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Open All Hours was a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke

Roy Clarke

Roy Clarke Order of the British Empire is an England comedy writer.Clarke is best known for creating Last of the Summer Wine, starring Bill Owen , Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, Kathy Staff and Dame Thora Hird....
which ran for four series (26 episodes in all) between 1976 and 1985, with a pilot episode from the Seven of One
Seven of One

Seven of One is a United Kingdom Television comedy that aired on BBC One in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, Seven of One is a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible pilot episode for sitcom....
series in 1973. In 2004, the series was voted eighth in Britain's Best Sitcom

Britain's Best Sitcom

Britain's Best Sitcom was a poll conducted in 2004 by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 to identify the United Kingdom's best situation comedy. The winner by over 60,000 votes was Only Fools and Horses....
.

series features a small grocer's shop in Balby

Balby

Balby is a suburb of Doncaster located to the south-west of the borough in the north of England. It is home to the former secondary school, now sports college Balby Carr Community Sports College....
, a suburb of Doncaster

Doncaster

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
. The owner, Arkwright

Arkwright (Open All Hours)

Albert Arkwright, usually referred to simply as Arkwright or occasionally as 'Uncle' by his nephew, Granville is a fictional character in the UK sitcom, Open All Hours played by Ronnie Barker....
(Ronnie Barker

Ronnie Barker

Ronald William George Barker, Order of the British Empire , was an English actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Norman Stanley Fletcher in the British comedy television series Porridge , as various characters in the British comedy television series The Two Ronnies and as Albert Arkwright in the British comedy television ser...
), is a middle-aged miser with a stammer

Stuttering

Stuttering, also known as stammering in the United Kingdom, is a speech disorder in which the flow of Speech communication is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds....
and a knack of being able to sell anything .

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Open All Hours was a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke

Roy Clarke

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Plot

The series features a small grocer's shop in Balby

Balby

Doncaster

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
. The owner, Arkwright

Arkwright (Open All Hours)

Ronnie Barker

Stuttering

Granville (Open All Hours)

Granville is a fictional character played by David Jason in the UK sitcom Open All Hours. Granville is an errand boy to his uncle and employer, Arkwright , who is the proprietor of an old fashioned Yorkshire corner shop....
(David Jason

David Jason

Sir David John White, Order of the British Empire, known by his stage name David Jason , is an England actor, known for his comedy and dramatic roles....
) is the put-upon errand boy, whose attempts at a love-life or even just a meaningful social life fall flat. He blames his uncle, in particular that he has to be up early to open the shop and stay late to close it. Almost every mistake Arkwright makes is followed by a cry of "Gr-Granville! F-fetch yer cloth!". A recurring joke revolves around Arkwright's claim that Granville's estranged father was Hungarian

Hungarian people

Hungarians are an ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. There are around 10 million Magyars in Hungary . Hungarians were the main inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary that existed through most of the second millennium....
— an issue never resolved. Arkwright made cracks about the sexlife of his late sister (Granville's mother).

The shop is crowded and most goods can only be reached from behind the counter — allowing Arkwright a chance to hawk more goods. The till is old, and a spring on its drawer terrifies Granville and Arkwright, who is too much a miser to buy a new one.

Across the road lives Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron

Lynda Baron

Lynda Baron is an England stage, film and television actress. Her most prominent role is probably that of the extremely busty Nurse Gladys Emanuel, the object of Arkwright's affection, in the BBC comedy series Open All Hours....
), Arkwright's long-standing fiancée; much of the skinflint's time is dedicated to trying to make her marry him, or at least sleep with him. Nurse Gladys has her rounds and her elderly mother to occupy her. She is protective of Granville and tries to use her influence with Arkwright to get him a better life. In the pilot episode, Nurse Gladys was played by Sheila Brennan with an Irish accent, and the character was slimmer than the buxom creature she became, played by Lynda Baron

Lynda Baron

Milkman

A milkman is a person, traditionally male, who delivers milk in milk bottles or cartons. Milk deliveries frequently occur in the morning and it is not uncommon for milkmen to deliver products other than milk such as eggs, cream, cheese, butter, yogurt or soft drinks....
(Barbara Flynn

Barbara Flynn

Barbara Flynn is a United Kingdom actress. She first became known for her appearance in the long running ITV drama 'A Family at War', that followed the fortunes of a lower middle class family living in the City of Liverpool, from 1938 and through World War 2....
) for whom Granville had the hots; Mavis (Maggie Ollerenshaw) a young woman who could not make up her mind what to buy; Mrs Blewett (Kathy Staff

Kathy Staff

Kathy Staff was an England actor, well known for her work on British television.Born in Dukinfield, Staff was best known for her role as one of the main characters, Nora Batty, in the sitcom Last of the Summer Wine....
), with a critical word for everyone; and Mrs Featherstone (Stephanie Cole

Stephanie Cole

Stephanie Cole, Order of the British Empire is an England actor, best known for playing characters a great deal older than her actual age. Her most famous role was in the television sitcom, Waiting for God ....
), the Black Widow, a sour-faced miser who admired Arkwright for being likewise.

Episodes generally involve some plan by Arkwright to wed Nurse Gladys, save money or sell more stuff, and end with Arkwright shutting shop for the night with his reflection on the day.

A few complaints were registered over humorous use of a speech impediment but Arkwright was so amiable and the humour so good-natured that most deemed it a portrayal without malice. The part was originally written without the stammer — Barker suggested it and it became part of Arkwright's character. Similarly, the dangerous cash-register was created mostly by Barker.

Two of Ronnie Barker's fake moustaches (donated by the BBC) used in the show were auctioned at the British Stammering Association conference in London, September 2005.

The show's theme tune is a song called Alice, where art thou? music written by Joseph Ascher

Joseph Ascher

Joseph Ascher was a Netherlands-Jewish composer and pianist.He was born in Groningen , the son of the chazzan of the city, who went on to become a cantor in London....
. It was played in an arrangement for brass band

Brass band

A brass band is a musical group generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles which include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert bands, wind bands or wind ensembles....
by Max Harris, who also wrote incidental music for the series.

The programme can be quite reflective and at times has moments of pathos

Pathos

Pathos is one of the three modes of persuasion in rhetoric . Pathos appeals to the audience's emotions. It is a part of Aristotle's philosophy in rhetoric....
. Whilst everyone else in the programme is practical and shows no emotion or sentimentality, Granville is quite the opposite and throughout the series Granville often reflects on life passing him by. Occasionally characters he would have known as a teenager are brought in and whilst they have all gone on in life and had some success, Granville has remained his uncle's errand boy — the ageing Granville is still treated like a child, in particular by Arkwright, but also by customers in the shop, even those sympathetic towards his predicament.

Locations

The exterior shots were in Lister Avenue in Balby

Balby

Doncaster

Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is located about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"....
; the shop itself is a hairdresser's salon.

Gladys Emmanuel's house was 34 Lister Avenue, Balby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in the first series, but moved to number 32 in the second series .

The local council considered demolishing the shop used in Open All Hours and a web site has been set up for fans of the show to post messages in support of saving the shop. The shop was to be auctioned in Leeds on 24 November 2008, and was expected to fetch between £120,000 and £130,000, however it failed to meet its reserve price.

All four series of all 26 episodes have now been released on VHS

VHS

The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard developed by JVC and launched in Europe and Asia in September 1976, and the United States in June 1977....
and DVD

DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
.

Political reference

While Arkwright does not seem to have any particular political convictions, he is an avid political commentator, usually not in a serious capacity. In the earlier episodes the series makes many references to the policy of the Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
governments of Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, Order of the Garter, Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was one of the most prominent British politicians of the later half of the 20th century....
and James Callaghan

James Callaghan

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, Order of the Garter, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980....
, with comments like My top lip went all stiff and dead, as if it had been nationalised and When Wales get home rule, do you think they'll nationalise Clive Jenkins
Clive Jenkins

David Clive Jenkins was a United Kingdom trade union leader. "Organising the middle classes", his stated recreation in Who's Who , sums up both his sense of humour and his achievements in the British trade union movement....
. By the time the later series were made the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Fellow of the Royal Society was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990....
was in power, and fewer political observations were made against government or opposition.

Cast

The following have appeared in more than one episode.

Actor name	Character name	Episodes	Years
Ronnie Barker Ronnie Barker Ronald William George Barker, Order of the British Empire , was an English actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Norman Stanley Fletcher in the British comedy television series Porridge , as various characters in the British comedy television series The Two Ronnies and as Albert Arkwright in the British comedy television ser...	Arkwright Arkwright (Open All Hours) Albert Arkwright, usually referred to simply as Arkwright or occasionally as 'Uncle' by his nephew, Granville is a fictional character in the UK sitcom, Open All Hours played by Ronnie Barker....	26 episodes (#1,2,3,4)	1976-1985
David Jason David Jason Sir David John White, Order of the British Empire, known by his stage name David Jason , is an England actor, known for his comedy and dramatic roles....	Granville Granville (Open All Hours) Granville is a fictional character played by David Jason in the UK sitcom Open All Hours. Granville is an errand boy to his uncle and employer, Arkwright , who is the proprietor of an old fashioned Yorkshire corner shop....	26 episodes (#1,2,3,4)	1976-1985
Lynda Baron Lynda Baron Lynda Baron is an England stage, film and television actress. Her most prominent role is probably that of the extremely busty Nurse Gladys Emanuel, the object of Arkwright's affection, in the BBC comedy series Open All Hours....	Nurse Gladys Emmanuel	25 episodes (#1,2,3,4)	1976-1985
Barbara Flynn Barbara Flynn Barbara Flynn is a United Kingdom actress. She first became known for her appearance in the long running ITV drama 'A Family at War', that followed the fortunes of a lower middle class family living in the City of Liverpool, from 1938 and through World War 2....	The Milk Woman	10 episodes (#2,3,4)	1981-1985
Stephanie Cole Stephanie Cole Stephanie Cole, Order of the British Empire is an England actor, best known for playing characters a great deal older than her actual age. Her most famous role was in the television sitcom, Waiting for God ....	Mrs. Featherstone	10 episodes (#3,4)	1982-1985
Kathy Staff Kathy Staff Kathy Staff was an England actor, well known for her work on British television.Born in Dukinfield, Staff was best known for her role as one of the main characters, Nora Batty, in the sitcom Last of the Summer Wine....	Mrs. Blewett	7 episodes (#1,2)	1976-1981
Maggie Ollerenshaw Maggie Ollerenshaw Maggie Ollerenshaw is a United Kingdom actress most famous for her role as Mavis on the sitcom Open All Hours. She also played Mrs. Clegg in the short-lived series, First of the Summer Wine....	Mavis	7 episodes (#2,3)	1981-1982
Frances Cox	Mrs. Parslow	5 episodes (#2,3,4)	1981-1985
Tom Mennard	Cyril	3 episodes (#3,4)	1982-1985
Madge Hindle Madge Hindle Madge Hindle is a United Kingdom actor, best known for her roles on television series.Madge's big break came when her good friend, British playwright Alan Bennett, asked her to appear in his 1966 BBC comedy series On the Margin....	Mrs. Jardine / Posh Customer	2 episodes (#1,3)	1976-1982
Barbara Keogh Barbara Keogh Barbara Keogh was a British actress who is possibly best remembered for playing Lilly Mattock in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as well as playing various roles in comedy sketch-show, Little Britain....	Mrs. Ellis	2 episodes (#1)	1976
Howard Crossley	Man in Car / Milk Round Supervisor	2 episodes (#2,3)	1981-1982
Nick Stringer Nick Stringer Nick Stringer is an England actor.In a thirty year career, Stringer has appeared in numerous well-known British television shows, including The Bill, Only Fools and Horses, Coronation Street, Family Affairs, Butterflies and My Family....	Neville / Man	2 episodes (#2,3)	1981-1982
Teddy Turner Teddy Turner Teddy Turner was a Yorkshire-born England actor and comedian who shot to fame as dustbin man, Chalkie Whiteley in the top rated ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street and followed this playing the part of Banks in the popular sitcom, Never the Twain in the 1980s....	Gordon	2 episodes (#2,3)	1981-1982
Alan Starkey	Thorndyke	2 episodes (#3,4)	1982-1985
Helen Cotterill	Julie	2 episodes (#3)	1982
Sandra Voe	Mrs. Bickerdyke	2 episodes (#4)	1985

Episode list

Pilot

Air Date: 25 March 1973

Main Cast: Ronnie Barker (Albert Arkwright), David Jason (Granville)

Synopsis: Part of the Seven of One
Seven of One

Seven of One is a United Kingdom Television comedy that aired on BBC One in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, Seven of One is a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible pilot episode for sitcom....
series

Episode	Title	Broadcast details
#1	Open All Hours	25th Mar 1973 - BBC2 Sun 8.15pm
Cast	Sheila Brennan (Nurse Gladys Emmanuel), Keith Chegwin Keith Chegwin Keith "Cheggers" Chegwin is an English people television presenter, former child actor and singer. He is the brother of DJ Janice Long... (Boy Buying Lolly), Elissa Derwent (Girl from Petrol Station), Yootha Joyce Yootha Joyce Yootha Joyce was an England actor who was best known for playing Mildred Roper in Man About the House and George and Mildred.... (Mrs. Scully), David Valla (Bread Man)
Synopsis

Series 1

Air Date: 20 February 1976 - 26 March 1976

Main Cast:

Ronnie Barker (Albert Arkwright)

David Jason (Granville)

Lynda Baron (Nurse Gladys Emmanuel)

Synopsis: Ronnie Barker stars as Arkwright, the stuttering grocer. Arkwright's urge to take money from customers is second only to his need to prevent his nephew, Granville, from discovering a world beyond the shop bell... And, of course, his passion for nurse Gladys Emmanuel.

Episode	Title	Broadcast details
#1	Full Of Mysterious Promise	20th Feb 1976 - BBC2 Fri 9pm
Cast	John Lawrence (Mr. Bristow), Gillian McClements (Gloria), Kathy Staff (Mrs. Blewett), Peter Wallis (Winston), Poppy Lane (Extra -uncredited)
Synopsis	“Why don’t we get engaged before we both grow a moustache?” What’s more fruitless – Arkwright’s pursuit of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, or his attempt to sell tins of food without labels?
#2	A Mattress On Wheels	27th Feb 1976 - BBC2 Fri 9pm
Cast	Juliet Cooke (Eva), Jean Heywood (Vera), George Innes George Innes George Innes is a United Kingdom actor, born 8 March 1938, who played minor and guest roles on British film and television from his film debut in Billy Liar in 1963 until 1971, when he played footman List of Upstairs, Downstairs characters#Alfred_Harris in the period drama, Upstairs, Downstairs.... (Used Car Salesman), Barbara Keogh (Mrs. Ellis), Harry Markham (Freddie)
Synopsis	Arkwright’s always been dead against getting a van, until Granville points out the advantages of taking a lady friend for a drive...
#3	A Nice Cosy Little Disease	5th Mar 1976 - BBC2 Fri 9pm
Cast	Juliet Ackroyd (Linda Mulgrave), Tony Aitken (Norman), Graham Armitage (Man from Matlock Mutual Protection Society), Clare Kelly (Mrs. Braddock), Barbara Keogh (Mrs. Ellis)
Synopsis	Perhaps a nice cosy little disease on Arkwright’s part would be the thing to attract the ministrations of a certain district nurse?
#4	Beware of the Dog	12th Mar 1976 - BBC2 Fri 9pm
Cast	Kevin Moreton (Boy), Shirley Steedman (Maureen)
Synopsis	A crime wave scares an already security-obsessed Arkwright – the shop has to be fortified
#5	Well Catered Funeral	19th Mar 1976 - BBC2 Fri 9pm
Cast	Reginald Barratt (Mr. Wilkinson), John Challis John Challis John Challis is an England actor and comedian.He is probably best known for his role as Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running comedy show Only Fools and Horses, and its 2005 spin-off, The Green Green Grass.... (Bread Man), Kathy Staff (Mrs. Blewett), Elizabeth Dawn (Woman Outside Shop - uncredited)
Synopsis	His best friend’s funeral tests Arkwright’s generosity.
#6	Apples And Self Service	26th Mar 1976 - BBC2 Fri 9pm
Cast	Edna Doré Edna Doré Edna Dor? is a United Kingdom actor. Dor? is one of Britain's best known senior citizen actresses. She is known for her bit-part roles in situation comedy and for playing the character of Mo Butcher in the BBC soap opera EastEnders .... (Woman Wanting Firelighters), Madge Hindle (Mrs. Jardine), John McKelvey (Hard of Hearing Man), Michael Redfern (Southerner)
Synopsis	Slow apple sales lead to a self-service experiment.

Series 2

Air Date: 1 March 1981 - 19 April 1981

Main Cast:

Ronnie Barker (Albert Arkwright)

David Jason (Granville)

Lynda Baron (Nurse Gladys Emmanuel)

Synopsis: Arkwright continues to risk amputation rather than replace his till. As Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, the owner of an awesome bosom and an old Morris Minor, deflates his amorous advances, Arkwright seeks solace in bullying his over-worked, sexually and socially-frustrated nephew and errand boy, G-G-G-Granville.

Episode	Title	Broadcast details
#1	Laundry Blues	1st Mar 1981 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Maggie Ollerenshaw Maggie Ollerenshaw Maggie Ollerenshaw is a United Kingdom actress most famous for her role as Mavis on the sitcom Open All Hours. She also played Mrs. Clegg in the short-lived series, First of the Summer Wine.... (Mavis), Matthew Scurfield Matthew Scurfield Matthew Scurfield is an actor and the eldest child of the late author George Scurfield and his wife Cecilia in Cambridge, England. His autobiography, I Could Be Anyone, was published in 2008 .... (Man from Bus Stop), Renu Setna (VAT Man), Nick Stringer (Neville)
Synopsis	“When Nurse Gladys Emmanuel tells Arkwright that he must buy a new washing machine, he is forced to come up with an ingenious plan to keep her happy and his savings undisturbed.
#2	The Reluctant Traveller	8th Mar 1981 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Barbara Flynn (The Milk Woman), Maggie Ollerenshaw (Mavis), Kathy Staff (Mrs. Blewett)
Synopsis	Nurse Gladys Emmanuel and Arkwright are finally going to spend the night together at a hotel... with an over-tight money belt.
#3	Fig Biscuits And Inspirational Toilet Rolls	15th Mar 1981 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Howard Crossley (Man in Car), Mike Kelly (Delivery Man), Maggie Ollerenshaw (Mavis), Kathy Staff (Mrs. Blewett)
Synopsis	Arkwright's marketing genius comes to the fore as he tries to shift some over-stocked items.
#4	The New Suit	22nd Mar 1981 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Michael Bilton Michael Bilton Michael Bilton was an England actor best known for his role as Basil Makepeace in the United Kingdom television Situation comedy Waiting for God.... (Hypnotist), Frances Cox (Mrs. Parslow), Frances Goodall (Woman on Bench), Emrys James (Eli Bickerdyke), Kathy Staff (Mrs. Blewett)
Synopsis	Arkwright has to buy a new suit – on Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's say so.
#5	Arkwright's Mobile Store	29th Mar 1981 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Maggie Ollerenshaw (Mavis), Brian Peck (Customer), Kathy Staff (Mrs. Blewett), Paula Tilbrook Paula Tilbrook Paula Tilbrook is an England actor who has played Betty Eagleton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale since 1994.In 1977, she made an appearance as Stella Rigby in Coronation Street, and followed this by appearances as Olive Taylor-Brown in the same show in 1978 and 1980.... (Mrs. Tattersall)
Synopsis	Arkwright proves his ambition by expanding the business... he buys an old ice-cream van.
#6	Shedding At The Wedding	5th Apr 1981 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Roger Elliott (Mr. Bristow), Stuart Fell (Motorcyclist), Patsy Smart Patsy Smart Patsy Smart was an England actor who is best remembered for her performance as List of Upstairs, Downstairs characters#Miss Roberts in the 1970s ITV television drama Upstairs, Downstairs.... (Customer), Kathy Staff (Mrs. Blewett)
Synopsis	Arkwright's wedding suit smells of mothballs. Hanging his trousers out of Gladys' car was never going to be a good idea...
#7	St Albert's Day	19th Apr 1981 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Frances Cox (Mrs. Parslow), Oscar Quitak (Hungarian), Teddy Turner (Gordon)
Synopsis	Arkwright invents a Saint's day so that Granville can check the pockets of a foreign visitor who he suspects of shoplifting.

Series 3

Air Date: 21 March 1982 - 25 April 1982

Main Cast:

Ronnie Barker (Albert Arkwright)

David Jason (Granville)

Lynda Baron (Nurse Gladys Emmanuel)

Synopsis: Ronnie Barker's stuttering shopkeeper Arkwright lives for just three things - a regularly ringing till, a glimpse of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's more than ample bosom and making the life of his nephew and errand boy, G-G-G-Granville ever more miserable...

Episode	Title	Broadcast details
#1	An Errand Boy By The Ear	21st Mar 1982 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Bridget Ashburn (Mrs. Turner), Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Featherstone), Madge Hindle (Posh Customer), Maggie Ollerenshaw (Mavis), Sue Race (Mrs. Ellis), Nick Stringer (Man)
Synopsis	Arkwright's baffled when his customers get upset with his treatment of Granville. Surely, "it's what errand boys are for."
#2	The Ginger Men	28th Mar 1982 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Featherstone), Helen Cotterill (Julie), Barbara Flynn (The Milk Woman), Bert Gaunt (Bert - Bread Man), Tom Mennard (Cyril), Alan Starkey (Thorndyke)
Synopsis	Why is Arkwright forcing his ginger cake upon Nurse Gladys? Could it be he has overstocked? And if it really is an old Jamaican aphrodisiac, Granville's acting like he's overdosed.
#3	Duet For Solo Bicycle	4th Apr 1982 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Featherstone), Barbara Flynn (The Milk Woman), Sally Miles (Mrs. Whittington), Donald Morley (Man Looking for Directions), Maggie Ollerenshaw (Mavis), Liz Whiting (Wendy)
Synopsis	A squeak in the shop's bicycle is driving Granville round the bend, but can it really be affecting his love-life?
#4	How To Ignite Your Errand Boy	11th Apr 1982 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Featherstone), Frances Cox (Mrs. Parslow), Howard Crossley (Milk Round Supervisor), Barbara Flynn (The Milk Woman), Frank Marlborough (Delivery man), Tom Mennard (Cyril), David Thackwray (Boy)
Synopsis	Arkwright's plan to make his own fire lighters has a snag, they may be somewhat dangerous to make...Oh well, Granville is not busy...
#5	"The Man From Down Under"	18th Apr 1982 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Featherstone), Janet Davies (Mrs. Blake), Barbara Flynn (The Milk Woman), Johnny Leeze (Man Whose Tyres Were Let Down), Maggie Ollerenshaw (Mavis), Teddy Turner (Gordon)
Synopsis	When one of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's admirers returns from Australia, Arkwright proffers a real Yorkshire welcome...
#6	The Cool Cocoa Tin Lid	25th Apr 1982 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	John Bleasdale (Dennis), Helen Cotterill (Julie), Barbara Flynn (The Milk Woman), Tony London (Youth), Mollie Maureen (Old Woman)
Synopsis	Granville decides to get cool. He's got the open necked shirt and the shades, but where's a poor errand boy going to find a medallion?
Special	The Funny Side Of Christmas	27th Dec 1982 - BBC1 Mon 8.05pm
Cast
Synopsis	Short special part of The Funny Side Of Christmas

Series 4

Air Date: 1 September 1985 - 6 October 1985

Main Cast:

Ronnie Barker (Albert Arkwright)

David Jason (Granville)

Lynda Baron (Nurse Gladys Emmanuel)

Synopsis: Ronnie Barker's great creation Arkwright continues to mind the store where the only thing going cheap is talk. The elusive Nurse Gladys Emmanuel is still there to drive him to distraction, while delivery boy Granville just yearns for a trendy girlfriend, a high-powered executive job, a sports car or even a new bell on his bicycle.

Episode	Title	Broadcast details
#1	Soulmate Wanted	1st Sep 1985 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Featherstone), Gilly Coman (Girl Who Answers Advert), Christine Ozanne (Customer), Norman Robbins (Mr. Halliwell), Jean Warren (Michelle)
Synopsis	Granville is desperate for female company, so he decides to resort to advertising. He ends up getting more than he bargained for.
#2	Horse-Trading	8th Sep 1985 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Charlotte Barker (Customer), Barbara Flynn (The Milk Woman), John Rutland (Black Lead Customer), Nadim Sawalha (Albert Gupta), Alan Starkey (Thorndyke)
Synopsis	Arkwright thinks he's done great business when he offloads some genuine Yorkshire clothes horses on a local Asian shopkeeper...
#3	The Housekeeper Caper	15th Sep 1985 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Joe Belcher (Shopfitter), Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Featherstone), Frances Cox (Mrs. Parslow), Barbara Flynn (The Milk Woman), Patricia Kane (Little Old Lady), Sandra Voe (Mrs. Bickerdyke)
Synopsis	Arkwright advertises for a live-in housekeeper. It doesn't succeed in getting Nurse Gladys Emmanuel jealous but does tempt the "Black Widow", the formidable Mrs Featherstone...
#4	The Errand Boy Executive	22nd Sep 1985 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Featherstone), Howell Evans (Victor - Vac Salesman), Julie Shipley (Stephanie), Sandra Voe (Mrs. Bickerdyke)
Synopsis	To impress Stephanie, a young lady from the boutique, Granville claims he is an "executive" and that Arkwright is his "faithful old assistant".
#5	Happy Birthday Arkwright	29th Sep 1985 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Featherstone), Barbara Flynn (The Milk Woman), Howard Lew Lewis (Byron), Tom Mennard (Cyril), John Owens (Windscreen Smear Customer)
Synopsis	What does Arkwright want for his birthday? Certainly not a visit from the man from the Good Shop Guide.
#6	The Mystical Boudoir Of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel	6th Oct 1985 - BBC1 Sun 7.15pm
Cast	Barbara Ashcroft (Mrs. Turnbull), Bobby Bragg (Customer), Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Featherstone), Frances Cox (Mrs. Parslow), Barbara Flynn (The Milk Woman), Eric Richard (Cash Register Salesman)
Synopsis	Arkwright will do anything to get himself into Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's bedroom, including the use of a ladder and a box of chocolates. Meanwhile Granville takes to wearing tights on his head.

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