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
Play School (New Zealand TV series) Ken Rea and Val Lamond. Waric and Janet were joined the following year by Jan Johnston, Ray Woolf and Elizabeth Rogers. Pianists included Ossie Cheesman and Jonathan Cohen. Other presenters included : Play School (New Zealand TV series) Play School was a New Zealand educational television show for children. It was based on the British Play School show. It was first broadcast in New Zealand on Tuesday 22 March 1972 and series one and two continued to be broadcast twice weekly, Tuesday and Thursday at approx. 4.30pm. It was originally filmed at AKTV2's Shortland Street studios in Auckland, and in