7.9/1086 votes#1 - Soulmate Wanted
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1985
Granville advertises for female company and ends up with more than he can handle.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.8/1076 votes#2 - Horse-Trading
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1985
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
7.7/1077 votes#3 - The Housekeeper Caper
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1985
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!
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.6/1088 votes#4 - The Errand Boy Executive
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/1985
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.7/1077 votes#5 - Happy Birthday Arkwright
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1985
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/1083 votes#6 - The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/1985
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
The Best Episodes of Open All Hours Season 4
Every episode of Open All Hours Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Open All Hours Season 4!
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...
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Network:BBC One
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Soulmate Wanted" is the best rated episode of "Open All Hours" season 4. It scored 7.9/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Roy Clarke, it aired on 9/1/1985. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Horse-Trading".