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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 put-upon nephew who works as his errand boy.

Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One

Season 4 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Open All Hours" season 4 is "Soulmate Wanted", rated 7.9/10 from 86 user votes. It was directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Roy Clarke. "Soulmate Wanted" aired on 9/1/1985 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Horse-Trading".

  • Soulmate Wanted
    7.9/10 86 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

  • Horse-Trading
    7.8/10 76 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

  • The Housekeeper Caper
    7.7/10 77 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

  • The Errand Boy Executive
    7.6/10 88 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

  • Happy Birthday Arkwright
    7.7/10 77 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

  • The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
    8.0/10 83 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