Here's the cast of the Are You Being Served remake
Sherrie Hewson, John Challis and Mathew Horne starred in the remake of Are You Being Served? (Picture: BBC)

Fans were miffed before even seeing one second of the BBC’s Are You Being Served? remake, but they were outraged when it did eventually air.

The BBC revived the show, set in a department store, as part of its sitcom season complete with a brand new cast.

The cast featured former Loose Women star Sherrie Hewson, Hollyoaks actress Jorgie Porter and Gavin And Stacey star Mathew Horne.

Despite including all the raunchy innuendos it could manage, and some pretty strong casting, it went down like a lead balloon with viewers hankering for the past.

Here's the cast of the Are You Being Served remake
Dspite all the raunchy jokes the remake fell short of the beloved original (Picture: BBC/David Croft)

Stalwart fans of the original didn’t hold back on Twitter, dubbing it ‘an awful rehash’ and ‘dreadful’.

However a few of the jokes hit the spot.

Programme Name: Are You Being Served? - TX: n/a - Episode: n/a (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: Mr Conway (Kayode Ewumi), Miss Brahms (Niky Wardley), Mr Humphries (Jason Watkins), Mr Grainger (Roy Barraclough), Captain Peacock (John Challis), Mr Grace (Matthew Horne) - (C) BBC - Photographer: Scott Kershaw
The remake did receive praise for its casting (Picture: BBC)

However Are You Being Served? fared much better than the remake of Porridge that followed, with Kevin Bishop as Nigel ‘Fletch’ Fletcher, originally played by the late Ronnie Barker.

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Kevin Bishop as Fletch in the Porridge remake (Picture: BBC)

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Many felt the remake didn’t match up to the original (Picture: BBC)

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