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Open All Hours

197630m / epComedy

First aired

February 20, 1976

7.9

TMDB Score

79% match · 61 votes

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S01 · E02

A Mattress on Wheels

Series 1 · Feb 27, 1976 · 30m

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E01▶

Full of Mysterious Promise

Feb 20, 1976 · 30m

E02Playing

A Mattress on Wheels

Feb 27, 1976 · 30m

E03▶

A Nice Cosy Little Disease

Mar 5, 1976 · 30m

E04▶

Beware of the Dog

Mar 12, 1976 · 30m

E05▶

Well Catered Funeral

Mar 19, 1976 · 30m

E06▶

Apples and Self Service

Mar 26, 1976 · 30m

Fed up with having to do deliveries in all weathers on his bike, Granville suggests Arkwright invest in a van. Needless to say, his uncle balks at the expense until Granville points out that it could be a mattress on wheels, a means of impressing Nurse Gladys. Arkwright buys a secondhand one and Granville wishes he hadn't when he takes it out on the road.

About the Series

Comedy

Synopsis

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.

CreatorRoy Clarke