Are You Being Served? (1972) - 5 corrections

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Entry Throughout the series Mrs. Slocombe's first name changes numerous times. It is Betty in some, Margaret in another, Mary Elizabeth in one and finally Rachel in a few. [As far as is known, her name actually only changed once (Margaret), but officially her name is as follows: Mary Elizabeth Jennifer Rachel Yiddel Abergavenny Slocombe, thereby the Betty (nickname for Elizabeth), Rachel, and Mary Elizabeth. Her full name is sung in an episode where they celebrate what is thought to be her 50th birthday, but according to her, she is only 46. There is also a book about this program that contains this information.]
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Entry How is it that EVERYBODY on the floor gets to have lunch at the same time? [Many stores close for lunch time (a half hour, or full hour). This is particularly true for stores that have a "canteen". They don't want to cook all day, so they serve all meals at once.]
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Entry This show must have been as popular in the USA as it was here. The late John Inman had a great anecdote about being asked if he was free whilst strolling through New York City one time. [Being asked one time does not make it "as popular in the US" as it was in the UK. This is purely speculative and, as such, is not good trivia.]
Corrected by Tailkinker Time

New Look (series 3)

Entry When Mr. Lucas and Mr. Humphries come in and see the water fountain, Mr. Lucas asks whose idea it was. Mr. Rumbold comes in and asks what they think about his idea of having a fountain in the department. When Mr. Grainger arrives and sees the fountain, he asks whose idea it was and is told it was Capt. Peacocks'. [Mr. Rumbold tends to takes credit for everything his staff thinks of or does, so here he doubtless was bragging about one of Cpt. Peacock's ideas.]
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Anything You Can Do (series 7)

Entry At the end, when they come up with their net loss, Mr. Goldberg, in his head, makes the loss eight pounds, 45 pence. But rudimentary arithmetic reveals that the figures make a net loss of eight pounds, 75 pence. [He probably made a mistake - most people will make errors in arithmetic at least once, especially when working with several values.]
Corrected by Andy Benham Time

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