Still Open All Hours now running the shop with his son Leroy (played by James Baxter), after inheriting it from Arkwright. Clarke wrote the script in two weeks, and production began in October 2013. The exterior scenes were filmed at the original location at Lister Avenue in Doncaster from 18 to 20 November 2013. The interior scenes were recorded on 3 December 2013 at dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford in front of a studio audience. A 30-minute documentary accompanying the show's return, entitled "Open All Hours: A Celebration", aired on 27 December 2013, the day after the new episode was broadcast, on BBC One. On
Open All Hours a hairdresser's salon, which closed for a Summer break each year in order to allow filming by the BBC. It remains a hairdresser's salon. The same location was used for the sequel series "Still Open All Hours". The pilot episode (featured in the series "Seven of One") used a shop front on the western intersection of Drayton Avenue and Manor Road, Ealing, London for exterior filming. In the first series, Gladys Emmanuel's street address is 34 Lister Avenue, Balby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The address changes to number 32 in the second series. The local council considered demolishing the shop used