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Grace Brothers, the TV department store where sitcom Are You Being Served? was set, is to reopen its doors one final time - to sell off items owned by its most famous star.

Mrs. Betty Slocombe could have been the pin-up girl for anyone who ever worked in retailing.

Mollie Sugden British comedy actress Mollie Sugden, 86, a British actress best known for her role as Mrs.

Mollie Sugden, best known for playing Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served?, has died after a long illness, her agent has said.

Comedy actress Mollie Sugden has died in hospital following a long illness, aged 86.

Last of the Summer Wine is to return for another series, ending doubts about the future of the world's longest-running sitcom.

Burt Kwouk , Brian Murphy and Russ Abbot in Last of the Summer Wine. Photograph: BBC/BBC Last Of The Summer Wine, the world's longest-running sitcom, is to return for a further six episodes in a move that quashes speculation that it could be axed.