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The Worst Episodes of Open All Hours

Every episode of Open All Hours ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Open All Hours!

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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One

Worst Episodes Summary

"Full Of Mysterious Promise" is the worst rated episode of "Open All Hours". It scored 7.5/10 based on 139 votes. Directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Roy Clarke, it aired on 2/20/1976. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "An Errand Boy by the Ear".

  • Full Of Mysterious Promise
    7.5/10139 votes
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    #1 - Full Of Mysterious Promise

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/20/1976

    Arkwright buys a load of damaged goods. The snag with them is that they are tinned goods without labels! He then tries to foist them off onto his customers.

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • An Errand Boy by the Ear
    7.5/1089 votes
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    #2 - An Errand Boy by the Ear

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/21/1982

    The customers are upset by Granville continually being dragged around by the ear by Arkwright

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • Duet for Solo Bicycle
    7.5/1086 votes
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    #3 - Duet for Solo Bicycle

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/4/1982

    A grocer's bike with a squeaky wheel is definitely ruining Granville's attempts to woo the girls, especially Wendy who suffers the embarrassment of being escorted by Granville and his squeak!

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • Arkwright's Mobile Store
    7.6/1092 votes
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    #4 - 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

  • The Errand Boy Executive
    7.6/1088 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • The New Suit
    7.7/1097 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • St. Albert's Day
    7.7/1096 votes
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    #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

  • How to Ignite Your Errand Boy
    7.7/1088 votes
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    #8 - How to Ignite Your Errand Boy

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/11/1982

    Granville is tasked with making home-made firelighters, an essential ingredient being his shredded disco shirt.

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • The Housekeeper Caper
    7.7/1077 votes
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    #9 - 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

  • Happy Birthday Arkwright
    7.7/1077 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • A Mattress On Wheels
    7.8/10112 votes
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    #11 - A Mattress On Wheels

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/27/1976

    Granville is fed up with having to do his rounds on his bike and tries to talk Arkwright into buying a van. Granville hopes that a mattress in the back of it will help his love life - and maybe Arkwright's, too!

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • A Nice Cosy Little Disease
    7.8/10110 votes
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    #12 - A Nice Cosy Little Disease

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/5/1976

    Arkwright tries to find the perfect disease to pretend to go down with in order to get the attention of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel who he feels has been neglecting him.

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • Laundry Blues
    7.8/10104 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • Fig Biscuits And Inspirational Toilet Rolls
    7.8/1099 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Horse-Trading
    7.8/1076 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • Well Catered Funeral
    7.9/1099 votes
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    #16 - Well Catered Funeral

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/19/1976

    Parslow, an old friend of Arkwright dies and Arkwright handles the catering for the funeral, hopefully with a large profit coming his way!

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • The Man From Down Under
    7.9/1095 votes
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    #17 - The Man From Down Under

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/18/1982

    Arkwright has a rival for Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's attention, as a visitor from Australia returns to his old stomping ground.

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • The Cool Cocoa Tin Lid
    7.9/1093 votes
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    #18 - The Cool Cocoa Tin Lid

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/25/1982

    Granville gets rid of his old image by wearing shades and snappy threads, complete with a ""medallion"" made out of a cocoa tin lid.

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • Soulmate Wanted
    7.9/1086 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • Beware Of The Dog
    8.0/10112 votes
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    #20 - Beware Of The Dog

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/12/1976

    After a bungled burglary on his premises, Arkwright decided the time is right for a guard dog for the shop. However, instead of a real dog, he tries to fool everyone with just the sound of a dog! Meanwhile, Granville thinks he could be the father of Maureen's baby, Eric!

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • Apples and Self Service
    8.0/10104 votes
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    #21 - Apples and Self Service

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/26/1976

    Arkwright starts a sales drive to try and get rid of a large stock of apples that he had over-ordered.

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke

  • Shedding At The Wedding
    8.0/1096 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
    8.0/1083 votes
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    #23 - 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 Reluctant Traveller
    8.1/10115 votes
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    #24 - 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

  • The Ginger Men
    8.1/10104 votes
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    #25 - The Ginger Men

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/28/1982

    Once again Arkwright has overstocked on goods. This time he has a consignment of Ginger Cake to get rid of. By pretending that it has aphrodisiac properties, he hopes to sell the lot.

    Director: Sydney Lotterby

    Writer: Roy Clarke