The Best Episodes of Open All Hours Season 2
Every episode of Open All Hours Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Open All Hours Season 2!
Open All Hours is a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke and starring Ronnie Barker as a miserly shop keeper and David Jason as his put-upon nephew who works as his errand boy.
Season 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Open All Hours" season 2 is "Laundry Blues", rated 7.8/10 from 104 user votes. It was directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Roy Clarke. "Laundry Blues" aired on 3/1/1981 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Reluctant Traveller".
7.8/10 104 votes#1 - Laundry Blues
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/1/1981
Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, having seen Granville struggling with the washing, tells Arkwright that he must buy a new washing machine. Arkwright has to come up with a plan so that she thinks he has done as she requests. He gets Neville to drop off a new machine, sneak round the back of the shop and take it away again, leaving behind a second-hand machine instead!
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.1/10 115 votes#2 - The Reluctant Traveller
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/8/1981
Nurse Gladys Emmanuel and Arkwright are finally going to spend the night away at a hotel. Little does she know that the hotel is round the block! Whilst they are away, Granville is entertaining the milk-woman. Arkwright also has a problem with an over-tight money belt!
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.8/10 99 votes#3 - Fig Biscuits And Inspirational Toilet Rolls
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/18/1981
Arkwright once again is struggling to sell goods that no-one wants to buy. He therefore tries a special promotion to get rid of the goods, namely fig biscuits and toilet rolls with messages printed on them.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.7/10 97 votes#4 - The New Suit
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/1981
Arkwright has to buy a new suit - on Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's say so.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.6/10 92 votes#5 - Arkwright's Mobile Store
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/29/1981
In a bid to prove to Nurse Gladys Emmanuel that he means to expand his business, he buys a van so that Arkwright's Stores can have a mobile store.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/10 96 votes#6 - Shedding At The Wedding
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/5/1981
Arkwright goes to a wedding with Nurse Gladys Emmanuel. His suit smells of mothballs and he has to hang his trousers out of Gladys' car to air them. After his trousers are blown away and run over by a tractor, he has to borrow her trousers!
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.7/10 96 votes#7 - St. Albert's Day
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/19/1981
Arkwright invents a Saint's day so that Granville can check the pockets of a foreign visitor who he suspects of shoplifting.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke