Open All Hours - Season 1 - Eps 2: A Mattress on Wheels
Fed up with having to do deliveries in all weathers on his bike, Granville suggests Arkwright invest in a van. Needless to say, his uncle balks at the expense until Granville points out that it could be a mattress on wheels, a means of impressing Nurse Gladys. Arkwright buys a secondhand one and Granville wishes he hadn't when he takes it out on the road.
About Open All Hours
Title: Open All Hours
First Air Date: 1976-02-20
Last Air Date: 1985-10-06
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.875/10 (from 56 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 25
Network: BBC One
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Arkwright, and David Jason as his nephew and assistant Granville. The programme originated as a 1973 episode of Barker’s comedy anthology Seven of One, and later ran for 26 episodes; the first series broadcast on BBC2, the remaining three series broadcast on BBC1.
Cast
Ronnie Barker
Albert Arkwright
David Jason
Granville
Lynda Baron
Nurse Gladys Emmanuel