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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 · E04

Beware of the Dog

Series 1 · Mar 12, 1976 · 30m

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E01▶

Full of Mysterious Promise

Feb 20, 1976 · 30m

E02▶

A Mattress on Wheels

Feb 27, 1976 · 30m

E03▶

A Nice Cosy Little Disease

Mar 5, 1976 · 30m

E04Playing

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

When a crime wave hits the area, Arkwright decides to scare off any potential burglars by putting up a notice that says BEWARE OF THE DOG but, since everybody knows that he has no dog, he goes out to borrow one for the weekend from the local kennels.

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