'Open All Hours' shop to be auctioned

The grocery store at the centre of sitcom Open All Hours is to go under the hammer.

Arkwright's store became famous when the BBC comedy first aired in 1976 and remained the main location for its comic action until the run ended nine years later.

The Telegraph reports that the Doncaster shop, known locally as hair salon Beautique, is expected to fetch between £120,000 and £130,000 at auction.

Open All Hours, which had 17 million viewers a week at its peak, starred the late Ronnie Barker as shopkeeper Arkwright, David Jason as Granville and Lynda Baron as Arkwright's love interest Nurse Gladys Emanuel.

The auction will take place in Leeds on November 24.