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Series Four
No Sale - Air Date - 8 April 1976Grace Brothers decide to open at 8.30am in order to attract customers on their way to work. The idea is a great success with takings up, but by the afternoon the floor staff decide to make sure takings are the same as the Monday before to avoid having to come to work at 8.30 every day, so they try to put people off buying things.
Top Hat and Tails - Air Date - 15 April 1976
Young Mr. Grace wants the Ladies and Men's Wear department to form a ballroom dancing team to enter the nation Golden Shoes Competition, and when a financial reward is offered all the staff are happy to take part. When rehearsals, Young Mr. Grace watches them to decide whether they are good enough.
Forward Mr Grainger - Air Date - 22 April 1976
When Mr. Rumbold goes to Swansea for a month long sales seminar, Mr. Grainger is placed in charge, much to Captain Peacock's annoyance. Mr. Grainger soon makes himself very unpopular because of how he runs the department. However, very soon Mr. Rumbold comes back as the hotel in Swansea has flooded and everyone ignores Mr. Grainger.
Fire Practise - Air Date - 29 April 1976
Young Mr. Grace warns Mr. Rumbold that there will be a fire practise, but refuses to tell him at what time. Meanwhile, an Arab Emir arrives in the department wishing to buy a pair of trousers for his wife, but no one is allowed to touch her, so measuring her proves difficult. While they are completing the sale, the fire alarm goes off and the staff response means they all have to stay behind that evening and practise what to do if there is a fire.
Fifty Years On - Air Date - 5 May 1976
Mrs. Slocombe reminds everyone that her birthday is approaching, and the rest of the staff work out that she will be 50. They then buy her a present, practise singing "Happy Birthday" and Mr. Humphries has a special cake made. However, when the cake is revealed and it says "50" Mrs. Slocombe is horrified.
Oh What a Tangled Web - Air Date - 12 May 1976
Both Captain Peacock and Mr. Rumbold's secretary Monica Hazelwood are late, and it is rumoured that they are having an affair. Mrs Peacock arrives at the store as does Miss Hazelwood's father, and an inquiry has to be held after both Mrs. Slocombe and Mr. Grainger are attacked and Captain Peacock explains what happened between him and Miss Hazelwood.
The Father Christmas Affair - Air Date - 24 December 1976
Grace Brothers decides to have electricFather Christmas models, but this is soon cancelled when they go wrong. Young Mr. Grace then decides to offer £50 to a member of the department, including Mr. Rumbold, to dress up as Father Christmas and give gifts to the children. Young Mr. Grace gets a young boy to decide which one of the staff will be Father Christmas, and the boy decides on Mr. Grainger. Meanwhile, Mr. Grainger is worried about his annual performance to entertain the residents of an old people's home.
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