List of Open All Hours episodes

This list includes all the episodes of the BBC sitcom Open All Hours, including the 1973 television pilot, the 1982 Christmas special. A sequel, Still Open All Hours, began with a Christmas special in 2013.

The Open All Hours pilot was the first episode of Ronnie Barker's 1973 comedy anthology series, Seven of One. The pilot developed into the sitcom, which premiered on BBC2 in 1976 and on BBC1 in 1981.

The exterior shots in the main series were filmed at a different location: The corner of Lister Avenue and Scarth Avenue in Doncaster.

Arkwright hears that Gladys Emmanuel has another man. ("Couldn't you clasp me to your bosom?") Granville wants a van to meet ladies.

"Why don't we get engaged before we both grow a moustache?" What's more fruitless: Arkwright's pursuit of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, or his attempt to sell tins of food without labels?

Arkwright's always been dead against getting a van, until Granville points out the advantages of taking a lady friend for a drive...

Perhaps, a nice cosy little disease on Arkwright's part would be the thing to attract the ministrations of a certain district nurse?

A crime wave scares an already security-obsessed Arkwright – the shop has to be fortified.

His best friend's funeral tests Arkwright's generosity.

Slow apple sales lead to a self-service experiment.

When Nurse Gladys Emmanuel tells Arkwright that he must buy a new washing machine, he is forced to come up with an ingenious plan to keep her happy and his savings undisturbed, especially when an ill-tempered Pakistani VAT man comes to the shop.

Nurse Gladys Emmanuel and Arkwright are finally going to spend the night together at a hotel, leaving the way open for Granville to invite the local milkwoman over. But Arkwright still refuses to part with his precious money, and resorts to an over-tight money belt, which makes him walk funny.

Arkwright's marketing genius comes to the fore as he tries to shift some over-stocked items.

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