Still Open All Hours - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
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David Jason, James Baxter, Stephanie Cole, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Brigit Forsyth, Johnny Vegas, Kulvinder Ghir, Tim Healy and more
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Producers
Alex Walsh-Taylor, Sarah Hitchcock, David Jason and Gareth Edwards
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Sir David Jason heads the cast as Granville, who has inherited a grocery shop from his beloved but miserly Uncle Arkwright. Granville now runs the shop with his son Leroy, a cheerful, good looking lad with more female admirers than Granville ever had. Granville sees him as the shop assistant but he sees himself as the head of IT.
Granville has brought up Leroy himself, with the help of a lot of the local women, after he arrived on the doorstep as the surprise result of a one night stand in Blackpool 25 years ago.
The show follows a day in the life of the shop and its customers including (retired) Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, and 'the black widow' - aka Mrs Featherstone.
We watch Granville's antics as he comes up with new schemes to make money and continues his pursuit of old flame Mavis under the beady eye of her sister Madge.
Additional details
Also known as
- SOAH (Acronym)
- Open All Hours - Again (Working title)
Production
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Multi-camera
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Colour
Soundtrack
Music arranged by Michael Storey, based on Max Harris's original Open All Hours theme.
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Broadcast details
First broadcast
Thursday 26th December 2013 at 7:45pm on BBC One
Most recent repeats
- Wednesday 28th August 2024 at 7:35am on Gold - Series 5, Episode 6
- Tuesday 27th August 2024 at 5:20pm on Gold - Series 5, Episode 6
- Tuesday 27th August 2024 at 2:00pm on Gold - Series 5, Episode 6
Recording details
Dock 10 (MediaCityUK) - Pilot
Teddington Studios - Series 1
Pinewood Studios - Series 2 and 3
Doncaster - Location filming. The shop itself is Beautique Salon at 34 Lister Avenue (Link)
BBC Radio Theatre - Series 4 - 6 screenings
Alexandra Palace Theatre - Additional Series 6 screenings