Open All Hours (1973)
- Directed by
- Sydney Lotterby
- Genre
- sitcom
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 4 seasons, 26 episodes
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 58 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A miserly corner shop owner in a small English town schemes to cut costs, increase sales, and win over a nurse. His long-suffering nephew and assistant endures the long hours and limited opportunities for a social life.
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What happens
Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Arkwright and David Jason as his assistant and nephew Granville. The series began as a 1973 episode of Barker’s comedy anthology Seven of One and later ran for 26 episodes across four series, first broadcast on BBC2 from 20 February 1976, and on BBC1 from 1981 to 6 October 1985. Set in a small grocer’s shop in Balby, Doncaster, the programme follows Arkwright’s attempts to maximise profits and pursue nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), while Granville struggles with long hours and a stalled social life. The supporting cast includes Stephanie Cole, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Kathy Staff and Barbara Flynn. Open All Hours ranked eighth in the 2004 Britain's Best Sitcom poll. A sequel series, Still Open All Hours, aired from 2013 to 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Billy Liar (1973)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.