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.
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated Monday 6th January at 11:35am on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 4,152
Press clippings
Sir David Jason pleads with BBC bosses to bring back hit sitcom
Sir David Jason issued a plea to BBC bosses to bring back his hit sitcom despite it being off screen for years because the script is written and the cast are "ready to go".
Catriona Mactaggart, The Sun, 8th October 2024Corner shop from beloved sitcom Open All Hours being auctioned for £150,000
The corner shop known as Arkwright's in hit TV comedy Open All Hours is being auctioned for £150,000.
The Sun, 27th September 2024Open 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 2023BBC 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 2022Netflix 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 2021Legendary 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 2020The 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 2018Shop 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 2018Sir 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 2017Open 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