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{{short description|British TV comedy series}}
{{unreferenced|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Seven of One.jpg
| caption = [[Open All Hours]] and [[Porridge (TV series)|Porridge]] were the two successful pilots from the ''Seven of One'' series.
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator = [[Ronnie Barker]]
| starring = [[Ronnie Barker]]
| composer = [[Max Harris (composer)|Max Harris]]
| country = United Kingdom
| company = [[BBC]]
| distributor = [[BBC Worldwide]] <br /> [[2entertain]] <br />[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] (Australia, home video)
| network = [[BBC Two|BBC2]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1973|03|25|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1973|05|06|df=yes}}
| num_episodes = 7
| producer = [[Harold Snoad]] [[Sydney Lotterby]] [[James Gilbert (producer)|James Gilbert]]
}}

'''''Seven of One''''' was a British [[Television comedy|comedy series]] that aired on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] in 1973. Starring [[Ronnie Barker]], ''Seven of One'' was a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible [[pilot episode|pilots]] for [[sitcom]]s. Originally it was to be called ''Six of One'', which Barker planned to follow up with another series called ''And Half a Dozen of the Other''. This was a BBC equivalent of a similar showcase for [[London Weekend Television]] called ''[[Six Dates with Barker]]'' created in 1971.

In addition to Barker, ''Seven of One'' also featured [[Roy Castle]], [[Bill Maynard]], [[Talfryn Thomas]], [[Prunella Scales]], [[Glynn Edwards]], [[Joan Sims]], [[Keith Chegwin]], [[Leslie Dwyer]], [[Robin Parkinson]], [[Sam Kelly]], [[Christopher Biggins]], [[Richard O'Callaghan]], [[Yootha Joyce]], [[David Jason]], and [[Avis Bunnage]] in supporting roles. The series was released on BBC DVD in 2005.

==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Open All Hours
| WrittenBy = [[Roy Clarke]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|03|25|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = [[Arkwright (Open All Hours)|Arkwright]] has only one true love – money. He is also pursuing Nurse Gladys Emmanuel and continues to instruct [[Granville (Open All Hours)|Granville]] ([[David Jason]]) in the art of getting money out of customers. Granville, however, wants a girlfriend.
| LineColor = 111545
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = [[Prisoner and Escort]]
| WrittenBy = [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|04|01|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Career criminal [[Norman Stanley Fletcher]] is on a train with prison officers [[Characters of Porridge (TV series)#Mr. Mackay|Mr Mackay]] ([[Fulton Mackay]]), a martinet, and the kindly [[Characters of Porridge (TV series)#Mr. Barraclough|Mr Barraclough]] ([[Brian Wilde]]), on his way to serve a five-year sentence at Slade Prison.
| LineColor = 111545
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = My Old Man
| WrittenBy = Gerald Frow
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|04|08|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Sam Cobbett is a cantankerous, retired railwayman whose house is demolished by the council, forcing him to live in a tower block with his daughter Doris ([[Ann Beach]]) and her husband, whom he sees as posh and with whom there is mutual antagonism.
| LineColor = 111545
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Spanner's Eleven
| WrittenBy = Roy Clarke
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|04|15|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Albert Spanners' life is tied to Ashfield Football Club – bottom of the league.
| LineColor = 111545
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Another Fine Mess
| WrittenBy = [[Hugh Leonard]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|04|22|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = When Harry and Sydney ([[Roy Castle]]) plan to impersonate Laurel and Hardy, it all gets a bit close to the real thing.
| LineColor = 111545
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = One Man's Meat
| WrittenBy = [[Jack Goetz]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|04|29|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Alan Joyce is a fat, greedy man whose wife ([[Prunella Scales]]) devises a plan to keep him off food for a day. She goes out and takes not only all the food from the house but Alan's clothes...
| LineColor = 111545
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = I'll Fly You for a Quid
| WrittenBy = Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|05|06|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Grandpa Owen dies concealing a winning betting slip. His son Evan Owen and his gambling-mad family are desperate to prove that "you can't take it with you".
| LineColor = 111545
}}

}}

==Successful pilots==
Whilst most of the pilots were not developed any further, ''Prisoner and Escort'' was chosen to be developed into a series and became ''[[Porridge (TV series)|Porridge]]'' (1974–1977), which also led to a [[spin-off (media)|spinoff]] series called ''[[Going Straight]]'' in 1978, a feature film adaptation of ''[[Porridge (film)|Porridge]]'' in 1979, and many years later a sequel sitcom ''[[Porridge (2016 TV series)|Porridge]]'' (2016–2017).

''Open All Hours'' was later developed into a sitcom of the same name, ''[[Open All Hours]]'' (1976, 1981–1982, 1985), and many years later a sequel sitcom named ''[[Still Open All Hours]]'' (2013–present). Additionally, ''My Old Man'' also led to a sitcom of the same name, ''[[My Old Man (TV series)|My Old Man]]'' (1974–1975), which was made by [[Yorkshire Television]] and shown nationally on [[ITV Network|ITV]], but featuring an entirely new cast led by [[Clive Dunn]].

Ronnie Barker's favourite of the seven pilots was ''I'll Fly You for a Quid'', which he initially chose to do as a series, before being convinced by the BBC that it would be harder to do a full series of scripts about Evan Owen in a Welsh gambling community compared to Norman Stanley Fletcher in the prison setting of ''Prisoner and Escort''.

==External links==
*[http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/television/comedy/sevenofone.htm Seven of One] at Nostalgia Central
*{{IMDb title|id=0261491|title=Seven of One}}

{{Open All Hours}}
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[[Category:1970s British sitcoms]]
[[Category:1970s British comedy television series]]
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[[Category:BBC television sitcoms]]
[[Category:1970s British anthology television series]]
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