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Season

1973

7.6

An anthology of single plays starring actor-comedian Ronnie Barker. Two of the plays were developed into their own sitcoms: Open All Hours and Porridge.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Open All Hours

Arkwright has only one true love - money. He is also pursuing Nurse Gladys Emmanuel and continues to instruct Granville in the art of getting money out of customers. Granville, however, wants a girlfriend.

S1 • E2

Prisoner and Escort

Norman Stanley Fletcher is being escorted to Slade Prison for a five year sentence. Mr. Barrowclough and Mr. Mackay make the journey with him on New Year's Eve, in a play that was spun off into its own successful sitcom, "Porridge".

S1 • E3

My Old Man

Sam Cobbett is a cantankerous, retired railwayman whose house is demolished by the council, forcing him to live in a tower block with his daughter Doris and her husband, whom he sees as posh and with whom there is mutual antagonism. Sam does not like the way that the area has changed and is shocked by Cyril, the camp barman in the local pub. He does however rally to have a pub sing-song when he meets an old mate.

S1 • E4

Spanner's Eleven

Albert Spanners' life is tied to Ashfield Football Club - bottom of the league.

S1 • E5

Another Fine Mess

When Harry and Sydney plan to impersonate Laurel and Hardy, it all gets a bit close to the real thing.

S1 • E6

One Man's Meat

Alan Joyce is a fat,greedy man whose wife devises a plan to keep him off food for a day. She goes out and takes not only all the food from the house but Alan's clothes. He rings the police but to no great avail. He rings a Chinese takeaway but they have stopped delivering. In desperation,when the cleaning lady Mrs. Dawkins comes in,he plans to leaves the house and get some food wearing her clothes.