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Open All Hours

  • 1976–1985
  • 4 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 7.9

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.

Episodes

6 episodes
  1. 1An Errand Boy by the Ear

    30 minMar 21, 1982

    There are protests when Arkwright is caught dragging Granville around by his ear. Whilst Arkwright reasons that this is what errand boys are for, the customers choose to differ and force Arkwright to improve his nephew's lot in life.

  2. 2The Ginger Men

    30 minMar 28, 1982

    When Arkwright finds himself with a surplus of Jamaican Ginger cakes, he tries various marketing ploys to sell them off, but hits the jackpot when he claims that the cakes contain drugs, leading customers fighting to get at them.

  3. 3Duet for Solo Bicycle

    30 minApr 4, 1982

    When a posh man arrives for directions, Arkwright is concerned that Nurse Gladys is seeing another whilst Granville's love life is also suffering. It is bad enough that when he accompanies Wendy, he only has a bike with which to impress her — but the bike has a squeak, which he can't get rid of.

  4. 4How to Ignite Your Errand Boy

    30 minApr 11, 1982

    Arkwright considers yet another money-making scheme. Everybody seems to want fire-lighters in the winter so he can save cash by making his own — or rather getting Granville to make them in the shed at the back... with explosive results.

  5. 5The Man from Down Under

    30 minApr 18, 1982

    Arkwright learns that a former beau of Nurse Gladys' is returning from Australia, where he emigrated a couple decades ago to make his fortune. Naturally, Arkwright is disheartened to think that Gladys might be tempted by her old flame and sets about to take drastic action with the man he believes to be his rival.

  6. 6The Cool Cocoa Tin Lid

    30 minApr 25, 1982

    Fed up with tank-tops and shop pinnies, Granville decides to court a cool image. He gets a pair of shades and a nice fashionable shirt, but all that stops him from being the archetypal medallion man is a medallion. Perhaps a cocoa tin lid can provide a substitute.

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Series cast

Ronnie BarkerAlbert Arkwright25 episodes
David JasonGranville25 episodes
Lynda BaronNurse Gladys Emmanuel25 episodes
Barbara FlynnThe Milk Woman11 episodes
Stephanie ColeMrs Delphine Featherstone10 episodes
Kathy StaffMrs Blewett7 episodes
Maggie OllerenshawMavis7 episodes
Frances CoxMrs Parslow5 episodes
Tom MennardCyril3 episodes
Helen CotterillJulie2 episodes
Sandra VoeMrs Bickerdyke2 episodes
Teddy TurnerGordon Stackpool2 episodes
Alan StarkeyThorndyke2 episodes
Barbara KeoghMrs Ellis2 episodes
Madge HindlePosh Customer2 episodes
Nick StringerMan2 episodes
Howard CrossleyMilk Round Supervisor2 episodes
Peter WallisWinston1 episode

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