

Synopsis
Open All Hours (1985), Season 4 — a BBC sitcom you can watch online on iFILM, six episodes behind the counter of a corner shop that never shuts.
Stingy shopkeeper Arkwright and his put-upon nephew Granville are back, and this run leans hard on Granville's love life. He answers a lonely-hearts ad and lies through his teeth to impress the girl. A rival grocer, Mr Gupta, sets up nearby, so Arkwright packs Granville off undercover — in a sari — to scout the competition. There's a sham housekeeper meant to make Nurse Gladys jealous, Granville passing himself off as a young executive, and a birthday sting built around a phantom inspector from the Good Shopkeepers' Guide.
Roy Clarke keeps the rhythm gentle: Ronnie Barker's stammering patter at the till, a young David Jason as the forever-dogsbody Granville. If you like slow, warm British comedy where not much happens and that's the whole charm, this season fits. Stream Open All Hours Season 4 online on iFILM.
6 episodes
S4·E1Soulmate Wanted
Granville decides it's high time he did something about his single status and places an advert in the lonely hearts column. He actually gets a result but of course he feels he has to lie about himself to the girl in question and presents himself as a yuppie. Leave it to his beloved uncle to ruin it for him.
S4·E2Horse-Trading
Arkwright has a rival: corner shop owner Mr Gupta, so he sends Granville undercover – in a sari – to check him out. Arkwright believes he can get one over on his rival by selling him a load of genuine Yorkshire clotheshorses but he has reckoned without Gupta's business skills.
S4·E3The Housekeeper Caper
Arkwright believes that he can make Nurse Gladys jealous if he has a live-in housekeeper. This only succeeds in attracting the attention of Mrs Featherstone, the Black Widow herself!
S4·E4The Errand Boy Executive
Anxious to impress boutique girl Stephanie ('with a P-H!'), Granville passes himself off as a young executive, claiming that Arkwright is his junior assistant. Unsurprisingly, his uncle is less than happy with this idea.
S4·E5Happy Birthday, Arkwright
Nurse Gladys and Granville play a trick on Arkwright, persuading the shopkeeper that a man representing the Good Shopkeepers' Guide is in the area, awarding bonuses to shops whose staff show extra courtesy. Gladys goes undercover as a male inspector and visits, where she is greeted with unusual civility.
S4·E6The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
Ever persistent to worm his way into Nurse Gladys' bedroom as well as her affections, Arkwright finds that flattery and chocolates are no use. But he's got a cunning plan to use Granville to impersonate a burglar, wearing a stocking mask to scare Gladys so that Arkwright can come running... into her room.






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