Still Open All Hours
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Roy Clarke |
| Written by | Roy Clarke |
| Directed by | Dewi Humphreys |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Gareth Edwards |
| Location(s) |
MediaCityUK (2013) Teddington Studios (2014) Pinewood Studios (2015—) |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | 26 December 2013 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Open All Hours |
| Related shows | Seven of One |
| External links | |
| Still Open All Hours at BBC Comedy | |
Still Open All Hours is a British sitcom, starring David Jason, a sequel to the series Open All Hours, written by original writer Roy Clarke.
Open All Hours ran for 26 episodes in four series from 1973 to 1985. The BBC announced on 7 October 2013, that the show would air for a 40th Anniversary Special in December 2013. The 40th Anniversary special aired on 26 December at 7:45pm on BBC One. Ronnie Barker, who played the main character of Arkwright, in Open All Hours, died in 2005: the special featured David Jason's Granville, Arkwright's assistant and nephew in the original series, having inherited the grocery store from Arkwright. Other returning cast members included Lynda Baron, Stephanie Cole and Maggie Ollerenshaw.
On 30 January 2014, the BBC commissioned Still Open All Hours for six new episodes beginning on 26 December 2014. The show later returned for a second series, beginning on 26 December 2015. In January 2016, David Jason revealed that a third series would be produced in 2016. The series began airing on 26 December 2016. David Jason has suggested that a fourth series will be filmed in 2017.
Still Open All Hours was broadcast on 26 December 2013, with Jason reprising his role of Granville from Open All Hours. The new one-off episode written by Clarke showed Granville now running the shop with his son Leroy (played by James Baxter), after inheriting it from Arkwright. Clarke wrote the script in two weeks, and production began in October 2013. The exterior scenes were filmed at the original location at Lister Avenue in Doncaster from 18 to 20 November 2013. The interior scenes were recorded on 3 December 2013 at MediaCityUK in Salford in front of a studio audience. A 30-minute documentary accompanying the show's return, entitled Open All Hours: A Celebration, aired on 27 December 2013, the day after the new episode was broadcast, on BBC One.
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