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.
4 seasons · 25 episodes
S4 E1Soulmate Wanted
Sep 1, 198530 min
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 hi
S4 E2Horse-Trading
Sep 8, 198530 min
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 reck
S4 E3The Housekeeper Caper
Sep 15, 198530 min
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!
S4 E4The Errand Boy Executive
Sep 22, 198530 min
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.
S4 E5Happy Birthday, Arkwright
Sep 29, 198530 min
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
S4 E6The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
Oct 6, 198530 min
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
Ronnie Barker
Albert Arkwright
David Jason
Granville
Lynda Baron
Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
Barbara Flynn
The Milk Woman
Stephanie Cole
Mrs Delphine Featherstone
Kathy Staff
Mrs Blewett
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Mavis
Frances Cox
Mrs Parslow
Tom Mennard
Cyril
Helen Cotterill
Julie
Sandra Voe
Mrs Bickerdyke
Teddy Turner
Gordon Stackpool
