Talk:Open All Hours

BBC: Sitcoms Mid‑importance

This article is within the scope of WikiProject BBC, an attempt to better organise information in articles related to the BBC. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page where you can join us as a member. You can also visit the BBC Portal.BBCWikipedia:WikiProject BBCTemplate:WikiProject BBCBBC articles

Mid

This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

This article is supported by BBC Sitcoms Task Force.

Tasks for WikiProject BBC:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Improve BBC, BBC News (TV channel) and BBC News to Good Article status following previous reviews, create BBC Computer Literacy Project (in light of forthcoming 30th anniversary)
Cleanup : Chucklevision - references and general clean-up, Pebble Mill Studios - over-detailed and long, BBC World Service Television - unreferenced and confusing
Copyedit : BBC News, Broadcasting House
Expand : Top 20 start-class BBC articles with most importance: BBC Japan, BBC World Service Television, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Two Northern Ireland
NPOV : Criticism of the BBC (See comments)
Stubs : Stub-Class BBC articles
Other : *Restructure the category
- Add infoboxes to the BBC articles without infoboxes
- Add free-use images to biographical articles where possible
- Add references to Goa Mix (see assessment) and Coat of arms of the BBC
- Return Dad's Army to a Good article. (See comments)
- Reassess BBC following improvements to article.

Comedy Mid‑importance

	Comedy portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Comedy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of comedy on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ComedyWikipedia:WikiProject ComedyTemplate:WikiProject ComedyComedy articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Television: British Mid‑importance

	Television portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Television, a collaborative effort to develop and improve Wikipedia articles about television programs. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page where you can join the discussion. To improve this article, please refer to the style guidelines for the type of work.TelevisionWikipedia:WikiProject TelevisionTemplate:WikiProject Televisiontelevision articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the British television task force.

Yorkshire Low‑importance

	Yorkshire portal Open All Hours is within the scope of WikiProject Yorkshire, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Yorkshire on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project, see a list of open tasks, and join in discussions on the project's talk page.YorkshireWikipedia:WikiProject YorkshireTemplate:WikiProject YorkshireYorkshire articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Arkwright[edit]

Does anyone remember the first name of Arkwright in Open All Hours?

I believe Granville called him Albert in one of the episodes. Episode 6.4 "The Errand Boy Executive" to be precise.User:Hogtree

Spring clip[edit]

The article mentions that the register drawer is too tightly wound. But it's the spring clip, the clip that holds the money, that's too tight. In the pilot the spring clip slamming onto the money caused the drawer to shut quickly. They often shoved the drawer shut quickly after the spring clip slammed down onto a bill. But they clearly state, time after time, that it's the spring clip. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.232.122.104 (talk) 05:28, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Littlehampton[edit]

I'm still not really sure about this addition:

The programme was based on a shop in Norfolk Road, Littlehampton where Barker used to live near.

Although it has been correctly referenced, it seems somewhat speculative to me on the source - after all, the series was not written by Ronnie Barker, and his portrayal could have been based on any corner shop, really. Is there any interview or other page that suggests the Littlehampton corner shop was especially influential other than the town website? Bob talk 21:45, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

Edited to remove vandalisim, Swearing placed in title.

Episode articles[edit]

As Open All Hours is another top 10 British sitcom, like Fawlty Towers I would propose that articles for each episode are the order of the day. Catchpole (talk) 21:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. If anyone has books such as a Ronnie Barker biography or other material, sourcing is always helpful. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:36, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Episodes[edit]

Would you guys mind if I implement the wikitable that is formatted for episodes? It might be a little more orderly than what you have going on here now. Hewinsj (talk) 20:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, try it and we can see how it looks. Catchpole (talk) 12:00, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll take a look at it and see what I can pull together. On second glance I notice that this shows episode list uses information in addition to what you would see in a typical episode list so I want to make sure that I figure out the best way to format it. I'll post a sample here once I have something written up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hewinsj (talk • contribs) 01:38, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"northern shopkeeper"[edit]

Er, north of where exactly? Unless you live at the north pole, everywhere is north of somewhere. (The east end of London is several hundred miles south of where I live, so can I describe Peggy Mitchell as a "southern landlady"?)

If someone is from Doncaster (as Arkwright is) then describe them as such for heavens sake, instead of using some vague compass point. I have to travel south for over an hour on a train to reach Doncaster, so Arkwright isn't in any way "northern" to me! 217.155.20.163 (talk) 00:49, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While I'm assuming good faith here, I think you're being a bit pedantic about this. I think you'll find that most people will understand what a "northern shopkeeper" refers to (well, if you're from the UK anyway!). Doncaster is south of me too (when I'm at home - it's north when I'm at uni), but I still consider it a northern town. ~~ [ジャム]^[t - c] 01:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Most people from the UK would understand it, but this is an international encyclopedia, not a British one! --Ged UK (talk) 12:41, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I think that was a lot of fuss for one line of text... ~~ [ジャム]^[t - c] 12:49, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, it would have been easier to just change it. --Ged UK (talk) 13:08, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Openallhours 1.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion[edit]

An image used in this article, File:Openallhours 1.jpg, has been nominated for speedy deletion for the following reason: Wikipedia files with no non-free use rationale as of 3 December 2011

What should I do?

Don't panic; you should have time to contest the deletion (although please review deletion guidelines before doing so). The best way to contest this form of deletion is by posting on the image talk page.

If the image is non-free then you may need to provide a fair use rationale
If the image isn't freely licensed and there is no fair use rationale, then it cannot be uploaded or used.
If the image has already been deleted you may want to try Deletion Review

This notification is provided by a Bot --CommonsNotificationBot (talk) 10:41, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reception[edit]

There is a suggestion that some people objected to the stammer. If that is so a reference needs to be given.203.184.41.226 (talk) 00:23, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Update[edit]

'The BBC has announced that the Christmas Special 2013 will also be filmed...'
Shouln't this part of the article be updated?

RASAM (talk) 12:59, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've done it. -- Dr Greg talk 13:33, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

5 years between S1 and 2[edit]

Any particular reason for such a long gap, the reason seems to be omitted, was it originally cancelled after the first series? 51.7.116.173 (talk) 02:04, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Setting??[edit]

This article and the one for Still Open All Hours state (without a source) that the two series are set in Balby / Doncaster. I know that's the filming location for the shop exterior, but I don't think that's the same as it being "set" there. I would say it's just being used to represent a generic northern terraced street. Is there any instance of dialogue within the programmes that actually say where the action is supposed to be taking place? I don't recall any in the original run, but I haven't watched the revival. Jellyman (talk) 09:47, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Jellyman there are several references in both series defining a general location in Doncaster. I'll have to check these though before making any amendments. 90.249.6.186 (talk) 15:58, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Pilot Episode[edit]

I just watched the Pilot episode and I think Sheila Brennan plays Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in that (only). Keith Chegwin pops in for a ZOOM lolly.(90.164.50.80 (talk) 15:29, 17 August 2021 (UTC))[reply]