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John Inman
Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries (1972-1985)
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Mollie Sugden
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Slocombe (1972-1985)
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Frank Thornton
Captain Stephen Peacock
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Wendy Richard
Miss Shirley Brahms (1972-1985)
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Harold Bennett
Young Mr. Grace (1972-1981)
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Nicholas Smith
Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (1972-1985)
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QUOTES (3)
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Mrs Slocombe: Captain Peacock, are you going to stand there and hear me insulted?
Captain Peacock: It seems as good a place as any.
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Mr Rumbold: Are you suggesting I'm on the fiddle?
Captain Peacock: No, but you could be tuning up.
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Old Mr Grace: Happy birthday, brother.
Young Mr Grace: It's not my birthday, it's yours. No wonder the department's losing money.
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NOTES (4)
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Two different versions of this episode have aired (at least in the USA). In the original, the Somerset song comes before the party, at which time the cast comes out in blackface to do a "minstrel show" number, and the cast remains in blackface over the closing credits. However, this is seen as offensive to a significant number of people, so an alternate version exists, where the minstrel show number is removed, the Somerset song is moved to after Mr. Rumbold's introduction (even though he still says that they had found ancestors from farther back than the Somerset ones), and a different set of cast pictures is used in the closing credits.
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This was the last Christmas Special in the series.
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In the last three seasons, the role of Senior Salesman is remarkably insecure. After Mr. Grainger served for five years, Mr. Tebbs and Mr. Goldberg served for one year each. Then, and Mr. Klein and Mr. Grossman last one year combined. Mr. Humphries is promoted at the beginning of year nine to serve as the last senior saleman in menswear, thus bringing stability to the position.
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This was the last appearance of Harold Bennett and Kenneth Waller as Young and Old Mr. Grace, and also the last of Vivienne Johnson as Mr. Grace's nurse and Benny Lee as Mr. Klein.
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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The title of this episode, Roots, is an allusion to the American mini-series, Roots, which was based on a novel by Alex Haley. The mini-series was released in the US in 1977.
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