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Remembers…

Season 5 · Episode 5

Roy Clarke Remembers… Open All Hours

0.029mFebruary 10, 2026

The recently knighted sitcom writer Roy Clarke looks back on one of his best-loved creations, Open All Hours, and shares his memories of working with two comedy legends.

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Episode 9Janet Suzman Remembers... Hedda Gabler

Episode 10Daniela Nardini Remembers... This Life

Episode 11Charles Dance Remembers... Little Eyolf

Episode 12Stephen Poliakoff Remembers... Caught on a Train

Episode 13Andrew Davies Remembers... A Very Peculiar Practice

Episode 14Ken Loach Remembers... Up the Junction

Episode 15Ken Loach Remembers... The Old Oak

Episode 16Michael Palin Remembers... Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

Episode 17W Stephen Gilbert Remembers... Only Connect

Episode 18Midge Ure Remembers… The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala 1986

Episode 19Peter Flannery Remembers... Our Friends in the North

Episode 20Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember… The Office

Episode 21Monty Don Remembers... Geoff Hamilton

Episode 22Bill Paterson Remembers... The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Episode 23Sally Magnusson Remembers... Mastermind

Episode 24Lady Antonia Fraser Remembers... The Birthday Party

Episode 25Simon Sebag Montefiore Remembers... Rome: A History of the Eternal City

Episode 26Dame Maureen Lipman Remembers... Absurd Person Singular

Episode 27Peter Egan Remembers... A Taste of Honey

Episode 28Spencer Banks Remembers... Penda's Fen

Episode 29Selina Thompson Remembers... Salt

Episode 30Stephen Tompkinson Remembers... The Deep Blue Sea

Episode 31Andrew Davies Remembers... Middlemarch

Episode 32David Ireland Remembers... Cyprus Avenue

Episode 33Mary Moore Remembers... Henry Moore

Episode 34David Bamber Remembers... My Night with Reg

Episode 35Lesley Manville Remembers... Top Girls

Episode 36Janet Suzman Remembers... The Singing Detective

Episode 37Chris Terrill Remembers...Soho Stories