The Best Episodes of Open All Hours Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(129 votes)

   #1 - The Reluctant Traveller

   S2:E23/8/1981

   Arkwright decides to take Nurse Gladys to a hotel, leaving Granville in a position to make his play for the milk round lady. However, Arkwright, hands on as ever and never keen to be too far away from the shop, has booked himself and Gladys into a hotel just round the corner — where he has problems with an extra-tight money belt.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke
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   8.1/10(108 votes)

   #2 - Shedding at the Wedding

   S2:E64/5/1981

   To the envy of Granville who has never attended one, Arkwright is taking Nurse Gladys to a wedding and has taken his old suit out of mothballs, but it still reeks of camphor. Gladys makes him hang it out of the car window as they drive along but the trousers end up under a tractor's wheels.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke
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   7.9/10(123 votes)

   #3 - Laundry Blues

   S2:E13/1/1981

   Nurse Gladys feels sorry for Granville, struggling to do the laundry by hand, and suggests to Arkwright that he buy a washing machine. Arkwright wants Gladys' affections but doesn't want to spend too much money, so he ensures that she sees a brand-new machine being delivered — which is then taken away and replaced by an elderly secondhand one.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Writer:Roy Clarke
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   7.9/10(112 votes)

   #4 - Fig Biscuits and Inspirational Toilet Rolls

   S2:E33/18/1981

   Whilst Granville moans about the shop opening at dawn, Arkwright bewails his inability to sell a load of fig biscuits and toilet rolls imprinted with biblical texts. The opportunity arises when Mavis mistakes the sepulchral voice of Granville in the cellar for a ghost advising her what to buy but unfortunately for Arkwright, he falls through the open trapdoor and breaks his leg.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   7.8/10(111 votes)

   #5 - The New Suit

   S2:E43/22/1981

   Nurse Gladys has forced Arkwright to buy a new suit because she's tired of being seen around with him in a shabby suit.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke
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   7.7/10(105 votes)

   #6 - Arkwright's Mobile Store

   S2:E53/29/1981

   In an effort to convince Nurse Gladys that he's a man of enterprise, Arkwright decides to invest in a mobile shop, to be driven around by Granville. However, given his customary stinginess, the best that he can come up with is an old ice cream van, leading to Granville having a close encounter with some perishables.

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke
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   7.7/10(108 votes)

   #7 - St Albert's Day

   S2:E74/19/1981

   Arkwright has always told Granville his father was a Hungarian but then a real Hungarian comes into the shop. Could it be him? Arkwright is more concerned that he may be a shoplifter and hits on a cunning plan to part him from his jacket so that he can search the pockets for evidence. Welcome to the mythical feast day of St Albert!

   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writer:Roy Clarke