jack peter benedict whitehall played mr lucas on are you being served.
who played mr lucas on are you being served?
jack peter benedict whitehall
trevor bannister





























trevor gordon bannister (14 august 193414 april 2011) was an english actor best known for having played the womanising junior salesman mr lucas in the sitcom "are you being served?" from 1972 to 1979, and for his role as toby mulberry smith in the long-running sitcom "last of the summer wine", from 2003 until it ended its run in 2010.





























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trevor bannister
mr james/dick lucas (trevor bannister) was the 'jack the lad' junior menswear assistant, who was nearly always late for work but always had a creative excuse. he was not very concerned about the departmental pecking order, and made many sarcastic remarks, usually towards mrs slocombe. in the early series he had a relationship with miss brahms, as mentioned in 'big brother', however by later episodes she seems to have developed an antipathy towards him. mr lucas once called himself the 'best friend' of mr humphries, who was quick to deny it. his departure is never explained, although captain peacock remarked in the episode "sit out" after mr lucas left, on a day in which the departments had achieved no sales, that the last time the departments had no sales, "we fired the junior." mr lucas was thus made redundant, or terminated at will. (in real life, trevor bannister had already accepted a part in a tour for middle age spread so he was unable to continue the role of mr lucas.) in the series mr lucas represents fresh, modern thinking contrasted with the stale, old-fashioned thinking that permeates grace brothers. in a series 5 episode, mr grace decides to americanise the store, and the staff must call each other by their first names; mr lucas embarrassingly reveals to his co-workers that his first name is dick, much to the delight of mr humphries. in "shedding the load" he signs a letter as dick lucas. but in the series 2 episode "the clock", mr mash addresses him as mr james lucas. despite being the department junior, bannister was, in fact, one year older than inman.
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