Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Arkwright, and David Jason as his nephew and assistant Granville. The programme originated as a 1973 episode of Barker’s comedy anthology Seven of One, and later ran for 26 episodes; the first series broadcast on BBC2, the remaining three series broadcast on BBC1.
Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Arkwright, and David Jason as his nephew and assistant Granville. The programme originated as a 1973 episode of Barker’s comedy anthology Seven of One, and later ran for 26 episodes; the first series broadcast on BBC2, the remaining three series broadcast on BBC1.
Season 4 episodes
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Granville decides it's high time he did something about his single status and places an advert in the lonely hearts column. He actually gets a result but of course he feels he has to lie about himself to the girl in question and presents himself as a yuppie. Leave it to his beloved uncle to ruin it for him.
Episode credits
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Barbara Flynn, Stephanie Cole, Jean Warren, Norman Robbins, Gilly Coman, Christine Ozanne
Arkwright has a rival: corner shop owner Mr Gupta, so he sends Granville undercover – in a sari – to check him out. Arkwright believes he can get one over on his rival by selling him a load of genuine Yorkshire clotheshorses but he has reckoned without Gupta's business skills.
Episode credits
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Barbara Flynn, Alan Starkey, Nadim Sawalha, John Rutland, Charlotte Barker
Arkwright believes that he can make Nurse Gladys jealous if he has a live-in housekeeper. This only succeeds in attracting the attention of Mrs Featherstone, the Black Widow herself!
Episode credits
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Barbara Flynn, Stephanie Cole, Frances Cox, Sandra Voe, Joe Belcher, Patricia Kane
Anxious to impress boutique girl Stephanie ('with a P-H!'), Granville passes himself off as a young executive, claiming that Arkwright is his junior assistant. Unsurprisingly, his uncle is less than happy with this idea.
Episode credits
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Stephanie Cole, Sandra Voe, Julie Shipley, Howell Evans
Nurse Gladys and Granville play a trick on Arkwright, persuading the shopkeeper that a man representing the Good Shopkeepers' Guide is in the area, awarding bonuses to shops whose staff show extra courtesy. Gladys goes undercover as a male inspector and visits, where she is greeted with unusual civility.
Episode credits
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Barbara Flynn, Stephanie Cole, Tom Mennard, Howard Lew Lewis, John Owens
Ever persistent to worm his way into Nurse Gladys' bedroom as well as her affections, Arkwright finds that flattery and chocolates are no use. But he's got a cunning plan to use Granville to impersonate a burglar, wearing a stocking mask to scare Gladys so that Arkwright can come running... into her room.
Episode credits
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Barbara Flynn, Stephanie Cole, Frances Cox, Barbara Ashcroft, Eric Richard, Bobby Bragg
