Open All Hours (1976)

Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Arkwright, and David Jason as his nephew and assistant Granville. The programme originated as a 1973 episode of Barker’s comedy anthology Seven of One, and later ran for 26 episodes; the first series broadcast on BBC2, the remaining three series broadcast on BBC1.

Genres: Comedy

What to watch after Open All Hours

• Keeping Up Appearances (1990) — Roy Clarke created both
• Benidorm (2007)
• Are You Being Served? (1972) — Same subject: workplace comedy
• Three's Company (1976)
• One Foot in the Grave (1990) — Sydney Lotterby directed both
• New Tricks (2003)