The Best Episodes of Open All Hours Season 4

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(92 votes)

   #1 - Soulmate Wanted

   S4:E19/1/1985

   Granville decides it's high time he did something about his single status and places an advert in the lonely hearts column. He actually gets a result but of course he feels he has to lie about himself to the girl in question and presents himself as a yuppie. Leave it to his beloved uncle to ruin it for him.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke
2. 

   7.9/10(85 votes)

   #2 - Horse-Trading

   S4:E29/8/1985

   Arkwright has a rival: corner shop owner Mr Gupta, so he sends Granville undercover – in a sari – to check him out. Arkwright believes he can get one over on his rival by selling him a load of genuine Yorkshire clotheshorses but he has reckoned without Gupta's business skills.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke
3. 

   7.7/10(84 votes)

   #3 - The Housekeeper Caper

   S4:E39/15/1985

   Arkwright believes that he can make Nurse Gladys jealous if he has a live-in housekeeper. This only succeeds in attracting the attention of Mrs Featherstone, the Black Widow herself!

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke
4. 

   7.6/10(95 votes)

   #4 - The Errand Boy Executive

   S4:E49/22/1985

   Anxious to impress boutique girl Stephanie ('with a P-H!'), Granville passes himself off as a young executive, claiming that Arkwright is his junior assistant. Unsurprisingly, his uncle is less than happy with this idea.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke
5. 

   7.8/10(84 votes)

   #5 - Happy Birthday, Arkwright

   S4:E59/29/1985

   Nurse Gladys and Granville play a trick on Arkwright, persuading the shopkeeper that a man representing the Good Shopkeepers' Guide is in the area, awarding bonuses to shops whose staff show extra courtesy. Gladys goes undercover as a male inspector and visits, where she is greeted with unusual civility.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke
6. 

   8.0/10(89 votes)

   #6 - The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel

   S4:E610/6/1985

   Ever persistent to worm his way into Nurse Gladys' bedroom as well as her affections, Arkwright finds that flattery and chocolates are no use. But he's got a cunning plan to use Granville to impersonate a burglar, wearing a stocking mask to scare Gladys so that Arkwright can come running... into her room.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke
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