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Granville (Open All Hours)
This is a list of characters from the BBC situation comedy ''Open All Hours'' and its sequel, ''Still Open All Hours''. Overview Arkwright's staff Albert Arkwright Albert E. Arkwright (born 1927) is played by Ronnie Barker in ''Open All Hours''. Arkwright is a pragmatic, miserly man with old-fashioned values, whose world seems to stop at his shop door, except for his lusting for Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, which prompts him on occasion to wander across the road, usually with a ladder, to gain access to her bedroom window. Arkwright is a devious, and mildly dishonest character, who has many crafty tricks to try to persuade a customer to leave his store having bought at least one thing, and will avoid spending his own money at all cost. He is also very protective of his savings, keeping some in his pocket wrapped in a fine gold chain, and some in an old, battered Oxo tin that he hides under the kitchen sink. This includes, or so he claims, coins from before 1922, when they were "so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open All Hours
''Open All Hours'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. It ran for 26 episodes in four series, which aired in 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985. The programme developed from a television pilot broadcast in Ronnie Barker's comedy anthology series, ''Seven of One'' (1973). ''Open All Hours'' ranked eighth in the 2004 Britain's Best Sitcom poll. A sequel, entitled ''Still Open All Hours'', began airing in 2013. Premise The setting is a small grocer's shop in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. The owner, Arkwright (Open All Hours), Arkwright (Ronnie Barker), is a middle-aged miser with a stammer and a knack for selling. His nephew Granville (Open All Hours), Granville (David Jason) is his put-upon errand boy, who blames his work schedule for his lacklustre social life. Across the road lives Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), largely occupied by her professional rounds, and her elderly mother. Arkwright longs to marry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |