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
Still Open All Hours thirty-three episodes of "Still Open All Hours", all written by Roy Clarke, have been produced for the BBC. The show began airing on 26 December 2013 with an anniversary special of original series, "Open All Hours". All episodes have a running time of 30 minutes. Between "Open All Hours" and "Still Open All Hours", there has been a total of 59 episodes and nine series broadcast between 1973 and 2018. "Still Open All Hours" was broadcast on 26 December 2013, with Jason reprising his role of Granville from "Open All Hours". The new one-off episode written by Clarke showed Granville