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Arkwright’s is still open for funny business. The Still Open All Hours TV show comedy has been renewed for a third series (season) on BBC One. The British broadcaster has also commissioned a Still Open All Hours Christmas special.The Still Open All Hours TV series cast includes: Sir David Jason, Tim Healy, James Baxter, Stephanie Cole, and Sally Lindsay. Series regulars also include Maggie Ollerenshaw, Johnny Vegas, Kulvinder Ghir, Brigit Forsyth, Nina Wadia, and Geoffrey Whitehead. Lynda Baron is unable to return due to a scheduling conflict. Get the details from this BBC press release.Read More…...

Open All Hours has begun filming its one-off Christmas special.

BBC One has tweeted a photo from the set of the classic sitcom, which returns for a 30-minute episode titled Still Open All Hours on Christmas Day.

It's the first day of filming on our #OpenAllHours Christmas special, Still Open All Hours: pic.twitter.com/Bf4PY29KuD

— BBC One (@BBCOne) November 18, 2013

The iconic Arkwright store can be seen in the on-set photo, which was unveiled earlier today (November 18).

Sir David Jason will reprise his role of Granville in the festive special, while Lynda Baron and Maggie Ollerenshaw will also return as nurse Gladys Emmanuel and Mavis.

Granville will be seen running the grocery store with his son, having inherited it from his uncle Albert Arkwright (Ronnie Barker).

"I'm really excited to be bringing back Open All Hours," Jason recently said. "I am sure there is an audience out...

Sir David Jason is to star in an 'Open All Hours' Christmas special. The 'Only Fools and Horses' actor will reprise his role of Granville in the BBC One sitcom - which originally ran from 1973 to 1985 - and will see David's alter-ego, along with his character's son, run the back-water grocery store he has since inherited from Albert Arkwright, who was played by the late Ronnie Barker. The show's original writer Roy Clarke will return to pen the 30-minute festive episode, which will be called 'Still Open All Hours', and Lynda Baron and Maggie Ollerenshaw will also return as...

Sir David Jason will reprise his role of Granville for an Open All Hours Christmas special.

Lynda Baron and Maggie Ollerenshaw will also return as nurse Gladys Emmanuel and Mavis in the 30-minute one-off episode Still Open All Hours.

"I'm really excited to be bringing back Open All Hours," said Jason. "I am sure there is an audience out there who would like to see what Granville has been getting up to in the corner shop.

"It will be a great family show for Christmas, and a fitting tribute to the legacy of Arkwright."

Granville will be seen running the grocery store with his son, having inherited it from his uncle Albert Arkwright (Ronnie Barker).

Roy Clarke, who wrote the original series, will return for Still Open All Hours.

"This has been fun - a great opportunity to work with David Jason again and to suggest how things at that corner shop might look today,...

Sir David Jason is to star in an 'Open All Hours' Christmas special. The 'Only Fools and Horses' actor will reprise his role of Granville in the BBC One sitcom - which originally ran from 1973 to 1985 - and will see David's alter-ego, along with his character's son, run the back-water grocery store he has since inherited from Albert Arkwright, who was played by the late Ronnie Barker. The show's original writer Roy Clarke will return to pen the 30-minute festive episode, which will be called 'Still Open All Hours', and Lynda Baron and Maggie Ollerenshaw will also return as...