Are You Being Served? S8E1 — Is It Catching?

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Are You Being Served?•Season 8•Episode 1

Is It Catching?

6.5/10 · 219 votesApr 9, 198130 min

Ranked #8 of 8 in Season 8•−0.8 vs season avg

The staff contract a strange tropical illness, Marine's Disease, from Mr. Humphries. They are quarantined in the basement until the disease is past.

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Frank Thornton

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John Inman

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Episode Summary

"Is It Catching?" is episode 1 of Are You Being Served? season 8. It scored 6.5/10 from 219 votes, ranking #8 of 8 episodes this season (season average 7.3). It aired on April 9, 1981.

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