Still Open All Hours - wikipedia Still Open All Hours Still Open All Hours Opening titles Genre Comedy Created by Roy Clarke Written by Roy Clarke Directed by Dewi Humphreys Starring David Jason James Baxter Lynda Baron Stephanie Cole Maggie Ollerenshaw Brigit Forsyth Johnny Vegas Kulvinder Ghir Nina Wadia Sally Lindsay Tim Healy Country of origin United Kingdom Original language ( s ) English No. of series No. of episodes 27 ( list of episodes ) Production Producer ( s ) Gareth Edwards Location ( s ) MediaCityUK ( 2013 ) Teddington Studios ( 2014 ) Pinewood Studios ( 2015 -- ) Running time 30 minutes Production company ( s ) BBC Distributor BBC Worldwide 2entertain ABC ( Australia, home video ) Release Original network BBC One Picture format 1080i ( 16 : 9 HDTV ) Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1 Original release 26 December 2013 ( 2013 - 12 - 26 ) -- present Chronology Preceded by Open All Hours Related shows Seven of One External links Still Open All Hours at BBC Comedy Still Open All Hours is a British sitcom, starring David Jason, a sequel to the series Open All Hours, written by original writer Roy Clarke. The series has run for 27 episodes in four series so far, with a fifth planned for late 2018. Open All Hours ran for 26 episodes in four series from 1973 to 1985. The BBC announced on 7 October 2013, that the show would air for a 40th Anniversary Special in December 2013. The 40th Anniversary special aired on 26 December at 7 : 45pm on BBC One. Ronnie Barker, who played the main character of Arkwright, in Open All Hours, died in 2005 : the special featured David Jason 's Granville, Arkwright 's assistant and nephew in the original series, having inherited the grocery store from Arkwright. Other returning cast members included Lynda Baron, Stephanie Cole, and Maggie Ollerenshaw Contents 1 Series development and production 2 Filming locations 3 Characters 3.1 Main 3.2 Guest cast 4 Episodes 5 Broadcast and reception 6 DVD releases 7 References 8 External links Series development and production Still Open All Hours was broadcast on 26 December 2013, with Jason reprising his role of Granville from Open All Hours. The new one - off episode written by Clarke showed Granville now running the shop with his son Leroy ( played by James Baxter ), after inheriting it from Arkwright. Clarke wrote the script in two weeks, and production began in October 2013. The exterior scenes were filmed at the original location at Lister Avenue in Doncaster from 18 to 20 November 2013. The interior scenes were recorded on 3 December 2013 at MediaCityUK in Salford in front of a studio audience. A 30 - minute documentary accompanying the show 's return, entitled Open All Hours : A Celebration, aired on 27 December 2013, the day after the new episode was broadcast, on BBC One. On 30 January 2014, the BBC commissioned Still Open All Hours for six new episodes beginning on 26 December 2014. The controller of BBC comedy commissioning, Shane Allen, said : `` The resounding success of the Christmas revival showed the huge and enduring audience affection for this much - loved classic. Roy has done a terrific job of updating the characters whilst keeping what was warm - hearted and enjoyable about the world of the original series. '' Production for series one started in August 2014, exterior filming started on 15 September and location recording was completed on 26 September 2014. Interior scenes were recorded in front of a studio audience from 10 October until 21 November 2014 at Teddington Studios. The show later returned for a second series, beginning on 26 December 2015. with production starting in September 2015. Exterior scenes were filmed on location from 14 - 24 September 2015. Interior scenes were recorded in front of a studio audience at Pinewood Studios from 9 October until 20 November 2015. In January 2016, David Jason revealed that a third series would be produced in 2016. The series began airing on 26 December 2016. Production started in September 2016 with on location for exterior scenes being shot in Balby Doncaster from 12 September 2016. Lynda Baron could not reprise her role as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel as the filming dates clashed with Baron 's current contract with EastEnders. David Jason announced that a fourth series would be filmed in 2017. Filming began in September 2017 with David Jason seen on location in Doncaster with co-star Tim Healy. The series began airing on 28 December 2017.. Interior scenes were recorded at Pinewood Studios in front of a live - studio - audience on 7, 14, and 21 October and on the 4, 11, 18, and 24 November 2016. In early 2017 a fourth series was commissioned production started in August 2017. On location exterior scenes for the fourth series commenced on 11 September 2017 in Doncaster.. In January 2018, it was revealed the show will return for a fifth series late 2018. Filming locations Lister Avenue in Balby is used for the filming of Still Open All Hours ; Beautique on the right doubles as Arkwright 's The exterior shots reused the original shop from the series, on Lister Avenue in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster. The shop had to be extensively redressed ( for both programmes ) to resemble a traditional corner shop, as it has been a hair salon since 1962. This process took two days, before filming on location for three consecutive days. For the 2013 special, the studio shots were recorded at Dock10 studios at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays. For the first series, Teddington Studios were used and the second, third, and fourth series were all recorded at Pinewood Studios. Characters Main article : List of Open All Hours characters Main Episode count is as of 21 January 2018 ( Series 4, Episode 4 ) Character Played by Series Episode count Pilot Main Characters Granville David Jason 24 Leroy James Baxter 24 Delphine Featherstone Cole, Stephanie Stephanie Cole 24 Mavis Ollerenshaw, Maggie Maggie Ollerenshaw 24 Eric Agnew Vegas, Johnny Johnny Vegas 23 Madge Forsyth, Brigit Brigit Forsyth 24 Gastric Healy, Tim Tim Healy 23 Cyril Ghir, Kulvinder Kulvinder Ghir 23 Kath Agnew Lindsay, Sally Sally Lindsay 18 Mrs Hussein Wadia, Nina Nina Wadia 19 Wilburn Newbold Whitehead, Geoffrey Geoffrey Whitehead 14 Nurse Gladys Emmanuel Baron, Lynda Lynda Baron 13 Recurring Characters Salesman Mark Williams Nikki Emily Fleeshman 6 Cindy Misha Timmins 6 Mrs Hemstock Catherine Breeze Mr Marshall Barry Chuckle Ashley Nadine Rose Mulkerrin Dog Man Duggie Brown Mr Lomax Keiron Self Mr Bentinck Alan David Mrs Willis Val Tagger Beth Katie Redford Guest cast Still Open All Hours has used several actors from various past hit sitcoms as customers and one - off characters. Kathryn Hunt Stephen Evans Matthew Mellalieu Peter Foster Sally Womersley Janet Prince Bill Rodgers Daniel Ryan Tom Davis Alex Lowe Vicki Pepperdine Roger Bingham Peter Levy Paula Wilcox Anne Rutter Duggie Brown Jaye Jacobs Ainsley Howard Gareth Hale Des Yankson Spencer Jones Jo Martin Val Tagger Kate O'Sullivan Jemma Churchill Geoffrey McGivern David Cann Janine Duvitski Joe Wilkinson Judith Jacob Sian Reeves Selena Griffiths Luke Gell Llewella Gideon Janet Marsh Alexander Kirk Alexa Lee Episodes Main article : List_of_Still_Open_All_Hours_episodes Twenty - seven episodes of Still Open All Hours, all written by Roy Clarke, have been produced for the BBC. The show began airing on 26 December 2013 with an anniversary special of original series, Open All Hours. All episodes have a running time of 30 minutes. Between Open All Hours and Still Open All Hours, there has been a total of 53 episodes and eight series broadcast between 1973 and 2018. Broadcast and reception The special was broadcast on BBC One on 26 December 2013 and received 9.43 m ( 39.9 % of the audience ) viewers according to overnight figures and was the most watched programme on that day. Final viewing figures showed that it was watched by 12.23 m and was the most watched programme for that week. It received generally poor reviews from critics. Will Dean of The Independent called it a `` w-w - worthy ( sic ) effort '' but criticised the attempt to revive the show without the late Ronnie Barker. Ben Lawrence of The Telegraph said it `` felt like a relic of another era '' criticising the jokes and Jason 's performance. Jacob Mason, writing on the Radio Times website, described the show as `` warmly nostalgic '', whilst others noted it as `` a fitting tribute to Ronnie Barker ''. On 21 November 2014, the BBC confirmed that Still Open All Hours would return for a full series in 2014. This began airing on 26 December 2014 and finished on 25 January 2015. Series 2 began on the 26th December 2015 with a run of 6 episodes and finished on 26 January 2016, Followed by Season 3 which began airing on 26 December 2016 with 7 episodes. DVD releases Although filmed and broadcast in High - definition, no Blu - ray releases have been announced to date. Series One and the 2013 Christmas Special was released on DVD on 2 February 2015 by 2 entertain. Series 2 was released on 1 February 2016. Series 3 was released on 13 February 2017. DVD Title No. of Discs Special features No. of Episodes Release Dates Region 2 Region 4 Series 1 2013 Christmas Special 7 2 February 2015 24 June 2015 Series 2 2015 Christmas Special 6 1 February 2016 TBA Series 3 2016 Christmas Special 7 13 February 2017 TBA Series 4 2017 Christmas Special 7 19 February 2018 TBA References Jump up ^ Goodacre, Kate ( 7 October 2013 ). `` Sir David Jason to star in ' Open All Hours ' Christmas special ''. Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 December 2013. Jump up ^ `` Look who 's the b-b - boss now : Granville pulls on Arkwright 's famous brown coat as David Jason returns in Open All Hours after 30 years ''. Daily Mail. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013. Jump up ^ `` Sir David Jason back for Open All Hours Christmas show ''. BBC News. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` Open All Hours : A Celebration ''. BBC. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013. Jump up ^ `` Open All Hours special could lead to new series ''. Doncaster Free Press. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013. Jump up ^ `` BREAKING : New version of Open All Hours will be filmed in Doncaster ''. Doncaster Free Press. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` Still Open All Hours commissioned for full series ''. BBC News. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014. Jump up ^ Glanfield, Tim ( 30 January 2014 ). `` Still Open All Hours series confirmed ''. Radio Times. Retrieved 3 February 2014. Jump up ^ Plunkett, John ( 30 January 2014 ). `` BBC commissions full series of Still Open All Hours ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2014. Jump up ^ `` Video : Open All Hours filming starts in Doncaster ''. Doncaster Free Press. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014. Jump up ^ `` Open All Hours filming set to end in Doncaster ''. Sheffield Star. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014. Jump up ^ `` Still Open All Hours Series 1 ''. The Pinewood Studios Group. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014. Jump up ^ `` The Chuckle Brothers : To me, to you... to Swansea ! ''. South Wales Evening Post. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Still Open All Hours series 2 confirmed ''. British Comedy Guide. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` Sir David Jason, 75, steps out as comedy character Granville as he films new series of BBC 's Still Open All Hours in Doncaster ''. The Daily Mail. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015. Jump up ^ `` Tim Healy gets into a spot of bother while dressed as Santa as he joins Sir David Jason on the set of the Still Open All Hours Christmas special ''. The Daily Mail. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015. Jump up ^ Burke Darren ( 30 September 2015 ). `` Still Open All Hours to be filmed at world famous Pinewood Studios ''. Doncaster Free Press. Retrieved 1 October 2015. Jump up ^ `` David Jason confirms Still Open All Hours will return and reveals his Hollywood dream ''. The Mirror. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016. Jump up ^ Staff, Radio Times ( 12 September 2016 ). `` David Jason to return for new series of Still Open All Hours ''. Radio Times. Retrieved 14 September 2016. Jump up ^ Crockery, Claire ( 12 September 2016 ). `` Still Open All Hours third series WITHOUT Nurse Emmanuel ''. Daily Express. Retrieved 15 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` Only Fools And Horses reboot ? Sir David Jason says he would play Del Boy one last time ''. The Mirror. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` David Jason is unrecognisable as he sports bushy beard for new sitcom series ''. Jump up ^ `` TV legend David Jason : Mrs Brown 's Boys is too rude for family audiences ''. The Mirror. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018. Jump up ^ Staff, BBC Shows and tours ( 12 September 2016 ). `` Still Open All Hours shows and tours ''. BBC. Retrieved 15 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` PICTURES : Still Open All Hours filming gets underway in Doncaster - but not at Arkwright 's shop ''. Doncaster Free Press. 12 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` TV legend David Jason : Mrs Brown 's Boys is too rude for family audiences ''. The Mirror. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018. Jump up ^ Wilkes, David ( 19 November 2013 ). `` The real life shops behind Open All Hours : How a hairdressers and a c-c - convenience store helped inspire the BBC sitcom that is about to be resurrected for Christmas special ''. Mail Online. Retrieved 6 January 2014. Jump up ^ Rigby, Sam ( 27 December 2013 ). `` Still Open All Hours tops Boxing Day ratings with 9.4 m ''. Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 January 2014. Jump up ^ `` Top 30s ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2015. Jump up ^ Dean, Will ( 26 December 2013 ). `` Still Open All Hours review : It was a w-w - worthy effort -- but there 's only one Arkwright ''. The Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2014. Jump up ^ Lawrence, Ben ( 26 December 2013 ). `` Still Open All Hours, BBC One, review ''. The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 January 2014. Jump up ^ Andrews, Marc ( 26 December 2013 ). `` TV viewers hail the one - off return of classic sitcom Open All Hours as ' warmly nostalgic ' and ' a fitting tribute to Ronnie Barker ' ''. Daily Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2014. Jojo Martin praised the show saying `` I loved Open All Hours and I love Still Open All Hours even more, Still Open is the one of the best comedy series on our screens ''. Jump up ^ `` Still Open All Hours Series One + 2013 Christmas Special ( DVD ) ''. Amazon.co.uk. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014. Jump up ^ `` Still Open All Hours : Series Three + 2016 Christmas Special ( DVD ) ''. Amazon.co.uk. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016. External links Still Open All Hours at BBC Programmes Still Open All Hours on IMDb Still Open All Hours at British Comedy Guide. Image of Arkwright 's shop in April 2007 Open All Hours Open All Hours episodes Still Open All Hours ( episodes ) Characters Arkwright Granville Related Seven of One The Funny Side of Christmas Roy Clarke Situation comedies The Misfit ( 1970 -- 71 ) Last of the Summer Wine ( 1973 -- 2010 ) Oh No, It 's Selwyn Froggitt ! ( pilot, 1974 ) Open All Hours ( 1973, 1976 -- 85 ) The Growing Pains of PC Penrose ( 1975 ) Rosie ( 1977 -- 81 ) Potter ( 1979 -- 83 ) The Magnificent Evans ( 1984 ) The Clairvoyant ( 1984 - 1986 ) First of the Summer Wine ( 1988 -- 89 ) Keeping Up Appearances ( 1990 -- 95 ) Ai n't Misbehavin ' ( 1994 -- 95 ) Still Open All Hours ( 2013 -- ) Young Hyacinth ( 2016 ) Other The Bass Player and the Blonde ( 1977 ) Hawks ( 1988 ) The Sharp End ( 1991 ) A Foreign Field ( 1993 ) The Wanderer ( 1994 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Still_Open_All_Hours&oldid=834054164 '' Categories : 2010s British sitcoms 2010s British comedy television series 2013 British television programme debuts BBC high definition programmes BBC television sitcoms English - language television programs Sequel television series Television series produced at Pinewood Studios Television series set in shops Television shows set in South Yorkshire Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from December 2015 Use British English from December 2015 Articles with hCards Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 3 April 2018, at 18 : 14. 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Question: where do they film still open all hours
Answer: MediaCityUK in Salford