Arkwright (Open All Hours) Arkwright (Open All Hours) Albert E. Arkwright, usually referred to simply as Arkwright, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the British sitcom, "Open All Hours", played by Ronnie Barker. Arkwright is the uncle of Granville and the proprietor of an old fashioned Yorkshire corner shop, which in the era of the programme (1970s and 1980s) was a product of a bygone age. Arkwright's signature characteristic is his stutter, which Granville never misses an opportunity to mock. Arkwright is a pragmatic, miserly man with old-fashioned values, whose world seems to stop at his shop door, except for his
Ronnie Corbett here and tipping my hat to him." Ronnie Corbett Ronald Balfour Corbett, CBE (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and broadcaster, best known for his long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show "The Two Ronnies". He achieved prominence in David Frost's 1960s satirical comedy programme "The Frost Report" (with Barker) and subsequently starred in sitcoms such as "No – That's Me Over Here!", "Now Look Here", and "Sorry!" Corbett was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of William Balfour Corbett (1898–1974), a master baker, and his London-born