twelfth series of '' Comedy Playhouse '' , the long-running BBC series , aired during 1972 , with the last two episode being used as fillers due the Munich massacre . The twelfth series , which was in colour , consisted of seven episodes , each of which had a different cast and storyline . The pilot episode of '' Are You Being Served ? '' was intended to be broadcast early in the year but the BBC chose not to broadcast it , and was not transmitted , until the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics necessitated that it was used as a filler
Munich massacre
Munich massacre
Comedy Playhouse (series 12)