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.

Created by Roy Clarke

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Ronnie Barker

  Albert Arkwright

  25 eps

• 

  David Jason

  Granville

  25 eps

• 

  Lynda Baron

  Nurse Gladys Emmanuel

  25 eps

• 

  Barbara Flynn

  The Milk Woman

  11 eps

Themes

• nurse
• workaholic
• fiancé
• bicycle
• northern england
• uncle
• yorkshire
• working class
• miser
• customer
• nephew
• errand boy

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