Box set: The Ronnie Barker Collection

Open All Hours: Series 4

2 Entertain Video (1985)

Comedy
 /   / Color / 177 mins
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In Collection
#281
7.7

Plot

Arkwright is a tight-fisted shop owner in Doncaster, who will stop at nothing to keep his profits high and his overheads low, even if this means harassing his nephew Granville. Arkwright's only weakness is his love - Nurse Gladys Emanuelle.

Cast

Ronnie Barker Albert Arkwright
David Jason Granville
Lynda Baron Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
Lynda Barron Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
Barbara Flynn The Milk Woman
Stephanie Cole Mrs. Featherstone
Maggie Ollerenshaw Mavis
Kathy Staff Mrs. Blewett
Shirley Steedman Maureen
Frances Cox Mrs. Parslow
Tom Mennard Cyril
Madge Hindle Mrs. Jardine 
Barbara Keogh Mrs. Ellis
Howard Crossley Man in Car 
Nick Stringer Man 

Crew

Director
Sydney Lotterby
Sidney Lotterby
Producer Sidney Lotterby
Writer Roy Clarke
Musician Max Harris

Episodes

Disc 01

1
Soulmate Wanted
30 mins  01/09/1985
Granville advertises for female company and ends up with more than he can handle.
2
Horse-Trading
30 mins  08/09/1985
Arkwright smugly offloads a lot of clothes-horses to an rival Asian shopkeeper. However, when his rival starts making large profits using the clothes-horses as bait for customers, he makes Granville dress up as an Asian woman so that he can buy the clothes-horses back.

Director:  Sydney Lotterby 

Writer:  Roy Clarke 

3
The Housekeeper Caper
30 mins  15/09/1985
Arkwright decides that to make Nurse Gladys Emmanuel jealous, he will advertise in the local paper for a live-in housekeeper. Unfortunately he is not prepared for Mrs Delphine Featherstone applying for the position!
4
The Errand Boy Executive
30 mins  22/09/1985
Granville takes a fancy to Stephanie (""with a p-h"") who works in a boutique. He pretends that he is a young executive and that Arkwright is his assistant. Needless to say, Arkwright does not agree with this role-reversal.
5
Happy Birthday Arkwright
30 mins  29/09/1985
Arkwright is on the alert after Nurse Gladys Emmanuel and Granville tell him that a man from the ""Good Shop Guide"" is visiting shops in the area. It is only a ruse by Granville and Nurse Gladys to teach Arkwright a lesson in good manners. Nurse Gladys dresses up as a man and is on the receiving end of some very polite behaviour from Arkwright.
6
The Mystical Boudoir Of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
30 mins  06/10/1985
Arkwright tries all manner of things in order to get himself into Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's bedroom, including the use of a ladder and a box of chocolates. Meanwhile Granville takes to wearing tights on his head.

Edition Details

Edition 1 Disc Series
Series Open All Hours
Release Date 31/10/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3) Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned)
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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