Are you Being Served?

Question

In the Brit-com "Are you Being Served", they always referred to each other as "Mr" or "Mrs" and rarely called each other by their first names. I know that Colonel Peacock's first name was Steven, but does anyone know the first names of the other characters in the show?

ah yes, I meant Captain Peacock (not Colonel)...kudos to answer #2, you really paid attention, didnt you?

Answer 1

Mrs. Betty Slocombe
Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries
Captain Stephen Peacock
Miss Shirley Brahms
Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold
Mr. Dick Lucas
Mr. Beverley Harman
Young Mr. Grace
Mr. Ernest Grainger

Answer 2

It was Captain Peacock actually. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries, Shirley Brahms, Cuthbert Rumbold, and Betty Slocum are the ones I remember.. Mr Lucas was once referred to as Dick. I cant remember Mr Grainger, Mr Tebbs or the other few characters they had plus I might have some of the spellings incorrect.

Answer 3

Betty Slocumbe
Shirley Brahms
Stephen Peacock
Cuthbert Rumbold
Bert Spooner
Claybourne Humphries

I can't remember Mr Lucus, Mr Tebbs, Mr Granger first names...

Answer 4

They do refer to each other's first names on rare, personal, occasions. This is a rather French tradition. They have two pronouns for 'you' - 'tu' and 'vous' - 'tu' being the familiar, friendly personal 'you' and 'vous' being the formal address for 'you'. After 1066, the Brits adopted a lot of the civily superior French speech habits. For example, the English name for a swine is 'pig' , the French, 'pork'. At any rate, Mrs Slocombe is 'Betty'; Mr. Humphries is 'Wilberforce', Miss Brahms is 'Shirley' and Mr. Rumbold is 'Cuthbert' etc.....

Answer 5

sorry i dont know