Goofs
The end credits claim to list the cast in order of appearance. However, Wendy Richard as Miss Brahms appears fourth in the cast listing, despite the fact that she was unquestionably the first to appear and speak after the opening titles.

Connections
References One Man and His Dog (1976)

One of the constraints of Are you being served was the fact that it was set inside a department store, the major benefit of Grace and Favour, they could go out and about, runaway horses and now a darts match.

It does a good job of pitching the Grave Brothers team, all nicely mannered, against the locals, the darts team, who are of course a bit rough and ready.

Nice visual humour, some good jokes, not a classic, but good fun. 7/10.