Granville (Open All Hours) his uncle who is a practical man (and a miser), Granville is a carefree man, yet is treated as if he is still a child. Its never officially revealed how old Granville actually is in the original series, but in series 2, Arkwright does mention a Duke visiting the area in 1949, 9 months before Granville was born, making him around 33 in the 1981 series. By the time of "Still Open All Hours", Arkwright has long died and Granville has inherited the shop as promised by Arkwright, and has a young son, Leroy. Despite their radically different personalities and
Ronnie Barker a cat lover. In 1964 he appeared in Galton & Simpson's gentle comedy, "The Bargee," as "Ronnie", the illiterate cousin of Harry H Corbett's rascally "Hemmel Pike." He did his first bit of on-screen 'porridge' as fellow convict to Charlie Drake in "The Cracksman" (1963). Other film work at that time included: "Doctor in Distress" (1963), "Father Came Too!" (1963) and "A Home of Your Own" (1965). In 1966, Barker got his break with the satirical sketch series "The Frost Report", having been recommended for the show by producer James Gilbert. The show starred David Frost, John Cleese and Barker's