THE corner shop known as Arkwright’s in hit TV comedy Open All Hours is being auctioned for £150,000.
The classic BBC sitcom starring the late Ronnie Barker as stuttering shopkeeper Albert Arkwright and Sir David Jason as his long suffering errand boy Granville.
THE corner shop known as Arkwright’s in hit TV comedy Open All Hours is being auctioned for £150,000[/caption]
Beautique salon in Doncaster, South Yorks, acted as the backdrop for the show which ran from 1976 to 1985 and had 17 million viewers a week at its peak.
Legendary actor Sir David, 84, reprised his role as shopkeeper Granville for sequel Still Open All Hours in 2013 and again the shop was used.
But the series, which also starred Johnny Vegas, Tim Healy and Sally Lindsay, was axed during Covid in 2020.
Auctioneers now hope that the property’s TV history will attract plenty of bidders when it goes to auction on October 16 with a guide price of £150,000.
The hairdressers – which was saved from demolition in 2007 after campaigners fought off council plans to bulldoze it – comes with two self-contained flats on the upper floor and boasts an annual rent of £16,440 when fully let.
Film crews moved in for weeks at a time for each series of Open All Hours and the end-terrace on Lister Avenue in Balby, less than a mile from Doncaster city centre, became a tourist attraction over the years.
