The BEST episodes of Still Open All Hours season 5

Every episode of Still Open All Hours season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Still Open All Hours season 5!

Still Open All Hours is a BBC television sitcom sequel to the series Open All Hours, written by original series writer Roy Clarke and featuring several of the permanent cast members of the original series, including David Jason, Lynda Baron, Stephanie Cole and Maggie Ollerenshaw

Last Updated: 9/10/2025Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
Eric's Camping Dream
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7.64
50 votes

#1 - Eric's Camping Dream

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2018

Granville has a large quantity of bargain spectacles to sell, but will they really do anything to improve his customers' eyesight? Meanwhile, encouraged by reading a self-help book "Take control of you", Mr. Newbold decides to tell Mrs. Featherstone how he really feels about their relationship. Also, Eric tries to persuade Kath to go on a camping holiday, and what is in the large, heavy box that has arrived for Leroy?

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Call in the Admirers
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7.45
44 votes

#2 - Call in the Admirers

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2018

Granville surprises Kath when she pops in for her regular loaf of bread when he claims to have a special way of matching the right product with the customer. Madge and Mavis are off to a wedding looking very glamorous, and Granville gets concerned that Mavis might stay for the disco and attract new admirers, especially when Gastric recounts the story of how his cousin Maureen met her husband at a wedding.

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An Errand Boy by the Footprint
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7.45
40 votes

#3 - An Errand Boy by the Footprint

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2018

Granville raises his advertising standard, but can he keep his hands on it? Leroy still can't find a date for Ruby. Granville pulls out all the stops to sell some oysters.

Tour de Yorkshire
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7.44
43 votes

#4 - Tour de Yorkshire

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2018

It's a day full of bad surprises for Granville when the till becomes unwell, Leroy buys an ice cream van and the Black Widow finds him overheating in a tight spot.

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The Sausage Machine
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7.30
46 votes

#5 - The Sausage Machine

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2018

Granville buys a second-hand sausage machine and produces Arkwright's designer sausages with some interesting results. The Black Widow is still keeping her options open in the pursuit of her next husband but decides that she needs to get tongues wagging by asking Mr Newbold to fly some racy underwear on his washing line.

Gastric's Christmas Meal
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7.28
39 votes

#6 - Gastric's Christmas Meal

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/23/2018

At Christmas, Granville must persuade his regulars to buy some mistletoe mince pies. Eric and Cyril refuse to be taken in by promises of romantic enhancement in every box - but could the pies actually work? The Black Widow decides she is taking Mr Newbold Christmas shopping, Madge and Mavis discuss whether to invite Gastric for Christmas dinner, and Leroy tries to enlist Ruby's help to stop Beth seeing Gerald.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
Writer: Roy Clarke
Boosting Sales
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7.23
35 votes

#7 - Boosting Sales

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2018

Granville has a large consignment of tinned beans to shift and he enlists the help of Mr Machin, a local customer who is convinced he is being regularly abducted by friendly aliens, to increase sales. Granville's plans are nearly thwarted when Mr. Machin gets cold feet about telling his tales of space adventure, but where there's a will there's a way and our canny grocer persuades Gastric to help him. A new customer, Mrs. Rossi, is in a fragile state having been left by her husband. Is there anything in the shop that can lift her spirits? Granville suggests a couple of tins of beans... Meanwhile, Leroy meets Beth for a date, but finds three's a crowd when she brings along her best friend Ruby.