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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 · E03

A Nice Cosy Little Disease

Series 1 · Mar 5, 1976 · 30m

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E01▶

Full of Mysterious Promise

Feb 20, 1976 · 30m

E02▶

A Mattress on Wheels

Feb 27, 1976 · 30m

E03Playing

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

Arkwright feels that Nurse Gladys has been neglecting him and, in order to get her undivided attention, he must come down with a 'disease', nothing too serious, just something that'll have her lavishing attention on him. She sees through the ruse and is ready to beat him at his own game.

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