Open All Hours - s03e03 - Duet For Solo Bicycle

Open All Hours
Season Three, Episode Three - 4 April 1982
When a smartly-dressed man comes to the shop asking for directions Arkwright is concerned that the love of his life is seeing another whilst Granville's love life is also suffering.It is bad enough that when he accompanies Wendy he only has a bike with which to impress her - but the bike has a squeak,which he can't get rid of.

[@stantonmagid4126]

Who needs a television when I can discover all these classic British Sitcoms on KZbin

[@stevepunk1]

Every screen is TV

[@S.Trades]

FR.

[@MelanieOortwyn-h2h]

Init ye right

[@annamossity8879]

Yes!

[@Maccaxxx]

12 years now without a tv, you can find so much on the net if you know where to look, the crap today just isn't worth the money.

[@ML-xh1go]

A new remedy for depression, watch this, every episode!you just have to laugh it lifts the spirits,

[@PaulHunter-ih1ye]

What a Beautiful Smile Lynda Baron had. R.I.P❤

[@markmiller2263]

I love the fact she laughs before the lines are delivered.

[@323v6]

Arkwright is a brilliant Scrooge of a character, but that squeaky bike had me laughing lol, no words needed, just genius comedy This show always takes me back to my childhood, makes me feel warm and cosy

[@eileenbell8965]

All I can say is thank heavens for you tube and being able to watch times past…….

[@SMSJ223]

Just the intro music alone simply reminds me of better times! What's happened to the world?

[@claudegrayson7039]

too many got greedy

[@Buffast]

Too many crap poor politicians 😮

[@tinamcleod3928]

Watching from Australia 🇦🇺 and loved watching these classic with my Pappa. I miss him everyday and watch and remember bless!

[@josephdunne8223]

I am in Ireland, grew up in the 70's and 80's watching this and other things on TV with me Mum and Dad family, love it.

[@trudimawby2153]

Come to these classic when I’m down or anxiety is playing up always calms me down hubby just leaves me alone always laughing xxx

[@John3li]

Hope you're okay

[@chrispleasant1623]

Still open all hours is nothing compared to this, the old ones are the best 😂

[@SurrealNotion]

Loving these old shows. Watching from the states. What an amazing sound coming from the store's bike..Hahahaa!! Even using the sound of my cellphone it makes my dog's ears perk up.😂

[@Happyheretic2308]

Barbara Flynn as the Milkwoman - glorious!

[@hana.the.writer5074]

I liked it how the theme song was in sync with lights being turned off. The last light… iconic 👌🏻

[@maxmattt]

Granville wasn’t the only one who had a thing for that milk lady back in the day.

[@Shivjli]

The milk lady - she missed out by not going out with sweet Granville..I think they would have made a lovely couple 😊

[@SamuelBlack84]

She's cute in a girl next door way 😊

[@sdale6885]

nothing wrong with girls next door@@SamuelBlack84

[@jonswinfield9336]

It’s funny how after all these years the episodes are still funny Even when I’ve seen them countless times Ronnie Barker and David Jason what a wonderful combination both greats partnership Both greats of British comedy

[@vivienneoneill5400]

Yes they are.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SamuelBlack84]

They had true talent and utilised it perfectly No gormless nobodies eating kangaroo privates or sitting on a couch for an audience

[@doomed-y3s]

Yes i agree no matter how much you watch these series they still as funny as hell like you see them for the first time.

[@jordandack3706]

RIP Nurse Gladys AKA Lynda Baron, wonderful actress and a lovely lady.

[@ML-xh1go]

And RIP Ronny Barker, brilliant ,

[@muskndusk]

These are so addictive; I'm watching them one after another.

[@captnodge]

Ditto

[@colinjava8447]

Open two windows and watch two at once.

[@lg5819]

Bring back the oldies of British comedy.

[@nigelkthomas9501]

You as well!

[@angelacurtis1927]

OoOoOo jiib @@colinjava8447 Ono n j

[@GreencampRhodie]

The days of proper comedy & skills.

[@therenewedpoet4292]

the same guy who needs directions to Abercorn St, visits Ronnie Barker on Going Straight for a hotel room. Him singing "If I can help somebody..." is such icing. he really knows how to keep a gag going through every second of a scene.

[@lesleyhogg2495]

Watch this every night before I sleep. Love it.

[@crminstrel]

So do i ! 😊

[@all4paws508]

Me too! 🤩

[@heatherryan5769]

Same here every night in bed headphones on love it!

[@davidbradley3581]

And me love it❤

[@ritasantfournier4637]

Open All Hours is in a class of it's own 😂😂😂 so funny 🤣🤣🤣 love this show Thank you 👋👋👋

[@sjmoss148]

Daid Jason dropping his milk bottles in the short dress scene...Brilliant!

[@andrewjablonski2152]

Ronnie Barker what a legend

[@homerisian]

Comedy genius and a reminder of just how old I am! is it really 40 years ago!

[@tonymcneil978]

Lol ...That bicycle is too funny

[@TheJanster100]

Every Saturday Night I watch these... Stephanie Cole, all these character actors; are precious to me...

[@PORRRIDGE_GUN]

I had a thing for Barbara Flynn (the milkwoman) I loved her in the Beiderbecke Affair

[@Happyheretic2308]

Remember “A Very Peculiar Practice”?

[@nostalgiccollectables554]

And Cracker?

[@fikent5252]

Stephanie Cole How she kept a straight face was a class act within itself. what a star 🌟

[@dylanhurst4321]

Anyone remember the episode when Granville was on his bike at the lights, he thought he was looking at the guy driving a van, the the driver sits up & drives off, and there was the guy on a bike too. Then he chases Granville.

[@ssamuel5570]

Well catered funeral - series 1 episode 5👍

[@kevinsaide8073]

Yes - I’ve watched that a few times - classic scene

[@KarLaLoVe]

🤣🤣yes! He was shocked & couldn't ride fast enough 💕💕💕🌴

[@chrisevans5259]

Classic comedy from the 70s that ran into the 80s. Pure genius is Barkers character acting as the stuttering penny pinching Arkwright, while his long suffering put upon nephew Granville played to perfection by the brilliant David Jason. Great writing, superb acting makes Open all Hours one of Britain's greatest and funniest ever comedies.

[@bolshevikproductions]

It’s utter shit.

[@michaelwhittaker9361]

@@bolshevikproductions what awnker

[@rodpettet2819]

Hard to argue against that!

[@timothysmith8300]

@@bolshevikproductions just like you.utter s@it

[@timothysmith8300]

The best comedy of the 80s

[@zelphx]

That discussion about the lady customer's "bust" was as funny as ANY Monty Python sketch I have ever seen. BRILLIANT writing!

[@sgrannie9938]

Her description... 👌 😂😂😂😂

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

One of our greatest actors .

[@Stickleback]

Classic comedy, it's absolutely brilliant, i like watching these shows.

[@SUPER_WOLFMOON]

Mrs. Wittington is my new HERO!!

[@jonahlevin67]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for uploading these wonderful episodes of a classic series. I miss Arkwright and Granville and a certain state-sponsored medical person. "Granville, fetch your cloth".

[@jameswatters9592]

absolutely brilliant, do so miss Arkwright and Granville and others like them

[@irenewilliams1503]

Arkwrightstill

[@romaniwijesiri7977]

perfect comedy..love the quick wit of the nurse Gladys. the meat slicer also changes in every episode from manual to electric.

[@Fan.Of.FanFiction]

Oh, oh when that wheel came off 👏 👏 👏 perfection!

[@salsylexhagen7423]

Never laughed so much in ages. Marvellous 😂 Thanks for posting ❤

[@vivienneoneill5400]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheJanster100]

Love this lovely lady, who was waiting for god....Just love these characters....eternal, timeless to me...

[@fikent5252]

Oh yes, wow, I forgot about Waiting for God, that was also hysterical 😂😂😂😂

[@robwilton9539]

LOL. I had one of those shop bikes in 1975-1976 steel front panier included. I also had to change the wheel bearings and the brake blocks needed changing every 100 miles. It weighed a ton and I used to roll down Harnham Hill into Salisbury, Wiltshire every day on the paper round barely needing to pedal. Even with new brake blocks it had a stopping distance of around 80 yards. Great training for anticipating other road users' intentions! On the way back up the gradient necessitated a 30 yard walk and push over the steepest ground. On Sundays, with the extra papers and supplements it was a 130 yard push. £7 for that bike from a second hand shop in 1975. I learned to ride a bike backwards on it too - a skill I still have 45 years later.

[@robwilton9539]

@@Plainandsimpletruth They used to say we didn't know we born to us in the 70's. 😃😉

[@robwilton9539]

@@Plainandsimpletruth How deprived we were Aaron. We had to settle for things like affordable train travel, quality tv from all three channels, empty space on roads, meat without water pumped into it and human service in shops.

[@dereksmith4177]

Stop it you are making me depressed for the old days . I had a bike like that when I worked for Jack taylors butchers before he fired me because mother made me buy meat from Cushnies butchers . I was 12 years old now I am 71 years old . Happy days

[@robwilton9539]

Absolutely nailed it there mate.

[@robwilton9539]

@@dereksmith4177 Two butchers in the same town? Now it is one in every two towns.

[@zelphx]

Loved seeing a more youthful Stephanie Cole...a brilliant actress she is! I've only seen her in "Waiting for God". She is in her 80th year, I believe.

[@topertaylor1346]

That bicycle deserved a series of its own.

[@timford6277]

@ how much did it go for?

[@lewissmith3896]

@@Plainandsimpletruth Yep. No doubt it has advanced in technology over the last 46 years. Still terrifying though.

[@lewissmith3896]

@@timford6277 I bet it's still clapped out after all these years.

[@malcolmclements9254]

Granville and that bike such a funny scene, brilliant.

[@sarakirk9542]

David Jason as Del Boy or Granville just fantastic the comedic value. The difference as Jack Frost he’s very intimidating and scary the way a serious drama makes him come across. Shows the depth of his acting

[@FrancoiseBonnefoy1]

Oh I must find that. I've never seen Sir David Jason in drama.

[@sarakirk9542]

@@FrancoiseBonnefoy1A Tpuch of Frost is just brilliant. You’ll see the change when he’s doing serious drama

[@FrancoiseBonnefoy1]

@@sarakirk9542 Thank you.

[@Rabbit-moon-qj3uh]

I love David Jason! ❤

[@valteague7918]

Absolutely brilliant show never laughed so much

[@gjb79ful]

Nurse Gladys can hardly keep her composure 😂😂

[@jamelz]

🤣yes i noticed that too

[@robharding4028]

Timeless comedy from a couple of real funny geezers !

[@johnrobertbainbridge7667]

Open all hours is brilliant 👏

[@sallysheppard8028]

Just love Open all hours.

[@jennyyendley6217]

Best one even when Arkwright and nurse Gladys went to the wedding and she made him air his clothes out of the car window.

[@davidrobinson8224]

I think the best scene was when Arkwright finds a new place for the shop bike, absolutely hilarious.

[@TedaR]

RB's adlibs are priceless! Genius!

[@jamsdodger8970]

Love the squeaky bike. Hilarious !!!!!

[@ianholmes3761]

There's a shop near me just like it always put me in mind of this 👋😁

[@magicalmoments6332]

So well written and acted

[@lauradanyal4859]

Anyone watching this series in December 2018?? 😁😁

[@sladecrazyfan]

Yes love this series

[@davidbuchanan6943]

Laura Danyal : Yeah, it’s good for a laugh. Chewin the fat . Rikki Fulton,. Rab. C Nesbit. Very funny shows . Try them out on the KZbin.🙏🏻

[@julieannehoneybone5011]

Absolutely, I love the old classics, british comedy is just fab

[@Tony-hx2fj]

yep, over and over

[@unasperanza9803]

2019

[@FF-so3su]

Barbara Flynn is sooo cute♥️😊

[@GeorgeneBoyd-ei3dy]

Oh dear watching this is wonderful & enertainly funny!

[@spongebobsquaretits]

theres more laughs in the first 30 seconds of this show than the entire series of Josh

[@CARLIN4737]

Whos Josh?

[@spongebobsquaretits]

@@CARLIN4737 Its a TV show, starring Josh Widdicombe

[@carlnapp8673]

That was priceless. Thank you! 1:22 I never knew that German army parkas have been in fashion in the UK.

[@PORRRIDGE_GUN]

We were poor back then thanks to Thatcher. Army surplus was popular because it was cheap, robust and kept you warm.

[@unasperanza9803]

very populari Ireland in the 80's too they were cool a l the young rads wore them ,very warm and comfy too

[@freggo6604]

The electric milk car ... way ahead f its time! :-)

[@kentgoodall3254]

Try and laugh so hard at anything on tv now u cant god i love this show stands the test of time

[@Crowgrrl59]

Thanks for posting this! Loved this show and so happy to find ag😍

[@Tony-hx2fj]

that Gladys is a real sweetheart!!

[@MarkStoneEntertainmentInLife]

i watch every one andstill put on repeat. i counting 16 times

[@clivehammond3213]

Best comedy ever made and watched

[@niklar55]

It never needed the irritating ''canned'' laughter! The dialogue was more than sufficient. Great classic sitcom. It's a great pity that time, has moved on, and there will be no more. .

[@nigelkthomas9501]

The canned laughter makes it better in my opinion. I think the sitcom “The Office” would’ve been better with canned laughter added. I just couldn’t get into that. A sitcom without canned laughter just wasn’t funny.

[@niklar55]

@@nigelkthomas9501 Horses for courses!

[@PatrickFDolan]

Was it filmed before a live audience? If not who would laugh?

[@niklar55]

@@PatrickFDolan Would you believe the people watching it? Or, maybe you need someone else laughing to tell you when you should laugh? You are in effect, watching live events, it's not in a theatre, or some other event with a crowd. Therefore canned laughter is totally inappropriate. .

[@DrGoodnSexy75]

Best comedy ever.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

beats the rubbish they put out today

[@jamelz]

Yup

[@barbaracrawford3712]

I love these shows

[@keithnichols7926]

It's fascinating to see the ladies of the latest series as they appeared in the first one. I wouldn't have recognized any of them without the sound track.

[@YorkshireNutte]

Ironically, Sir David Jason was actually older than the lady who played Mrs Featherstone.

[@hollieg4516]

Sex hollieGrffin sxe

[@jasond.healerlynch5255]

No. I think not sir .,he and the nurse are close in age though

[@paparoachluver4eva]

Yeah David Jason was born about a year before

[@nigelkthomas9501]

You’re right on that one! It’s the characters that are years apart. Granville is meant to be seen as an errand boy, but he’s later thirties-forty!

[@lamar7bn]

Is there better than watching classic British comedy bedtime?

[@jnuttso1]

fab series still as funny today as it was back then love to look at the stock in the shop to see if its still going and how much it cost lol

[@frozengamer3030]

Who's addicted to this show

[@jimlobley5587]

Miss these good old shows and actors they don’t make comedy shows like this anymore

[@petergoddard262]

I love Mavis.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

The old Ironmonger 's shop . That smell of wood , nails and parafinn !

[@ScottishLeo]

Arkwright could sell blocks of ice to Eskimos 🤣 ❤❤

[@peterhill7849]

Oh that milk-woman...

[@lunac1534]

Peter Hill Oh to be a m...mi...mi... middle age h,Hungarian E...e...errr...Errand bboy. I'm an pensioner now after that...H,h,h,Hungarian? i would love to know how you're so sure about that? It's the W,W, Way ya s...Stand. Ext...Ext...E,E.Ex... Extre...Extre...Oh ber...bugger it, Very H,Hungarian is th...that. I wonder where you're language hails from? Sher...shut yer mouth n get th,that JER,JAMAICAN GINGER C,CAKE sold. Jamaican? It's never been near Jamaica. Aye well we ser...sell MARS BARS don't we? "I SWEAR TO ALL THE DEITIES WHO MAY BE IN POSSESSION OF A SENSE OF HUMOUR, WHY DO WE (THE HUMAN SPECIES) ALWAYS DERIDE AND SOMETIMES EVEN IGNORE TRUE GENIUS? SUCH AS ☆BILL HICKS☆ IAN ANDERSON, IAN CURTIS, RONNIE BARKER, RONNIE CORBETT, I COULD GO ON ALL NIGHT, HOWEVER I DIGRESS, I know fine well those names were paid an exorbitant amount of money on occasion, however if you're educated or possess an extremely high quality cognition & sense of humour that gives you your wonderful, empathic, personality. I assume (not a fan of assumptions) you may understand my tangential ramblings. I jus needed to say that because your erudite and succinct comment is such a refreshing change to the posturing & one-upmanship that i am not only bombarded with daily, i am now as pretentious and boring i find myself abhorrent whenever i here the recordings from depositions to Q.C. banter. I beg you to forgive my ramblings if you manage to get this far into them. Stay Frosty and i hope you are as unique as i imagine you to be. Females such as I are not often payed any relevant attention so i offer my profuse apologies for the incomprehensible dross this comment (HUGE MISNOMER LOL) has ultimately turned out to be. The comment that was in my head ready for putting pen to paper or in this case (Technology has intervened) finger to keyboard came to fruition before i thought of committing myself to this eventual incoherent MESS...age.

[@sashqa0]

I'm sold

[@antonybooty9051]

At 07.12 as Arkwright opens the till, at the bottom of the screen is, what looks like a blue toilet brush handle doing some sort of a dance..

[@flybobbie1449]

Tea strainer.

[@leoninc7125]

2023 and watching it still

[@malcolmclements9254]

That scene with Granville kicking his bike and getting his foot stuck.

[@apeluenesi5320]

Best of all time

[@spmoran4703]

Excellent comedy.

[@josephdunne8223]

The Irish and the English, may fight, but we are more alike then any other people on earth, peace my friends, love to you all.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Grouty is coming in to collect the protection !

[@sharong9563]

Good show ! (still)👍🧐🤭

[@Peter-pv8xx]

Magic.

[@ZENmud]

18:57 ~ paint can full of bike parts? Kudos to the Property Master 🎂🎨🤣 Sorry I'm and editing/continuity geek 🤣 At ~5:05 Granville loses his freshly buttered toast; At 5:08 ~ Arkright taking a bite out of it; At 5:12 ~ looks like having the last bite (by gesture)... Funny

[@timothysmith8300]

Rip Linda baron a good a caress.. are a good nurse.

[@kashsingh4310]

old was is gold ✨️

[@87654321j]

I want a w w word with you That's 3 words for a start :-)

[@h3o6b9]

this really made me laugh!!😄

[@stecharles8370]

anyone watching in April 2021?

[@sheilagravely5621]

January 20, 2022!

[@TheRuthdobson]

Oh how I miss enjoyable TV 😢

[@kimdavison8083]

Arkwright ate that piece of toast very fast

[@mauriceupton1474]

English humour...love it.