"A Matress on Wheels" is the second episode of Open All Hours first season.
Granville (David Jason) is upset, because the shop's delivery bycicle is so overloaded that he gets into traffic accidents. When he asks Arkwright (Ronnie Barker) to buy a van, the owner does not want to talk about it, but when Granville suggests that a van (with a matress inside) could be a good idea to seduce Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), Arkwright starts to co...
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"A Matress on Wheels" is the second episode of Open All Hours first season.
Granville (David Jason) is upset, because the shop's delivery bycicle is so overloaded that he gets into traffic accidents. When he asks Arkwright (Ronnie Barker) to buy a van, the owner does not want to talk about it, but when Granville suggests that a van (with a matress inside) could be a good idea to seduce Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), Arkwright starts to consider it.
Arkwright starts looking for a second hand van, without luck, since he does not want to pay (one van was offered to him for ￂﾣ655, but Arkwright was only ready to pay ￂﾣ120). At the end, he agrees with the second hand seller, to let him try the van for one night, just the time that Arkwright needs to take out the Nurse. The date turns out a disaster, since the van is so little that they cannot be comfortable.
This episode, is the first one to indicate that Granville's father (unknown, since his deceased mother was very...
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