Granville (Open All Hours) to mock his late uncle's stutter as a joke. Granville (Open All Hours) Granville is a fictional character played by David Jason in the British sitcom "Open All Hours" and its sequel, "Still Open All Hours". Granville is an errand boy to his uncle and employer, Arkwright, who is the proprietor of an old-fashioned Yorkshire corner shop. Granville was born to Arkwright's sister, who died while Granville was a young child, leaving Arkwright as his sole guardian. Granville's father's identity is not known, as his mother is implied to be a woman of loose morals, and Arkwright considers him to
Ronnie Barker conventional double act like Morecambe and Wise, and so each maintained their solo careers as well. They each were given a one-off variety special; Barker's, called "The Ronnie Barker Yearbook", featured a sketch for each month of the year, although because of time constraints the first two had to be cut. Barker also reprised his character Lord Rustless in the sitcom "His Lordship Entertains" in 1972. Barker wrote all seven episodes, again with the pseudonym Jonathan Cobbald. Their show together was "The Two Ronnies", a sketch show which aired for twelve series and eight specials between 1971 and 1987, to