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Open All Hours(TV show/series, 1976-1985)

TV-PG
| 30min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 4 seasons with 25 episodes

Open All HoursRating: 4.0/5 (with 25 votes)
Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. It ran for 26 episodes in four series, which aired in 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985. The programme was developed from a television pilot broadcast in Ronnie Barker's Seven of One (1973) comedy anthology series. Open All Hours ranked eighth in the 2004 Britain's Best Sitcom poll. A sequel, titled Still Open All Hours, aired from 2013 to 2019. ()
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Open All Hours Seasons and Episodes

09/01/1985Series 4 - 6 episodes
#1 | 09/01/1985Soulmate Wanted
Granville advertises for female company and ends up with more than he can handle.
#2 | 09/08/1985Horse-Trading
Arkwright smugly offloads a lot of clothes-horses to an rival Asian shopkeeper. However, when his rival starts making large profits using the clothes-horses as bait for customers, he makes Granville dress up as an Asian woman so that he can buy the clothes-horses back.
#3 | 09/15/1985The Housekeeper Caper
Arkwright decides that to make Nurse Gladys Emmanuel jealous, he will advertise in the local paper for a live-in housekeeper. Unfortunately he is not prepared for Mrs Delphine Featherstone applying for the position!
#4 | 09/22/1985The Errand Boy Executive
Granville takes a fancy to Stephanie (""with a p-h"") who works in a boutique. He pretends that he is a young executive and that Arkwright is his assistant. Needless to say, Arkwright does not agree with this role-reversal.
#5 | 09/29/1985Happy Birthday Arkwright
Arkwright is on the alert after Nurse Gladys Emmanuel and Granville tell him that a man from the ""Good Shop Guide"" is visiting shops in the area. It is only a ruse by Granville and Nurse Gladys to teach Arkwright a lesson in good manners. Nurse Gladys dresses up as a man and is on the receiving end of some very polite behaviour from Arkwright.
#6 | 10/06/1985The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
Arkwright tries all manner of things in order to get himself into Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's bedroom, including the use of a ladder and a box of chocolates. Meanwhile Granville takes to wearing tights on his head.
03/21/1982Series 3 - 6 episodes
03/01/1981Series 2 - 7 episodes
02/20/1976Series 1 - 6 episodes
03/25/1973Specials - 1 episode

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: Yorkshire
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 02/20/1976
Last episode released on: 10/06/1985

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:1054, Added: 05/11/2018, Last updated: 04/09/2024