
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.
StatusEnded
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish
Network

Specials of Open All Hours premiered on March 25, 1973

Series 1 of Open All Hours premiered on February 20, 1976

Series 2 of Open All Hours premiered on March 1, 1981

Series 3 of Open All Hours premiered on March 21, 1982

Series 4 of Open All Hours premiered on September 1, 1985

Ronnie Barker
Albert Arkwright

David Jason
Granville

Lynda Baron
Nurse Gladys Emmanuel