Talk:List of Are You Being Served? characters

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Cast members

Hi, for ease of identification purposes, I added the names of the cast members who played each character but another user removed them, citing they are alredy listed in the cast list on the main page. While this is true, I submit that this is not good enough reason to remove the names of the cast members from this article for three reasons:

As noted above, there is an ease of use factor. Any user who wishes to see who played, say, Mr. Grossman, would have to switch between two articles for their complete information and possibly loose their place in reading when a simple addition of the cast member would make things a lot easier.
The cast member list on the main page is extremly bulky and will need to be cleaned up eventually and integrated in other ways. The cast list currently lists about twenty odd people in it, most of whom did not appear most than a few episodes and should ideally be integrated into a minor characters article on Are You Being Served?. The list also seems to have no particular order, making it difficult to scan quickly between articles.
There's really no good reason I can think of not to include the names of cast members by their characters. It's pretty common practice in character articles on Wikipedia and doesn't seem to hurt anything.

Comments? -- Redfarmer 22:37, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There really is no need to write so much about this issue! I partly reverted because of how you inserted the cast names, in brackets at the start of each paragraph. They should be inserted, if you insist, at the end of each section (saying "Played by ---"). --UpDown 07:57, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't "insist" as you say, but it makes it a lot easier and it is more consistent with the way the issue is dealt with in other TV articles. If you reverted my edit because you did not agree with the way it was formatted, you really should have said so on the talk page. The reason you gave in your revert was the information is on the main page. That's where the confusion came in. -- Redfarmer 23:17, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The reason I did not make a talk page comment was lack of time. When I have time I intend to do as I said in my first comment above.--UpDown 08:06, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Recent reversion of my edits

Hi. My edits were recently reverted - [1] - and I'd like to ask why, and discuss what we can do to improve this article further. - Richard Cavell (talk) 12:32, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Solomon Peacock"

Just thought I'd through into the talk page that in episode 3 in series 3 Mrs. Betty Slocombe called him "Solomon Peacock"; don't know where it fits in though - if anywhere — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.208.183.44 (talk) 19:32, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This "Utterly Random Quotes" messageboard fan site [2] also gives "Yes, Captain Solomon Peacock, I do!" Presumably an official script exists somewhere. Not sure if this was Lloyd and Croft's attempt at introducing a token Jewish tailor touch into the characterisation, or if it was just Mrs Slocombe (nee Yiddell)'s sarcastic appraisal of Captain Peacock's "wisdom." Perhaps both. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:48, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Name "Poecock" or "Peacock"

In some of the early episodes, characters clearly say "po-cock" while reading Captain "Peacock's" name. This leads one to believe that this character's name is really "Poecock", or at least was initially intended to be. Obviously, the surname "Poecock" is pronounced the same as "Peacock". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.94.231.11 (talk) 14:41, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This blogsite [3] gives a rendition of the script of the "Sex, Lies and Videotape" episode thus:

Man #1: "Ah, I see the camera is here."

"Captain Peacock: Can I help you sir?"

Man: "Yes...I'm the camera operator. And you must be...(glances down at his paper) Mr. Pocock."

Captain Peacock: "No, Captain Peacock."

Camera Operator: "I see. We shall begin taping whenever you're ready."

Mr. Grainger: "How exciting!"

So I think slight comic effect was intended, that's all. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:40, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]