Top billed cast

1. 

   Ronnie Barker

   Albert Arkwright

2. 

   David Jason

   Granville

3. 

   Lynda Baron

   Nurse Gladys Emmanuel

4. 

   Barbara Flynn

   The Milk Woman

5. 

   Stephanie Cole

   Mrs Delphine Featherstone

6. 

   Kathy Staff

   Mrs Blewett

7. 

   Maggie Ollerenshaw

   Mavis

8. 

   Frances Cox

   Mrs Parslow

9. 

   Tom Mennard

   Cyril

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Season 4

1985 | 6 Episodes

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-02-23

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 ...read the rest

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7. 2 Broke Girls72%
8. Miranda76%
9. Married... with Children77%
10. Corner Gas80%
11. The Danny Thomas Show61%
12. Ideal80%
13. The Office78%
14. Empty Nest59%
15. dinnerladies74%
16. The Nanny80%
17. Happy Endings69%
18. Mister Ed67%
19. 2Point4 Children73%
20. Father Knows Best66%

Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Open All Hours

Keywords

• nurse
• workaholic
• fiancé
• bicycle
• northern england
• uncle
• yorkshire
• working class
• miser
• customer
• nephew
• errand boy
• shopkeeper
• cash register
• sitcom
• workplace comedy