Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
Shutting up shop
Birmingham Mail
|October 13, 2025
MARION MCMULLEN looks at the finale of Open All Hours 40 years ago
-
COMEDY classic Open All Hours ended with Ronnie Barker as shopkeeper Albert Arkwright coming up with a plan to get the love of his life rushing into his arms.
He reckoned if his nephew and shop errand boy Granville put on a stocking mask and pretended to be a burglar then his fiancée Nurse Gladys Emmanuel would flee to him for help and he could be her hero.
He told Granville: "There is something stirring in the boudoir of Nurse Gladys and I wonder when it is going to be me."
This story is from the October 13, 2025 edition of Birmingham Mail.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Birmingham Mail
Birmingham Mail
Where there's a will
ELEANOR TOMLINSON, CALLUM WOODHOUSE AND MATTHEW LEWIS DISCUSS THEIR NEW DRAMA, THE FORTUNE, ABOUT A MYSTERIOUS INHERITANCE. BY LYNN RUSK
4 mins
May 30, 2026
Birmingham Mail
A star is born
MARION McMULLEN TURNS THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE CENTENARY OF MARILYN MONROE
3 mins
May 30, 2026
Birmingham Mail
HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL TELLS LAUREN TAYLOR
ABOUT TAKING SIMPLE, HUMBLE INGREDIENTS AND MAKING THEM DELICIOUS
3 mins
May 30, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Getting older is on my mind...
AT THE AGE OF 68, COMEDIAN AND WRITER DAWN FRENCH IS TACKLING THE SUBJECT OF END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS IN HER FIFTH NOVEL. BY HANNAH STEPHENSON
5 mins
May 30, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Have a goggle at Ginny's Mural north of the border!
A 25-FOOT mural in honour of Scotland World Cup star John McGinn is being painted in his hometown.
2 mins
May 30, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Jailed people-smuggler put on future watch list
A CONVICTED people-smuggler has been warned he will stay on a watch list even after serving his prison sentence.
1 mins
May 30, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Mayor says closure of restaurant is ‘genuinely sad news’
THE unexpected closure of Birmingham's Michelin-starred Simpsons restaurant has been labelled “genuinely sad news” by the West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker.
1 min
May 30, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Tower blocks across city to be revamped
COUNCIL AIMS TO TRANSFORM FLATS
2 mins
May 30, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Brendon up for challenge but knows wins needed
Brendon McCullum is confident England can build on progress
1 mins
May 30, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Dortmund an example to follow says Lambert
PAUL Lambert has warned Aston Villa they have to find a way to bridge the financial gap to next season’s Champions League rivals - and has cited one of his former clubs as an example to follow.
3 mins
May 30, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size