Open All Hours

Open All Hours
1976 title card. The series title appears over an aerial shot of the corner shop.
GenreSitcom
Created byRoy Clarke
Written byRoy Clarke
Directed bySydney Lotterby
Starring
Theme music composerJoseph Ascher
Opening theme"Alice, Where Art Thou?"
Ending theme"Alice, Where Art Thou?"
ComposerMax Harris
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersJames Gilbert
(pilot episode)
ProducersSydney Lotterby
(1976–1985)
Production locationEngland
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
Network
Release23 March 1976 (1976-03-23) –
6 October 1985 (1985-10-06)
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Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. It ran for 26 episodes in four series, which aired in 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985. The programme was developed from a television pilot broadcast in Ronnie Barker's Seven of One (1973) comedy anthology series. Open All Hours ranked eighth in the 2004 Britain's Best Sitcom poll.[1] A sequel, titled Still Open All Hours, aired from 2013 to 2019.

  1. ^ Britain's Best Sitcom:Top Ten, URL accessed 2 December 2006.

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