Double act habitual criminal", Fletcher (played by Ronnie Barker, already famous for his comedy partnership with Ronnie Corbett) and a young, naive, first-time prisoner, Lennie Godber. The two would bicker but endured a relationship of mutual respect. Barker also formed a partnership with David Jason in Open All Hours, with Jason playing Granville while Barker played Albert Arkwright. Many don't see this as a comedy duo, but the straight-man element coupled with Barker's funny-man antics on the show are still compressed into the script. Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson combined their success in sitcoms ("The Young Ones") and as a double act
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