"Open All Hours" (1976) TV series 1976-1985

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

20 February 1976 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Arkwright is a tight-fisted shop owner in Doncaster, who will stop at nothing to keep his profits high and his overheads low...

Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Shopkeeper | Title Spoken By Character

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Ronnie Barker	...	Albert Arkwright (25 episodes, 1976-1985)
David Jason	...	Granville (25 episodes, 1976-1985)
Lynda Baron	...	Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (25 episodes, 1976-1985)

(more)

Series Directed by
Sydney Lotterby		(25 episodes, 1976-1985)

Series Writing credits
Roy Clarke		(25 episodes, 1976-1985)

Series Produced by
Sydney Lotterby	....	producer (25 episodes, 1976-1985)

Series Original Music by
Max Harris		(25 episodes, 1976-1985)

Series Film Editing by
Jon Gregory		(7 episodes, 1981)
Alistair McKay		(6 episodes, 1976)
Mike Jackson		(6 episodes, 1982)
John Jarvis		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Production Design by
Tim Gleeson		(25 episodes, 1976-1985)

Series Costume Design by
Mary Husband		(13 episodes, 1976-1981)
Irene Whilton		(6 episodes, 1982)
John Hearne		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Makeup Department
Judy Cain	....	makeup artist (7 episodes, 1981)
Jean Steward	....	makeup artist (6 episodes, 1976)
Sally Sutton	....	makeup artist (6 episodes, 1982)
Mary Liddell	....	makeup designer (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Production Management
Janet Bone	....	production manager (7 episodes, 1981)
Mandie Fletcher	....	production manager (6 episodes, 1982)
Sue Bysh	....	production manager (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Art Department
Pamela Hoffman	....	props buyer (7 episodes, 1981)
Bob Warans	....	props buyer (6 episodes, 1982)
Judy Ducker	....	props buyer (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Sound Department
Paul Roberts	....	sound re-recording mixer (13 episodes, 1981-1982)
Richard Chamberlain	....	studio sound (7 episodes, 1981)
Tony Philpot	....	sound (6 episodes, 1976)
Mike Felton	....	studio sound (6 episodes, 1982)
Peter Barville	....	studio sound (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Visual Effects by
Dave Havard	....	visual effects (2 episodes, 1981)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Bristow	....	lighting technician / studio lighting (19 episodes, 1981-1985)
Peter Ware	....	senior camera operator (13 episodes, 1981-1982)
Yousuf Aziz	....	camera operator / film cameraman (7 episodes, 1981)
John McGlashan	....	camera operator (6 episodes, 1976)
Peter Smee	....	lighting technician (6 episodes, 1976)
Max Samett	....	camera operator (6 episodes, 1982)
Chris Seager	....	camera operator (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Editorial Department
Angela Beveridge	....	vision mixer (12 episodes, 1982-1985)
Howard Dell	....	editor: video tape (7 episodes, 1976-1982)
Joan Duncan	....	vision mixer (7 episodes, 1981)
Jon Gregory	....	film editor (7 episodes, 1981)
Graham Sisson	....	editor: video tape (7 episodes, 1981)
Alistair McKay	....	film editor (6 episodes, 1976)
Mike Jackson	....	film editor (6 episodes, 1982)
John Jarvis	....	film editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Chris Wadsworth	....	editor: video tape (6 episodes, 1985)
Stan Pow	....	editor: video tape (3 episodes, 1976)
Steve Murray	....	editor: video tape (2 episodes, 1982)

Series Other crew
Terry Elms	....	film recordist (19 episodes, 1981-1985)
Judy Loe	....	production assistant (19 episodes, 1981-1985)
Mandie Fletcher	....	assistant floor manager (7 episodes, 1981)
Clive Gulliver	....	technical manager (7 episodes, 1981)
John Kilby	....	production assistant (6 episodes, 1976)
Neil Banks	....	assistant floor manager (6 episodes, 1982)
Donna Rolfe	....	assistant floor manager (6 episodes, 1985)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1973) (UK) (TV)

Runtime:

30 min (26 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

New Zealand:PG (seasons 1-4) | Australia:PG (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

32 Lister Avenue, Balby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

In the episode Happy Birthday Arkwright, his age is revealed as 58.

Quotes:

Arkwright: I want a w-w-word with you.
Granville: That's three words.
Arkwright: That girl of Grimshaw's.
Granville: Big Edna?
Arkwright: Have you been kn-kn-knocking
Granville: I have only admired her from a distance.
Arkwright: Let me finish. Have you been kn-kn-knocking coppers off her weekly order?
Granville: You do the same for Mrs Featherstone.
Arkwright: Not without putting them back somewhere else.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Comedy Connections: Porridge (#1.1)" (2003)

"Open all hours"

Open all hours is one of my favorite Roy Clarke shows. I have every episodes and replay them all the time. I also have all of the episodes of "Last of the Summer Wine". I also have most of the episodes of "First of the summer Wine". I am a fan of Roy Clarke and I hope he goes on forever. The so called comedy in the USA does not take up any of my precious time. Thank the LORD for British Comedy and British Mysteries. We have three PBS stations in my area of Arlington Virginia. They all show British Comedy and mysteries. This gives all of the Brit fans a nice weekend of TV watching. It is worth the small fee we pay to be a member and get all of the latest news. Liz Nichols