Brown-coated, stuttering, penny-pinching Arkwright (Ronnie Barker) keeps his corner-shop open for as long as the law will permit. But he still finds time for his passions – parting unsuspecting customers from their hard-earned cash, keeping his day-dreaming nephew Granville in line, and tirelessly pursuing buxom nurse Gladys Emmanuel.
Laundry Blues
When Nurse Gladys' washing machine breaks down, Arkwright tries to lure her into his home with the offer of his vintage machine. She insists he buys himself the latest expensive model. Caught between passion and injury to his wallet, it's an awkward dilemma for the stingy shopkeeper.
The Reluctant Traveller
Young Granville catches the amorous eye of the local milkwoman and is determined to seize his chance for romance. But getting Arkwright to spend a night away from the shop with the help of Nurse Gladys isn't as easy as they imagined.
Fig Biscuits and Inspirational Toilet Rolls
Once again Arkwright attempts to entice Nurse Gladys into his amorous clutches. He almost succeeds when he falls through a trapdoor into the cellar and ends up needing her professional services, but not the kind he had hoped for.
The New Suit
It has been years since Arkwright bought a new suit, and Nurse Gladys insists he get one. He agrees, but only if I can be made in the same style as his old one. But fashions have changed, an alarming prospect Arkwright.
Arkwright's Mobile Store
Nurse Gladys accuses Arkwrigh of exploiting Granville and calls his shop a ratty old business, so Arkwright decides to expand and reorganize. But his inability to part with money makes it really impossible.
Shedding at the Wedding
A wedding invitation arrives, but Arkwright's old suit reeks of mothballs. Going to the church with Nurse Gladys by car, he is forced to hang his jacket and then his trousers out of the windows to get rid of the smell with inevitable disastrous results.
St Albert's Day
Who is the mysterious Hungarian who calls the shop asking someone he knew 30 years ago? Arkwright is afraid he could be the long-lost father of his nephew whose mother had been a lady of easy virtue. Synopsis Ronnie Barkers tight-fisted shopkeeper Arkwright continues to risk amputation rather than replace his death trap of a till. As Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, the owner of an awesome bosom and an old Morris Minor, deflates his amorous advances, Arkwright seeks solace in bullying his over-worked, sexually and socially-frustrated nephew and errand boy, G-G-G-Granville. Laundry Blues When Nurse Gladys Emmanuel tells Arkwright that he must buy a new washing machine, he is forced to come up with an ingenious plan to keep her happy and his savings undisturbed.The Reluctant Traveller Nurse Gladys Emmanuel and Arkwright are finally going to spend the night together at a hotel... with an over-tight money belt. Fig Biscuits And Inspirational Toilet Rolls Arkwrights marketing genius comes to the fore as he tries to shift some over-stocked items.The New Suit Arkwright has to buy a new suit - on Nurse Gladys Emmanuels say so. Arkwrights Mobile Store Arkwright proves his ambition by expanding the business... he buys an old ice-cream van. Shedding At The Wedding Arkwrights wedding suit smells of mothballs. Hanging his trousers out of Gladys car was never going to be a good idea... St Alberts Day Arkwright invents a Saints day so that Granville can check the pockets of a foreign visitor who he suspects of shoplifting. |
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