Open All Hours. Image shows from L to R: Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), Granville (David Jason), Albert Arkwright (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC
Open All Hours

Open All Hours

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One / BBC Two
  • 1973 - 1985
  • 26 episodes (4 series)

Mean-yet-loveable northern shopkeeper Arkwright is allergic to spending money - much to the trouble of his put-upon nephew and sole employee Granville. Stars Ronnie Barker, David Jason, Lynda Baron, Kathy Staff, Maggie Ollerenshaw and more.

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Open All Hours stage play to open

A new stage adaptation of BBC sitcom Open All Hours is to be performed in September.

British Comedy Guide, 4th July 2023

BBC Four to repeat comedy classics

To link in with the celebrations of 100 years of the BBC, from Saturday 22nd October BBC Four will begin broadcasting classic episodes of sitcoms and sketch shows.

British Comedy Guide, 14th October 2022

Netflix eyes up Brit comedy Open All Hours

Netflix has added Open All Hours to its shopping list after fellow Brit comedy classic Only Fools And Horses became a Christmas hit. The streaming giant also has sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart on its wishlist.

Rod McPhee, The Sun, 5th January 2021

Legendary sitcom producer/director Sydney Lotterby dies

Producer and director Sydney Lotterby, whose credits include Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Porridge, The Liver Birds and As Time Goes By, has died at the age of 93.

British Comedy Guide, 30th July 2020

The top 10 British sitcoms of the 80s

After the dourness of the 1970s, the following decade was much more colourful and self-confident, and this reflected in the increasingly audacious premises of the best situation comedies of the era. There were still perennial British interests of class and social status, with observations on suburban life providing plenty of opportunity for writers.

Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 29th December 2018

Shop that inspired Open All Hours may shut down

Shop that inspired BBC comedy could shut after 90 years of trading over healthy and safety complaint about goods outside.

Alexander Robertson, Daily Mail, 15th August 2018

Sir David Jason gets second autobiography deal

Sir David Jason is to publish a second autobiography volume later this year. My Lives will focus on his acting work and the characters that made him famous.

British Comedy Guide, 1st March 2017

Open All Hours - a must see, must read, comedy classic

I may be in the minority here, but one of my most favorite British situation comedies of all-time is Open All Hours.

Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 23rd March 2015

David Jason threatened by knifeman on Open All Hours

Sir David Jason has revealed he was once threatened by a knifeman on set. In his autobiography the actor has revealed how a man wielding a bread knife once lunged at during filming of Open All Hours.

The Mirror, 14th October 2013

Is reviving a classic sitcom ever a good idea?

David Jason will be back in a one-off edition of the corner-shop comedy at Christmas. But as Blackadder, Absolutely Fabulous and others have taught us, comedy revivals are tricky things.

Sophie Hall, The Guardian, 9th October 2013

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