History Trivia / OpenAllHours

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In 1984, at which time no new episodes of the series had been produced for two years, a spin-off was proposed based around Nurse Gladys Emmanuel. Given the working title ''Call the Nurse'', this SpinOff series would have followed Nurse Gladys as she visited various eccentric and demanding patients. Arkwright and Granville were not written to appear, and Roy Clarke was keen to develop a new set of supporting characters rather than rely on those already built-up. A thirty-minute pilot was written but did not enter production as Creator/TheBBC turned down the series; instead, the main series returned for its fourth and what would be the final series the following year.

* ActorInspiredElement: Nowhere in the script did it say anything about Arkwright having a stutter. That was all Ronnie Barker. He also co-created the premise of the dangerous till.
** Apparently, Ronnie was also somewhat of a miser at times, which made Arkwright's stinginess funnier and more realistic.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: In ''Still Open All Hours'', there's a portrait of Arkwright in the back of the shop, and the character's influence is keenly felt, but sadly, he died with Ronnie Barker.

* FriendshipOnTheSet: Ronnie Barker and Creator/DavidJason became close friends while making the series. Barker described making the show as one of the happiest times of his life and Jason considered Barker a mentor.

* PostScriptSeason: Ronnie Barker wanted to end the series after season three, despite its huge popularity.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In 1984, at which time no new episodes of the series had been produced for two years, a spin-off was proposed based around Nurse Gladys Emmanuel. Given the working title ''Call the Nurse'', this SpinOff series would have followed Nurse Gladys as she visited various eccentric and demanding patients. Arkwright and Granville were not written to appear, and Roy Clarke was keen to develop a new set of supporting characters rather than rely on those already built ups. A thirty minute pilot was written but did not enter production as Creator/TheBBC turned down the series; instead, the main series returned for its fourth and what would be final series the following year.

* BeamMeUpScotty: Arkwright doesn't really say "It's been a funny old day" all that often, despite it practically being his SigningOffCatchphrase according to popular culture. In fact, the only time he actually says it is in "Well-Catered Funeral", and that's ''before'' he steps out of the shop at the end of the night. Granville also says it at the end of the ''Still Open All Hours'' pilot.

* BeamMeUpScotty: Arkwright doesn't really say "It's been a funny old day" all that often, despite it practically being his SigningOffCatchphrase according to popular culture.

* ActorInspiredElement: Nowhere in the script did it say anything about Arkwright having a stutter. That was all Ronnie Barker.

* RoleReprisal: In addition to Granville, ''Still Open All Hours'' sees the return of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, Granville's love interest Mavis, and Mrs Featherstone, all played by the original actresses.

* RoleReprisel: In addition to Granville, ''Still Open All Hours'' sees the return of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, Granville's love interest Mavis, and Mrs Featherstone, all played by the original actresses.

** Or at least initially. He's 24 in the pilot in 1973, but in series 2 (made in 1981), it is specified he was born in the late forties, suggesting he is in his early thirties. The joke thus becomes that he is still being treated as a child by his uncle and surrogate parent.

* DawsonCasting: The character of Granville (obviously meant as an inexperienced twenty-something in a low-status "school leaver" job for his uncle) is played by Creator/DavidJason, who was in his mid-thirties to mid-forties during the series' run.

* DawsonCasting: The character of Granville (obviously meant as an inexperienced twenty-something in a low-status "school leaver" job for his uncle) is played by DavidJason, who was in his mid-thirties to mid-forties during the series' run.

* DawsonCasting: The character of Granville (obviously meant as an inexperienced youth in a low-status "school leaver" job for his uncle) is played by DavidJason, who was in his mid-thirties to mid-forties during the series' run.

* DawsonCasting: The character of Granville (obviously meant as an inexperienced youth in a low-status "school leaver" job for his uncle) is played by DavidJason, who was in his mid-thirties to mid-forties during the series' run.

* DawsonCasting: The character of Granville (obviously meant as an inexperienced youth in a low-status "school leaver" job for his uncle) is played by David Jason, who was in his mid-thirties to mid-forties during the series' run.

* CharacterDiedWithHim: In ''Still Open All Hours'', there's a portrait of Arkwright in the back of the shop, and the character's influence is keenly felt, but sadly, he died with Ronnie Barker.