Open All Hours Pilot topic

The Pilot episode of Open All Hours was aired in a program called Seven of One, which contained seven separate pilots for possible regular sitcoms. Open All Hours succeded to have its own, as did Prisoner and Escort (which became Porridge, also starred by Ronnie Barker) This episode introduces the series characters and many of the series' recurring themes. We meet Arkwright (Ronnie Barker), the owner of a grocer shop in South Yorkshire who stutters all the time and specifically at the most... full article at wikipedia