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The Open All Hours pilot was the first episode of Ronnie Barker's 1973 comedy anthology series, Seven of One.It was one of two episodes that the BBC developed into a series; the other, Prisoner and Escort, became the BBC1 sitcom Porridge, which premiered in 1974.
Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. It ran for 26 episodes in four series, which aired in 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985. The programme was developed from a television pilot broadcast in Ronnie Barker's Seven of One (1973) comedy anthology seri
Open All Hours character: Portrayed by: Ronnie Barker: Duration: 1973–85: First appearance: Pilot: Open All Hours (1973) Last appearance "The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel" (1985) Introduced by: Sir Andrew Watkin (1973) Sydney Lotterby (1976)
25 March – The pilot episode of sitcom Open All Hours, set in a corner shop, airs as part of Ronnie Barker's series Seven of One on BBC1. March – Experimental Ceefax teletext transmissions begin.
The year 1973 in television involved some significant events. ... The pilot episode of Open All Hours airs as part of Ronnie Barker's series Seven of One on BBC1 in ...
Barker opted to produce some sitcom pilots shown as part of 1973's Seven of One. Two of these pilots, Open All Hours (written by Roy Clarke) and Prisoner and Escort (written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais) became series.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010) Open All Hours (1976–1985) Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995) Still Open All Hours (2013–2019) ... He wrote the pilot ...
6 May 1973 () Seven of One , stylised as 7 of 1 , [ 1 ] is a British sitcom anthology series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. [ 1 ] Starring Ronnie Barker , Seven of One is a series of seven separate 30-minute episodes that would serve as possible pilots for sitcoms . [ 1 ]