Open All Hours: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Open All Hours is a BBC television sitcom that ran for 26 episodes in four series, which premiered 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, was created in 2013.

Series details

• Title: Open All Hours
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1976-02-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 1985-10-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 7039
• IMDb ID: tt0074036
• TVDB ID: 76319

Cast and credited roles

• Ronnie Barker — Albert Arkwright
• David Jason — Granville
• Lynda Baron — Nurse Gladys Emmanuel

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1976-02-20; final listed air date 1976-03-26.
• Season 2: premiered 1981-03-01; final listed air date 1981-04-19.
• Season 3: premiered 1982-03-21; final listed air date 1982-04-25.
• Season 4: premiered 1985-09-01; final listed air date 1985-10-06.

Source and licence

Adapted from Open All Hours on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.