Open All Hours - Series Four [1985]

Bought Open All Hours - Series One [1976] [DVD ], Open All Hours - Series Two [1981] [DVD ], Open All Hours - Series Three [1982] [DVD] [1976 ], Open All Hours - Series Four [1985] [DVD ] together as a gift for my son, he loves the humour and I have to say I'm encouraging it! I bought these for him when he was 8 and it's a great, gentle programme to watch together as a family - not much of that around these days! He also loves to watch an episode with his Grandparents when they have chance, it's been a lovely way to create some common ground - LOVE IT!

Sadly, this was the last series and boy did it go out with a bang. I still howl with laughter every time I watch Open All Hours. Again, some classic one-liners which will have you doubled over laughing even when you've heared them hundreds of times. Ronnie Barker and David Jason are two of Britains best comedy actors and it certainly shows here. Arkwright is as tight as ever, finally relenting and agreeing to a new till, several models are shown to him and as the sales man walks in with each one, all you can hear is his voice from inside his shop shouting "How Much????". Absolute brilliance.

This content of this DVD is legendary as you will already know. So this review will be just me banging on about how much I love the actors and the writers of this comedy gem . I was allowed to watch this as a small child before I had to go to bed on a Sunday evening , " school in the morning" my mum would shout , so I had to be washed and in my pyjamas before the start and then me and my brother would lay on the floor and watch this show with our mum and dad and we would laugh together and enjoy the adventures that week that Arkwright and Granville would get up too. I now watch it as a man of nearly fifty and still remember those magical days in the 1970's with my family and not only does it make me remember happy days of a small boy in a very uncomplicated world back then ,but it still makes me laugh out loud. So thank you Mr Barker ,Mr Jason and of course all the other great actors and actresses in this show for giving me a great memory of the great times .. Thank you for reading my review and happy viewing :)

The show is almost 30 years old and its still very funny! The material is so much better, clever, and funnier than most of the modern stuff of today. I have now got the complete collection, if anyone wants a laugh, a pick me up after a long hard day, this is what you want!

I love the sitcom...but...it does tend to get a bit slow at times...almost to a point where the best ideas have been used short of a Mavis/Granville wedding... I just hope that series 5 ties everything together so we don't get tired of it and tune off altogether... So far...the main star that hasn't disappointed is the haunted cash register...and worth watching just to see what it does next...

I bought this for my friend's birthday. A classic British sit-com. Always a favourite and starring 2 of the greatest comedy actors - the late , great Ronnie Barker as penny pinching shop owner Arkwright and the amazing Sir David Jason as errand boy Gggggranvil ( fetch ya cloth )

A fitting tribute to Ronnie Barker. A very funny final series - what a way to be remembered. Open All Hours, Porridge, Only Fools and Horses..... They still make me laugh till my sides ache 20/30 years on - a testament to two great actors, and few good writers! Buy this DVD, sit down with a drink and prepare to giggle and laugh out loud for a few hours.

No let up or reduction in quality from season one through to four, all pure "angel" delight. Brilliant writing, characters and acting, especially again from the two geniuses of the small screen Ronnie Barker and David Jason. You won't get this on national health, although it should be prescribed to anyone in need of major laughing!!

Im deutschen Fernsehen wird aber wirklich auch jeder ausländische Dreck gesendet. Diese Perle der BBC dagegen ist anscheinend allen Scouts entgangen. Schade, dass es nur 4 Staffeln gibt, ich habe sie alle gekauft. Kurzinhalt: Ein geldgieriger, geiziger und stotternder Ladeninhaber (Arkwright) knechtet seinen ebenfalls im Laden arbeitenden, mit Minderwertigkeitskomplexxen reichlich gesegneten Neffen (Granville). Beide werben so heftig wie erfolglos um die Gunst des schönen Geschlechts. Derweil geben sich diverse skurile Kunden und Handelsvertreter die Klinke in die Hand und sorgen für turbulente Situationskomik. Leider (oder zum Glück ?) nur im englischen Originaltext und ohne deutsche Untertitel. Was man nicht versteht, reimt man sich eben zusammen. "F-f-f-fetch a cloth Granville" Die Engländer können es einfach !

six nouveaux épisodes pleins de dialogues hilarants entre l'épicier, son garçon de courses, et sa voisine d'en face, l'infirmière bien-aimée à la poitrine généreuse, avec l'apparition de personnages plus fugaces mais tout aussi gratinés: la femme myope qui parle au balai, la veuve noire, l'épicier indien...