Arkwright (Open All Hours) into a joke, for example asking: "Granville, how do you spell P-p-p-pepper? Is it 6 Ps or 7?" Granville occasionally mocks his uncle's speech pattern (such as calling the "weather fore-fore-forecast" the "weather twelvecast", and referring to the "B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-BC" as morse code), although never in a malicious or hurtful manner. Arkwright was shocked on one occasion to find that he also appears to stutter even when thinking to himself. By the time of the 2013 episode "Still Open All Hours" and the sequel series of the same name, Arkwright has long since died (Barker died in 2005), but almost all
Dinnerladies (TV series) "Minnellium", which aired on 31 December 1999 and reached 15.33 million viewers. A play based on the series premiered in London in April 2009. The play was based on three episodes of the second series of the TV show, and concentrated on the romance between Bren and Tony. It was directed by David Graham, who also adapted Victoria Wood's original TV scripts for the stage. Gulati and Dunn reprised their original roles from the TV series. The show toured the UK during 2009. A second show called "Dinnerladies: Second Helpings" toured in 2011 with a new script, once again featuring