''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones'' is a
British sitcom
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starring
John Inman
Frederick John Inman (28 June 1935 – 8 March 2007) was an English actor and singer best known for his role as Mr. Humphries in '' Are You Being Served?'', a British sitcom between 1972 and 1985, and was the only actor from that series to featu ...
and
Rula Lenska
Rula Lenska (born Róża Maria Leopoldyna Łubieńska, 30 September 1947) is a British actress. She mainly appears in British stage and television productions and is known in the United States for a series of television advertisements in the 19 ...
that aired for a single series of six episodes produced by
Southern Television for the
ITV network from 5 September to 10 October 1981. It was created by
Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe.
Plot
Graham Jones (
John Inman
Frederick John Inman (28 June 1935 – 8 March 2007) was an English actor and singer best known for his role as Mr. Humphries in '' Are You Being Served?'', a British sitcom between 1972 and 1985, and was the only actor from that series to featu ...
) works as a personal secretary to female executive Joan Warner (
Rula Lenska
Rula Lenska (born Róża Maria Leopoldyna Łubieńska, 30 September 1947) is a British actress. She mainly appears in British stage and television productions and is known in the United States for a series of television advertisements in the 19 ...
), within a London-based
multinational corporation
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called 8-Star. Although he ably assists her in their busy office, Graham often helps Joan with her equally hectic domestic arrangements as she is a single mother to seven-year-old daughter, Lucy.
Miriam Margolyes
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plays Joan's excitable Italian housekeeper, Maria. The programme featured the
Barclays House in
Poole.
Context and afterlife
John Inman starred in ''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones'' between seasons of the
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'' ''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones'' was never a ratings success (only running for six episodes), but in recent years it has been resurrected by many American
stations, where ''Are You Being Served?'' is also a hit. A UK repeat of the series was shown on
set of the series was released by Questar in 1995. A UK DVD of the series was released in 2009 by Simply Home Entertainment. UK channel