Still Open All Hours the fact he knows who it is, while subjecting him to practical jokes and teaching him some of the tricks that his uncle taught him. In "Still Open All Hours", he maintains a belief that his uncle lives on through the shop's till, often referring to it as Arkwright in later episodes, due to the nature of it opening up or closing shut suddenly at times for various reasons, such as when there is mention of spending considerable money on something. Like his uncle, Granville has a love interest of his own within Mavis, a woman he met during his
Ronnie Barker "I don't understand this line. What's he getting at?" One of the first sketches he wrote was called "Doctor's Waiting Room", with the main part written for Corbett. Barker encouraged Corbett to buy the rights to the sketch and, further maintaining the myth, told him to reject Wiley's 'request' for £3,000 as too expensive, before giving Corbett the sketch for free. Speculation began about Wiley's identity, with Tom Stoppard, Frank Muir, Alan Bennett and Noël Coward all rumoured. After the second series of "Frost on Sunday", the cast and crew were invited to a Chinese restaurant, while Wiley said that