Full Of Mysterious Promise
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1976
Arkwright's bargain purchase has a drawback - the tins have no labels.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1976
Arkwright's bargain purchase has a drawback - the tins have no labels.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1976
Granville is finding it difficult to deliver the groceries on his ancient delivery bike and sets about persuading the penny-pinching Arkwright to buy him a van.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 5, 1976
Arkwright needs an ailment to get the attention of Nurse Gladys who he feels has been neglecting him.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1976
Arkwright takes action when his corner shop is broken into and employs a large dog to guard his property. Unfortunately, the unruly creature is more successful at keeping customers at bay than any burglars who may be about.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Mar 19, 1976
Arkwright has to leave his shop for a few hours to attend the funeral of a friend. His thrifty nature doesn't allow him to buy a proper wreath but one the size of a button-hole
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Mar 26, 1976
Arkwright has a sales drive with Granville demonstrating the product - very reluctantly.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1981
Nurse Gladys Emmanuel has a problem with her washing machine - which turns into a major nightmare for Arkwright.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1981
Granville can't believe his luck when the milkwoman makes a pass at him.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Mar 18, 1981
Arkwright and Granville have to get shot of some fig rolls - plus some lavatory paper.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1981
Arkwright needs a new suit, but is he too mean to buy one?
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1981
In another bid to impress Nurse Gladys, Arkwright buys a van to expand his business.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1981
The wedding of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's niece is cause for consternation and embarrassment for Arkwright when he loses his trousers.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Apr 19, 1981
Arkwright invents a Saint's day so that Granville can check the pockets of a foreign visitor whom he suspects of shoplifting.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Mar 21, 1982
The customers are upset by Arkwright continually dragging Granville around by the ear. Arkwright decides that Granville needs to improve his sales technique and starts him on a course to toughen him up.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1982
Arkwright improves the sale of an overstocked commodity with spellbinding efficiency, while Granville's lust for power falls flat on the floor.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1982
Arkwright is preoccupied by a persistent squeak on Granville's bike and the visitor to a house in Atkinson Terrace.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Apr 11, 1982
Granville is given the task of making home-made firelighters.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Apr 18, 1982
Arkwright has a rival for Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's affections.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Apr 25, 1982
Granville tries to shed his old image with the help of some snappy threads and sunglasses, complete with a medallion made from a cocoa tin lid.
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 1985
Granville advertises for some female company and gets more than he bargained for.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Sep 8, 1985
Arkwright tries to trick rival corner-shop owner Mr Gupta, but his ploy backfires. Granville goes under cover to try to save the day.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Sep 15, 1985
Arkwright advertises for a live-in housekeeper and outsells a vacuum cleaner salesman.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Sep 22, 1985
Granville attempts to improve his status and impress a local lovely.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1985
Nurse Gladys Emmannuel poses as a customer dressed as a man who could be from the Good Shop Guide.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1985
Granville tries to convince Arkwright to buy a new till, but his uncle is only interested in getting into Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's bedroom - even if he needs to use a ladder.