"Full of Mysterious Promise" is the first episode of Open All Hours first season.
Arkwright (Ronnie Barker) has bought a box full of unlabelled tins, having no idea about what are the contents. Always a good business man, he decides to sell them, his strategy being that those tins are "full of mysterious promise". He puts in fact a sign in the shop reading "Tinned Surprise. The Original Edible Bingo. Get Your Tickets Here". The tins turn out to...
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"Full of Mysterious Promise" is the first episode of Open All Hours first season.
Arkwright (Ronnie Barker) has bought a box full of unlabelled tins, having no idea about what are the contents. Always a good business man, he decides to sell them, his strategy being that those tins are "full of mysterious promise". He puts in fact a sign in the shop reading "Tinned Surprise. The Original Edible Bingo. Get Your Tickets Here". The tins turn out to contain sliced pears.
Meanwhile, Granville (David Jason) ignores Arkwright advice to not approach 87, Lindley Road while he is on his delivery route. There, he is received by a naked woman who drags him into the house. Granville returns to the shop in a state of shock. He is quite upset because he did not have the experience needed for the situation.
This episode is the first one to have Lynda Baron playing Nurse Gladys Emmanuel. It has also the first appearance of one of the show's regular customers, Mrs Blewitt (Kathy Staff), always in...
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