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Open All Hours (1976)

First aired February 20, 197630m/ep4 seasons · 25 epsEnded
7.9

56 votes

Comedy

Overview

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.

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Roy Clarke

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Ronnie Barker

Ronnie Barker

Albert Arkwright

David Jason

David Jason

Granville

Lynda Baron

Lynda Baron

Nurse Gladys Emmanuel

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

English

Type

Scripted

Last Air Date

October 6, 1985

Networks

BBC One

Production

BBC

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CinemaSerf

It took the BBC a couple of years after the end of "Porridge" to find another suitable sitcom for the considerable talents of Ronnie Barker, and so in 1976 they reunited him with producer Sydney Lotterby and "Last of the Summer Wine" creator Roy Clarke to portray "Arkwright", the stammering Yorkshire store keeper whose miserliness could give "Scrooge" a run for his money. He is enamoured of the well-endowed local nurse "Gladys" (Lynda Baron) whilst trying to keep his live-in nephew/dogsbody "Granville" (a wonderfully skilful series of performances from David Jason) from succumbing to the evil…

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