Open All Hours

30min

Comedy

Open All Hours is a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke and starring Ronnie Barker as a miserly shop keeper and David Jason as his put-upon nephew who works as his errand boy.

Episodes

Cast

Full Of Mysterious Promise

1. Full Of Mysterious Promise

30min

20th Feb 1976

Arkwright buys a load of damaged goods. The snag with them is that they are tinned goods without labels! He then tries to foist them off onto his customers.

A Mattress On Wheels

2. A Mattress On Wheels

30min

27th Feb 1976

Granville is fed up with having to do his rounds on his bike and tries to talk Arkwright into buying a van. Granville hopes that a mattress in the back of it will help his love life - and maybe Arkwright's, too!

A Nice Cosy Little Disease

3. A Nice Cosy Little Disease

30min

5th Mar 1976

Arkwright tries to find the perfect disease to pretend to go down with in order to get the attention of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel who he feels has been neglecting him.

Beware Of The Dog

4. Beware Of The Dog

30min

12th Mar 1976

After a bungled burglary on his premises, Arkwright decided the time is right for a guard dog for the shop. However, instead of a real dog, he tries to fool everyone with just the sound of a dog! Meanwhile, Granville thinks he could be the father of Maureen's baby, Eric!

Well Catered Funeral

5. Well Catered Funeral

30min

19th Mar 1976

Parslow, an old friend of Arkwright dies and Arkwright handles the catering for the funeral, hopefully with a large profit coming his way!

Apples and Self Service

6. Apples and Self Service

30min

26th Mar 1976

Arkwright starts a sales drive to try and get rid of a large stock of apples that he had over-ordered.

First air date

20th Feb 1976

Last air date

6th Oct 1985

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks