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20 February 1976 (UK)
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Plot:
Arkwright is a tight-fisted shop owner in Doncaster, who will stop at nothing to keep his profits high and his overheads low...
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2 nominations
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(2 articles)
British TV Star Staff Dies
(From WENN. 14 December 2008, 6:21 AM, PST)
Lynda Baron returns to 'EastEnders'
(From digitalspy. 9 September 2008, 2:46 AM, PDT)
(From WENN. 14 December 2008, 6:21 AM, PST)
Lynda Baron returns to 'EastEnders'
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G-Granville, fer-fer-fetch your cloth!
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 3 of 17) | Ronnie Barker | ... | Albert Arkwright (25 episodes, 1976-1985) |
| David Jason | ... | Granville (25 episodes, 1976-1985) |
| Lynda Baron | ... | Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (25 episodes, 1976-1985) |
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30 min (26 episodes)
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New Zealand:PG (seasons 1-4) |
Australia:PG (DVD rating)
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In the episode Happy Birthday Arkwright, his age is revealed as 58.
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Referenced in "David Jason: Frost and Me: How It All Began (#1.1)" (2008)
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If you're an outgoing young man, always trying to impress your peers and increase your knowledge of the opposite sex, how on earth are you going to manage it with a squeaky antique shop bike, a vicious finger-eating till and a pinny?
Well, Granville's problems don't matter to his uncle Arkwright, the meanest shopkeeper alive. Meet the man to whom modern technology is so expensive that he won't even satisfy Granville's burning desire for a new till (hopefully electronic). This is the man who wouldn't even spend £222.22 (check the episode Laundry Blues for that one) just to prove to long- desired fiancée Nurse Gladys Emmanuel that his home appliances are up-to-the-minute.
There are too many classic episodes to mention (memorable ones include the cocoa tin lid, the suit with the zip fly and Granville posing as a prowler that fails to even confuse Nurse Gladys, never mind scare her). As with Fawlty Towers, small details at the beginning of each episode come together at the end to round off each story nicely. A classic comedy from the BBC that started before I was born and is still great.