John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC. Seven series were broadcast

between 1981 and 1991, with special Christmas episodes occasionally until 2003. The

show was selected as 'Britain’s Best Sitcom' in a 2004 BBC poll.

The programme title is based on an old saying: "Only fools and horses work (for a

living)", a reference to the protagonist’s tax- and work-evading lifestyle. The theme

song is written and sung by Sullivan. In the first season a different theme was used:

this was changed to help viewers understand the meaning of the programme's title.

Del, Rodney and Grandad try and spectacularly fail to clean a chandelier) contained

scenes that became instant classics.

Series four in 1985 saw the death of Grandad. This was hastily written into the series

after the death of the actor Lennard Pearce some way into filming. The programme

showed Grandad's funeral – uncommon territory for a sitcom – and quickly

introduced a replacement character in the shape of Uncle Albert ( Buster Merryfield).

funniest moment in a British sitcom: Del falling behind a bar through a hatch he

thought was closed. Another hilarious moment is from the Christmas special in 1996,

reach a fancy dress ball, dressed as Batman and Robin, scaring off some teenage

muggers as they emerge.

Much of the success of the programme was credited to the quality of the principal cast

— in particular David Jason, an award-winning actor in both serious and comic roles.

John Sullivan is also regarded as one of Britain's best comedy writers, able to move

from comedy to tragedy and back again in a single line of dialogue.

Although the programme ran from 1981 to 2003, there were only seven series. The

final series in 1991 ended with the birth of Del and Raquel's son, Damien. Ten special

episodes were shown between 1991 and 2003, around Christmas time. The three

specials shown at Christmas 1996 culminated in Del and Rodney and their families

achieving their ambition to become millionaires; it was the highest-rated programme

on British television for over a decade, with 24.3 million viewers.

David Jason as Derek "Del boy" Trotter

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John Challis as Boycie

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Paul Barber as Denzil

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Leaving school at the age of 15 with a determination to become a writer of comedy,

John Sullivan (born in Balham, south London, on 23 December 1946) was to strive

unsuccessfully for a further 15 years before finally achieving his goal. Submitting

scripts as he moved between numerous dead-end jobs in his native south London, he

was unconsciously absorbing the ambience of the region's street life that would

Once he had a foothold in the BBC (albeit in the props department), Sullivan

approached the esteemed comedy producer Dennis Main Wilson with one of his

scripts. Greeted with remarkable enthusiasm considering it was the work of a novice,

the submitted script became the basis of an episode (tx. 12/4/1977) of the anthology

1977-80), with Robert Lindsay as aspiring Marxist revolutionary Wolfie Smith (based

on a character Sullivan had once met), luckless figurehead of the Tooting Popular

Front party (total membership: four).

Maintaining a south London setting, but moving from Tooting to Peckham, Sullivan's

date. His vivid evocation of south London working-class life through an array of

finely-drawn characters and, above all, brilliantly witty dialogue eventually won

viewers over following a hesitant start, turning the series into one of British

television's most popular sitcoms. It is certainly one of the best, winning BAFTA

London milieu in which Sullivan was steeped. Conscious, however, that he was

becoming perceived solely as a chronicler of south London working-class life (and

male-centred with it), he took steps to broaden both subject matter and character types

in his subsequent work.

Del employs younger brother Rodney as a member of Trotters' Independent Traders,

despite warnings from his business colleagues.

When Rodney decides to become the Trotters' financial adviser - monitoring the

accounts and keeping Del's dodgy dealings in check - Del has second thoughts

about their partnership.

Cracks show in the partnership when Rodney inadvertently bungles a deal with

Trigger. But despite Del's anger, it turns out that Rodder's advice would have

prevented the purchase of 25 briefcases that are locked with the serial number

inside.

Del and Rodney have yet another row and 'Little Bruv' plans a career change.

Desperate to make his mark on the world, Rodney decides to leave for Hong Kong -

a great plan, if only he'd remembered his passport.

Del and Rodney are once again hunting for bargains. And after stopping off at

Boycie's car lot they spy a Mark II Cortina that's being used as a part-exchange for a

Vanden Plas. Del knocks the asking price down to £25, so long as he houses

Boycie's E type jag for a week - Del hopes to use the Jag to impress his bit on the

side.

Del ups the price tag of the Cortina to £199 and gets interest from an Australian

buyer. And with cash in their pockets, a Jag to drive, and both of them single,

Rodney talks Del into heading off for a night on the tiles.

The Trotters' night out doesn't start too well, as they are chatted up by a pair of

transvestites in a nightclub. But their luck changes in the form of Nicky and Michelle,

who they manage to chat up and persuade them to write their telephone numbers on

On their way home, Rodney accidentally throws the cigar pack out of the window of

the Jag, and when Del makes an emergency stop, a car smashes into the back of

Boycie's pristine E-type. To top it off, the car responsible for writing-off the Jag is

none other than the clapped out Cortina.

Eager to forge new business contacts, Del befriends Vimmal Malik, a wealthy

businessman who seems eager to work with Trotters Independent Traders.

After a dance at the Camberwell Chamber of Trade, Del and Vimmal are cornered by

Mr Ram and his heavy boys. It seems that Vimmal is holding onto a pricey porcelain

family heirloom that belongs to the Ram family - and they want it back.

In order to make an impression, Del offers to mediate between the two men,

especially because Mr Ram is willing to pay four grand for the return of the statue to

his family.

Unluckily for Del the four grand is just a ruse and he ends up losing a fortune to

Vimmal and Mr Ram, a couple of conmen touring the country using the same scam

on local businessmen wherever they go.

Del meets Trigger in The Nags Head, and he's stunned to hear that Pauline Harris,

his ex-fiancée, is back in Peckham - twelve years after she left for America.

Despite their engagement, Pauline left Del for another Mod with a faster scooter. But

with her return, Del is willing to forgive and forget, and it's not long before they are

engaged again - much to the disapproval of Rodney and Grandad.

Things get worse when Pauline moves into the flat and refuses to do her share of the

housework. As her behaviour becomes unbearable, Rodders and Gramps leave for

Auntie Rose's cottage in Clacton.

Del hears rumours about a recent police investigation into the death of Pauline's

former husband (Bobby Finch), and when Pauline urges him to take out life

insurance, a frightened Del heads for Clacton, leaving an eviction notice for his

The trouble starts when Del persuades the local bus company to hand over one of

their open-top buses in exchange for Rodney working as a Trainee Nocturnal

Security Officer - part of their latest company, Trotter Watch.

As part of the deal, Rodney has to suffer the nerve-jangling experience of patrolling

the bus station on Tyler Street throughout the night.

The next part of Del's scheme is the launch of Trotters' Ethnic Tours: a scenic tour

around Chingford and Croydon, taking in such ethnic sights as the Lee Valley

Viaduct. And despite a great deal of whinging from his family, Del persuades Rodney

to drive the bus, whilst Grandad agrees to distribute the publicity leaflets.

But when nobody turns up to the launch of Trotters' Ethnic Tours, it is revealed that

Grandad shares the legendary Trotter business acumen and has posted the

advertising leaflets through the dust chute of Mandela House.

Another successful dodgy deal means Del has over a grand's worth of lead from a

disused factory to get rid of. When Rodney points out the three tons of lead are in

fact a D.I.Y nuclear fall-out shelter, Del refuses to believe him until he reads the

accompanying brochure.

With the threat of nuclear holocaust preying on Rodney's nerves he asks Del what

he'd do if he heard the four minute warning. Without an answer, Del considers putting

a survival plan into action that means reaching Grandad's allotment in time to take

shelter.

It's during a practice run for the Trotter counter-strike survival plan that they get

stopped for speeding by the police - they never get to find out whether they'd make it

in time.

Rodney has ran out of yuletide cheer, as the annual routing of the Trotter festivities

are wearing thin. Burnt turkey, charred Christmas pudding, the same old things on

television, and nothing but a book lent to him by Mickey Pierce: ‘Body Language: The

When Grandad puts on his glad rags and heads to the OAPs' party at the community

centre, the Trotter boys head to The Monte Carlo Club.

Rodney puts his new-found knowledge of the unspoken language of love to use, but

Del Boy has other ideas.

As the brothers argue over who’s technique is best, the objects of their affections are

whisked away from under their noses.

Del and Grandad are horrified to hear that Rodney is dating a police officer called

Sandra. But while Grandad is worried about Sandra knowing about the Trotters'

sullied reputation, Del is sweating over the amount of dodgy gear stored in the flat.

At the end of their date at the cinema, Rodders brings Sandra back to the flat for a

nightcap. As soon as she arrives, Del spots her wearing a stolen watch that Rodney

has given her as a gift. Thinking fast, he 'accidentally' pours gin over it and promises

to buy her a replacement.

Ever the gent, Rodney offers to walk her home, and everything appears to be

forgiven. But as Sandra says goodbye, she tells Rodney he has 24 hours to empty

the flat of stolen goods belonging to Trotters' Independent Traders before she notifies

When Trigger's Grandmother passes away, the Trotters gather round to offer their

condolences. Ever the considerate friend, Del offers to take some of her valuables off

Trig's hands - he wouldn't want just anyone to come along and rip him off, after all.

Del spots two urns that might be worth a bob or two, but Rodney and Grandad agree

that they must contain the ashes of Trig's Grandfather. As they remember he was an

avid bowler, they decide to scatter his ashes on the local bowling green - but to no

avail.

A second plan to throw his ashes into the Thames is scuppered, and a passing road

sweeping lorry eventually sucks them up - a poetic ending when they remember that

Trig's Grandad was a road sweeper too.

Del is getting into financial trouble - even his double-headed coin can't help him win.

He's gambling away his money with no sign of stopping, and he's already £150

down.

Nevertheless, when Boycie challenges him to a winner-takes-all poker game, Del is

eager to host it in his flat in Mandela House.

As the night progresses, Del's luck goes from bad to worse as he ends up owing

Boycie all his money, the TITCO van, Grandad's cash, jewellery and even a

collection of loose change.

But all is not lost, as Del finally turns the tables on Boycie in revenge for fixing all the

previous card games in his favour.

Rodney falls for Irene Mackay - a woman twice his age - and Del Boy isn't happy

about it.

Not only is Irene a lot older than Rodders, but she's married to a hard nut who's

doing time in Parkhurst prison - and is about to be released. Concerned for his

Del has been interfering with his personal life again, he goes loopy.

Soon after, Tommy Mackay gets out of prison - he soon finds out his missus has

been cheating on him with a Trotter, and goes looking for revenge. Luckily for

Rodney, Tommy finds Del Boy first, and the elder Trotter takes the punishment for

him.

When a bruised and battered Del returns to the flat, he's over the moon to find out

that Rodney has moved onto someone new anyway, so there wasn't really anything

to worry about!

When Del arranges a job redecorating a Chinese Restaurant, he unwisely decides to

employ the services of Rodney 'Leonardo' Trotter and buys some paint from Trigger.

It's also nearing the anniversary of their mother's death, and in an attempt to save a

bit of cash, Del and Rodders swipe a bit of spare paint to spruce up her tombstone.

While Del leaves Grandad and Rodney to paint the grease-filled Chinese kitchen with

'gold' paint, he heads off to decorate the tombstone. It's only when they've finished

painting and get a call from the owner of the Chinese restaurant that they realise the

paint was actually luminous yellow.

Fine for the walls of a Chinese restaurant kitchen, and it certainly makes a

gravestone stand out on a dark night!

Trotters' Independent Trading Company has been forced off the market, with the

continuing downpour keeping most of Peckham indoors.

While drowning their sorrows in The Nag's Head, Alex the travel agent mentions that

business is slow and he can't give holidays away at the moment. As a promotional

gimmick, Del suggests offering an 80% discount on a holiday to the next customer in

the shop - and who happens to walk by, but Derek Trotter.

Having sold sun-hats in the rain, Rodders has managed to earn some travel cash,

but he is dismayed to learn that the 80% discount only extends to a grotty hotel in

Benidorm. And despite not being included in the bargain, the brothers reluctantly pay

for Grandad to join them on their escape to the sun.

cramps their style. Especially when they bring two girls back to their apartment, only

for the old man to scare them off with his dentures.

Things get a bit more serious when Grandad gets himself arrested. Despite fearing

that old history is returning to haunt him - in the form of an incident 'during the war' - it

turns out that he was arrested for jay-walking and is released without charge. Much

to Del's annoyance.

Returning from an auction, the Trotters stop to help a woman whose car appears to

have broken down.

It turns out she is a posh sort. No less than Lady Ridgemere, wife of Lord Ridgemere

who own the Ridgemere Hall Estate.

Having towed the Lady to her stately home, Del overhears that the Lord of the Manor

is having trouble with the firm he's hired to clean their chandeliers. He wastes no time

in offering the Trotter's services as chandelier cleaners for a mere £350.

With Rodney and Del up ladders, and an old sheet the only thing between the cutglass

chandelier and the floor, it is only natural that Grandad detaches the chandelier

from the room behind them.

Del's fast talking excuses are the Trotters' only chance they have of escape!

Despite knocking the price down to a mere six quid, Del Boy can’t shift his telescopic

Christmas trees (lights, bangles, beads and baubles inclusive). He only has 149

more to sell to make a tidy profit.

Stuck for a solution the Trotters decamp to Sid’s burger van. Del’s conscience seems

to get the better of him, and he tells Rodney and Grandad what a shame it is that the

market traders can’t afford to donate a tree to the local church this year. Especially

the little orphans.

Left to guard the trees, Rodney steals away to the church. The Vicar quickly debunks

Del’s story, and Rodders realises the tale was a scam to get an endorsement from

Derek Trotter has the Yuletide Blues, and drinks away his loneliness in Spanish night

at The Nag’s Head.

There he meets Heather, who seems to be one friend short of company. Del Boy,

ever the gentleman, entertains her and sees her home safely. At her flat he discovers

that she has a young son, to a husband who seems to have joined a very long queue

at the Job Centre 18 months ago and not come back.

In no time at all their romance blossoms, and all is running so smoothly Del decides

to propose. However, when he takes her for a candle-lit curry, she refuses his offer of

marriage. Her husband has returned, employed as a department store Santa, and

she wants to give it another go... leaving Del Boy without an angel for Christmas.

The wear and tear of climbing twelve floors in Mandela House takes its toll as

Grandad's legs finally give way. And after a visit to the Doctors' it is recommended

that they seek some different housing for the Trotter family - on the ground floor!

Rodney has just been elected Chairman of the Housing Committee, and with a little

pressure from Del, he persuades housing and welfare co-ordinator Miss Mackenzie

to move the Trotters into a three-bedroom bungalow in Herrington Road.

All seems hunky dory, until Miss Mackenzie catches Del and Grandad sharing a

celebratory dance and cancels the deal. An ashamed Rodney agrees to resign as

Chairman of the Committee immediately.

Rodney is taking stock of his life, and at the age of 24 he is disappointed to find he

has only risen to become Del's look-out while they're on the make with dodgy goods.

After a bit of soul-searching - during which Del narrowly escapes the Old Bill while

Rodders was lost in thought - Rodney breaks some big news to Del that he's set up a

Shocked and hurt by this, Del warns him that if he wants to stand on his own two

feet, then the price is total independence from the TITCO cash flow; including beer

money.

Later at an auction, Del warns his Little Bruv not to buy Lot 37, but Rodney doubts

his brother's generosity - thinking that he wants the lot for himself - and he buys Lot

37 unseen.

It turns out that Lot 37 is a bunch of broken lawnmower engines that Del had sold in

the first place, and after Mickey Pearce uses their meagre profits for a trip to

Benidorm, Rodders is soon back as a partner in Trotters Independent Traders.

The Trotters take a trip down to Cornwall to make use of Boycie's country cottage for

a spot of salmon poaching.

The fishing trip should be a nice little earner with £10 a salmon being paid for by

Mario's fish restaurant. Del thinks that Rodney, Grandad and he will catch the fish

and split the profits 50-50 with Boycie for providing the accommodation - they just

didn't bank on an escapee from the mental institute.

On the rainy journey down to the cottage, a policeman stops their Robin Reliant and

warns the tourists that a patient has escaped from the institute for the criminally

insane - precisely a decade after he killed a party of weekend fishermen with an axe.

Never one to let a psychotic killer get in the way of a nifty bargain, Del ignores the

objections of Rodders and Grandad, and they settle down for their first night in the

cottage.

As the storm worsens, Rodney thinks he hears noises outside, and when a face

appears at the window, he's convinced it's the killer. There's a knock at the door, and

the Trotters' find the institute's Chief of Security is there to reassure them - it's only

later that it becomes clear that he is, in fact, the fugitive axe murderer.

Del Boy enters the world of fine art when he attempts to pull the wool over 'posh tart'

antique dealer Miranda Davenport. He unsuccessfully tries to tell her a rickety old

cabinet is in fact a 'Queen Anne' original, but wise to the ruse, she coolly declines.

Her attitude towards Del does warm when she responds to an advertisement placed

by the Trotters in the local paper. When a painting Del has in stock catches her eye,

her the painting as a gift.

Keen to see her again, Del pays a visit to her shop, and is informed that she's at the

local auction house. Arriving at the auction, Miranda seems quite surprised to see

him there, but not as half as surprised as Del Boy when Lot 24 is announced.

The Lot turns out to be Del's painting - a valuable work by 19th century painter

Joshua Blythe that Miranda is hoping to make a huge profit on. It seems like Miranda

has stung Del good and proper, but as usual, he has the last laugh when he informs

her that she's actually selling stolen property.

Del Boy's arch-enemy from school turns up in Peckham, but this time he's known as

Detective Inspector Slater from the Met Police. Having known Del and his wily ways

since they were at school together, Slater knows exactly who to watch when he's on

the trail of some stolen microwaves.

Hapless Rodney has no idea who Slater is when he gets chatting to him in The Nags

Head. It's only when he sees the horror on Del's face, after bringing Slater back to

the flat for a reunion meal, that Rodney realises something is wrong

Despite Rodney's best efforts, the game appears to be up - one of the microwaves in

question is sitting on the sideboard in full view of everybody. Slater immediately

begins to question Del, and after threatening Rodney with fictitious drug charges, he

forces Del to turn snitch.

Much against his better judgement, Del decides to protect his little brother and spills

the beans, but only after bartering for immunity for the whole Trotter family.

When Rodney helps a drunken woman on the street, he is stunned when she looks

petrified, accuses him of man-handling her, and promptly cries "rape!" Without

thinking straight, and fearing the consequences, Rodders decides to leg it.

Del hears about the escapade and realises his naïve Little Bruv must have

encountered Blossom, a psychologically unhinged woman who is allowed out in

public on weekend breaks.

Not wanting to prey on Rodney's nervous disposition, Del naturally does the humane

thing and concocts a story about the police conducting a search for 'The Peckham

It's not long before Rodney disappears, believing he's a fugitive wanted for the worst

of reasons. Regretting what he's done, Del Boy goes in search of his brother, and it's

not long before the scent of 'funny fags' from the air vents of Mandela House leads

him to Rodney's hiding place - in the water tank room of the same building.

Del concocts a plan to get revenge on Brendan O'Shaughnessy for supplying him

with apple white paint that was actually battleship grey.

Having learnt that the Irishman is painting Denzil's flat for £200, Del begins to lie

about Brendan's reputation for drunken debauchery, and persuades Denzil that he

and Rodney can do the job for a lot cheaper. Unsure about Del's motives, but keen

on the saving, Denzil agrees, despite the suspicion on his wife Corrine, who is wise

to Del from the very start.

The Trotters' begin the job the next day, but problems arise when Rodney leaves a

kettle on the boil and steams the whole apartment. As well as forking out for a new

kettle, the Trotter's realise that Corrine's pet canary is dead - seemingly killed by the

fumes from the paint.

Grandad is despatched to find a replacement canary, and having forked out £45 for a

substitute bird, he seems to have found the ideal candidate. It's only when Corrine

returns home that their scam is revealed - when she left that morning the canary was

dead.

The Trotters are promptly out on their ears, so they reconvene in The Nags Head,

where they drown there sorrows whilst Brendan gloats over them about winning the

job back. Little does he know that Del has one last trick left up his sleeve.

Reg Trotter, absentee father to Del and Rodney, unexpectedly arrives to celebrate

Christmas with his boys.

Reg explains that he has been living in Newcastle, and after a visit from the infirmary,

was diagnosed with hereditary blood disorder. Scared for their well-being, he decided

However, several tests later, Reg is given the all clear but it seems Del Boy and

Rodders have different blood types. It would seem the wayward father has some

explaining to do.

Reg explains that he frequently argued with their mother before they split. She had

several dalliances with other men, and Del is the mystery child. Fortunately a visit to

the family quack gives him news to put the smile back on his face.

Derek stops a young boy, Jason, from running into the road, and strikes up a

friendship with the lad. It's not long before Del discovers that Jason's mother, June, is

an old flame who he last saw around nineteen years ago.

While Del and June rekindle their romance, Rodders is dating a lovely girl from the

newsagent called Debby - a fact that is seriously curtailing his dirty magazine fetish.

It soon transpires that Debby is June's daughter, and it's almost her 19th birthday.

Del and Rodney soon put two and two together, and decide that Debby may well be

Del's daughter. It gets worse when Rodney realises that he has fallen for a girl who

could be his niece.

Everything comes to a head when Del finally confronts June to find out whether

Debby is his daughter or not. It turns out that Debby was actually fathered by his

friend Albie Littlewood, who tragically died in a cycling accident whilst he was seeing

June behind Del's back.

While the Trotter brothers try to cope with their Grandad's unexpected death, his

funeral provides a surprise addition to their flat in Mandela House.

Among the mourners - who have come from as far away as North London - are Del's

cousins Jean and Stan, and they're accompanied by Grandad Trotter's brother,

Uncle Albert.

During the wake at the flat, Rodney seems disturbed by the jovial behaviour and

good humour of the mourners. To distract himself he listens to salty old sea dog

Albert's stories of his exploits in the Navy.

Albert home with them to North London, so Del decides to let him stay the night. The

next day it appears that Jean and Stan have gone for good and want nothing to do

with Albert. Despite feeling sorry for the old man, Del is reluctant to let him stay and

ships Albert off to the Seaman's Mission.

It's not long before Albert returns to the flat, as the Seaman's mission has been razed

to the ground. So Del reluctantly lets the old boy move in, and a new era begins for

the Trotters.

The Trotter's have fallen on hard times, largely due to Rodney's £500 investment in

suntan lotion during one of the worst winters ever seen.

To make things worse, the deep-fat fryer they sold to Mike, landlord of The Nag's

Head, is on the blink and the tension brings Del and Rodney to boiling point. But

throughout all this trouble, Uncle Albert, who Rodders blames for their bad luck,

keeps telling them that something will turn up.

As Albert leaves the pub, he accidentally falls through an open cellar door, and the

Trotters' quickly come up with a way to get some cash - by suing the pub for

damages.

Albert's accident claim finally makes it to court, but to the shock of Del and Rodney, it

appears that their Uncle has already sought 15 identical damages claims going back

to 1944. Their case gets chucked out of court, and Albert admits he was using some

of the tricks he learnt as a stuntman to try and help Del and Rodney pay for

Grandad's headstone.

Rodney has joined a new band, and Del immediately capitalises on this by booking

them into The Shamrock Club to play for the St Patrick's night festivities.

Taking his place as the band's manager, Del winces his way through their

rehearsals, and when the Shamrock gig results in a fight, the band are forced to leg

it, leaving the instruments behind them.

When Rodney finds out the musical equipment has vanished, he contacts the police

and helps them with their enquiries. When tell sees Rodney with the constable, he

quickly distracts the officer and pulls Rodney aside. It turns out that Del had the

instruments on sale or return, and he'd taken them back because their band was so

Rodney's dreams of showbiz fame have been shattered, but he goes ballistic when

he sees his group performing their old hit single on Top of the Pops and realises that

without Del's interference he might have made it to number one.

In an attempt to earn an easy £60 a week, Del persuades Boycie and Marlene to

entrust him with the care of their Great Dane puppy, Duke, while they are away on

holiday.

Whilst out on a walk, Rodney notices that the dog is a bit sluggish, and they decide to

take it to the vets. Del and Rodney think that the dog may have eaten some reheated

pork leftovers for breakfast, and the vet quickly informs them that Duke has probably

caught Salmonella.

It's only when they get home that they realise Albert has eaten the other half of the

pork, and they quickly rush him to hospital.

When Albert's gets discharged from hospital a few days later, with a clean bill of

health, Del boy discovers that Rodney has been giving Albert's sleeping pills to Duke,

and the dog's vitamin supplements to Albert.

Rodney is taking some stick from the lads down the pub about his 'imaginary'

girlfriend, and Mickey Pearce bets him fifty that he won't bring a girl to the Saturday

night bash in The Nag's Head.

When Rodney admits to Del that he was lying about the girl he's going to bring on

Saturday night, his big brother sets about trying to get him a date.

On the Friday night, the two brothers head out clubbing, and despite trying almost

every club in London, they end up in a seedy little bar in search of a date for Rodney.

As luck would have it, Del boy spots Yvonne, an old flame who he knows isn't too

picky who she goes out with, and he offers to pay her part of the winnings from

Rodney's bet if she'll escort his little bruv the following night.

When Rodney gets home from The Nag's Head on Saturday night he's in tears.

Apparently, the date went well, until halfway through the evening when Yvonne takes

centre stage in the pub and begins her act as a stripper - in front of all of Rodney's

Del boy tries to console Rodders with the thought of his £50 winnings, but it turns out

the bet was for fifty pence, not pounds.

The trouble starts when Del agrees to provide painter and decorator Brendan

O'Shaughnessy with enough louvre doors to refit an entire housing estate in

Nunhead.

Del's supplier, Teddy Cummings, only stocks and supplies in bulk, so it's up to the

Trotters to find two grand by the next day or there's no chance of getting the doors.

As usual, a solution turns up in the form of Denzil's redundancy money, which they

somehow convince him to part with, only to be told by O'Shaughnessy that the doors

he's bought aren't needed. And to make things worse, the doors turn out to be stolen.

It's not long before Denzil and his five brothers come looking for their money, so with

nowhere else to go, the Trotters visit their mother's grave - a favourite refuge for Del

in times of trouble.

At their mother's graveside, Rodney notices a rare butterfly from the cover of his

magazine, that's worth about £3,000 to collectors. After chasing the butterfly around

the churchyard, the park and the boating lake, they finally capture it, only for Denzil to

wander past and squash it.

Boycie and Abdul pitch a diamond scam to Del Boy, who immediately turns them

down.

That is until they offer him a £15,000 cut of the estimated £150,000 sale of the stone

on the UK market. Del finds himself designated as the courier between Holland and

Britain.

No sooner has Del enlisted a reluctant Rodders, he hears his old foil Chief Inspector

Slater is eyeing Boycie and Abdul as drug dealers. Del decides to hide undetected in

the back of Denzil’s van.

Denzil then getting in and driving them to Hull (pursued by Rodney) was not part of

the plan. Thinking quickly, they hire a boat, and let Uncle Albert guide them to

Overcoming counterfeit cash, Albert’s amnesia, it’s only the arrival of Slater that

scuppers them. Despite this, it’s Del who has the last laugh.

It's closing time at The Nag's Head, and Mike the landlord is having problems

clearing everyone out, particularly a young pregnant foreign girl who doesn't seem to

speak Peckham English

.

Del and Rodney offer to help, and despite Del Boy's dodgy French, they work out that

Anna is from Germany, and she's been chucked out on the street and was

considering getting her child adopted.

They leave Rodney to take Anna to a hotel, but he ends up bringing her back to the

flat, where she explains that, Spencer, the son of the family she was working for as

an au pair got her pregnant and then denied it all.

After fuming about Rodney bringing another 'waif and stray' home, Del Boy considers

what can be done with Anna's unwanted baby - and the first person he thinks of is

Boycie. For year's Marlene and Boycie have been trying for a child, with no success,

and now for a mere three grand, Del is offering them the chance to have their very

own baby boy.

The stress is clearly getting to Anna, and she begins to go into labour. Later on Del,

Boycie and Marlene all gather round in the lounge waiting for Anna and Rodney

return from hospital. All is well until Rodney lets Del Boy know that the Anna's baby is

a girl… and that Spencer's parents were actually West Indian!

Feeling guilty about his dodgy lifestyle, Del has a rare religious urge and heads to the

confession booth of his local Catholic church to speak with Father O'Keith.

Whilst chatting with Father O'Keith, Del discovers that the local hospice, St Mary's,

requires a £185,000 renovation or it will soon close. And as Derek and Rodney's

mother and grandad were both cared for there, the older Trotter takes the charitable

cause to his heart.

Father O'Keith cries out that the statue of the Virgin Mary is weeping holy tears.

Within a couple of seconds, Del has persuaded the priest that this miracle needs

publicising - something that could go a long way towards raising funds for St Mary's

renovations. Father O'Keith reluctantly agrees, and Del gets Rodney to alert the

national press.

As press arrives from all over the world, Del helps Father O'Keith collect the

contributions from all those who wish to witness the miracle of the weeping virgin. It's

only when the priest notices rain dripping from the roof of the church that Del Boy's

elaborate hoax is exposed.

Del, Rodney, and Albert are mistakenly apprehended as shoplifters by an

overzealous security guard at the Top Buy Supermarket. And things get worse when

they're taken to the manager's office and realise that they've lost their receipt for the

goods.

Shortly after, Tom the security guard brings a cocky shoplifter, Lennox Gilbey, into

the manager's office, where he promptly pulls out a gun and demands money from

the safe.

Unluckily for Lennox the safe is on a time-lock and due to the dodgy watch he's

wearing, he's 15 minutes later than he planned - and the safe doesn't open until 8am

the next morning.

After being held hostage throughout the night, Del realises that he sold the dodgy

watch to Lennox, and that he also knew him as a kid. By preying on his guilty

conscience, Del persuades Lennox to reveal that the plan was hatched by Tom and

the supermarket manager to get at the £60,000 stored in the safe.

The three accomplices beg Del not to go to the police, and instead, he arranges for

Lennox to get a job as security guard at the supermarket after Tom's retirement, and

then makes sure he wins a £1,000 prize as the millionth customer in the store.

Trigger's young niece, Lisa, is staying with him for a while, and the scruffy young girl

that Del and Rodney remember has now become a stunning 25 year-old woman.

Both Trotter brothers think they are in with a chance, and immediately begin

manage to invite Lisa round to the flat for tea, and she seems more than happy to

accept.

In preparation for their date with Lisa, Del goes out to get some more 'Smash' and

Rodney spends half-an-hour on the sunbed. Just before Del leaves for the shops, he

notices Rodney has dozed off and whacks up the heat on the bed.

Much to Rodney's annoyance, he spends most of the evening nursing his bright red

face, which has burnt under the ultra-violet rays, whilst Del and Lisa seem to be

getting on really well. To get his revenge, Rodders picks up on the fact that Lisa

mentions she was going hang-gliding, and as a surprise for his 46th birthday, he

arranges for Del to have a go.

After offering to give her a left back home to Winchester, Del and Rodney head off to

meet Lisa's friends for a spot of hang-gliding. Not wanting to loose face, Del

reluctantly agrees to try it out, and after launching himself into the air, he disappears

for over 12 hours.

It's only later, after finding out Lisa is engaged to be married, that Del Boy is brought

back from hospital after crashing into a television transmitter in Redhill.

Rodney's Art Class is given a £10,000 grant to make a film spotlighting the local

community, but first he has to avoid the scheming intentions of Mickey Pearce and

Del Boy.

Whilst Rodders suffers from writer's block, Del provides him with inspiration and a

tale of a killer Rhino escaping from London Zoo and laying waste to innocent victims

on the streets of the city. Rodney immediately points out the flaws in the logic behind

the plot, and Del leaves him to it.

But without telling Rodney, Del has already arranged for Mickey to head down to the

town hall to film different couples' weddings at £50 a time - and he has also managed

to persuade half the neighbourhood to pay £10 for the opportunity of becoming an

movie extra.

To make things worse, Mickey arranges for the lovely Amanda to pop round the

Trotters' flat in her nurse's uniform and begin filming a 'blue movie' called Night

Del's old business partner from the 1960s, Jumbo Mills, returns to the UK shores to

strike a deal with Boycie, and ends up rubbing everyone up the wrong way in The

Nag's Head.

Jumbo has made himself rich Down Under, after leaving rainy London for Australia

with Del Boy's last £200. In an attempt to pay back this debt 'with interest', Jumbo

asks Del to become the new face of his new import business - but it means a move

to Australia for the Trotter family.

After making sure Rodney and Albert have a place in Oz, Del Boy agrees to join

Jumbo's firm, but things don't go as smoothly as that. Tired of wandering the globe,

Albert decides he wants to end his days in Peckham, and it looks like Rodney's

criminal record has put paid to his dream trip.

Regardless of this, Del still seems keen to go, but when he picks up the phone to

confirm the plan to Jumbo, he politely turns him down - reluctantly admitting that

blood is thicker than water.

Rodney meets Vicky, a seemingly impoverished artist who it transpires is the

daughter of the Duke of Maylebury.

Having obtained a pair of tickets to the sold-out production of Carmen, Rodders

seems to have deeply impressed Vicky. She is less taken by the presence of Del and

his peroxide blonde dolly bird. Especially when they open the crisps.

Vicky then invites Rodney to a party at the Duke’s country home, and it seems

romance may be on the cards. Then Del Boy turns up, hits the vino-plonko and ruins

Trotters Independent Trading is causing mayhem with their faulty RAJAH computers.

Rodders gets a new job at a funeral directors, while Albert and Del hit the health

market with their miracle cure body massagers.

At the wedding of Trigger’s niece, the Trotters hear the tale of Freddy the Frog, a

bank robber and close friend of the boys’ mother.

He left everything in his will to their mum, including missing gold bullion.

While Del hunts for treasure, Rodney puzzles over Freddy and his mother's

‘friendship’ - and a son who would by now be his own age.

Uncle Albert’s birthday looms on the horizon, and Del Boy books The Nag’s Head for

private drinks and a party.

Trigger surprises everyone by inviting a date he met through an agency. This

arouses Del’s curiosity and soon he too has a date from the match-making company.

Rodney takes the initiative by going for the ‘James Dean’ look, though this ends in

disaster due to an encounter with some punks.

Things look rosy for Del though. His date with Raquel Turner (unemployed actress)

goes swimmingly... until it turns out she is works as a strippergram twice a week.

Despite a small run in with the police, love conquers all in the end

Del has just seen the film Wall Street and decided the upwardly-mobile lifestyle is for

him. The camel-hair coat is out, and in comes a smart new image. Green

mackintosh, mobile phone, aluminium briefcase, but the yellow van remains.

Rodney, meanwhile, has decided to complete a computing diploma course at the

Adult Education Centre. It's there that he meets a beautiful posh sort called

Cassandra, who learns his name from the tag Del stitched into his raincoat (for a

giggle).

Del and Trig ditch The Nags Head in favour of propping up a wine bar. The rest is

comedy gold. Rodney and the boys head to a club, where Rodders amazes the

others by dancing with Cassandra.

Del continues to pursue the Yuppy lifestyle, and insists that Rodney follows suit by

wearing… a suit. He convinces his young bruv that it will help him shift 50 video

recorders he got off of Ronnie Nelson at the Advanced Electronics Research and

Development Centre.

Ever the opportunist, Del helps Denzil out by taking 50 dolls off his hands.

Unfortunately the Trotters discover too late that they are inflatable sex dolls, filled

with explosive propane gas.

Del strikes up a cushty deal with a retired jewellery dealer called Arnie. When a case

of 18-carat gold chains is offered to him, Del agrees buy them to the tune of £12,500.

Despite Rodney's objections, Derek ropes Mike, Boycie, Trigger, Albert and…

Rodney into a consortium in which no-one can lose.

A spanner is thrown into the works when Arnie collapses at a business lunch,

seemingly struck by a heart-attack. The ambulance whisks him away, with both the

jewellery and twelve-and-a-half grand still on his person.

Despite being dead, Rodney spots Arnie collapsing and being whisked away from

another restaurant.

They've been had, but no-one pulls a fast one quicker than the Trotters and revenge

Del has entered every competition on the market, trying to win as many freebies as

possible.

Rodney has unknowingly been entered for an art competition, and won it. It's only

when he arrives at the 5 star hotel in Mallorca that he learns he was a schoolboy

when he composed the winning painting, and has won the under-15 category.

While Del and Cassie enjoy playing mum and dad, Rodders has to endure the Fun

Bus, chaotic children, and becoming a lifelong member of The Groovy Gang.

He has the last laugh, however, as Del's tinkering with his passport makes them

ineligible to claim Rodney's winning ticket on the Spanish lottery.

Del is having stomach pains. It could be his new fast-paced Yuppy lifestyle, or it

could the eviction notice demanding three months worth of unpaid rent up front.

TITCO hasn't been successful and the pressure's on to raise the cash.

The solution presents itself in the shape of Uncle Albert's lady-friend Elsie Partridge,

a medium who lives off payments for her amazing predictions.

Del thinks it's a load of mumbo-jumbo, but sets up a seance room in The Nags Head.

Albert, worried for Del's health tells Elsie to say his Mum has contacted her asking

him to go the doctor.

When Marlene falls pregnant, just as Elsie foresaw, Del takes heed and is prescribed

with irritable bowl syndrome. When he gets home Rodney has another shock for him:

He and Cassie are engaged.

Rodney's down in the dumps. Despite getting engaged, he thinks he's failed his

Diploma in Computer Science, which could cost him a good job at Cassandra's

On top of that, he can't come up with his share of the dosh for the new flat he and

Cassandra plan to buy. His only relief is that the diploma arrives in the post.

Del comes to the rescue, promising to call in all his favours to raise the money

Rodney needs.

Trouble is, the Driscoll brothers are calling in their debts, and those who can't pay get

bruised.

Managing to buy precious time, Del cons Boycie into paying for some dodgy video

recorders and can cover the Trotter's debts. Meanwhile, Uncle Albert has Del

sussed, and asks him how much Rodney's diploma cost.

Not all goes to plan in the end, and Del fulfils the duties as a battered and bruised

Best Man. After some words of Trotter wisdom, Rodders and Cassie journey to

Rimini for their honeymoon.

Cassandra organises a dinner party, inviting her ‘yuppie’ boss and his wife in the

hope of getting a promotion. Del and Uncle Albert soon arrive to put their feet firmly

in their mouths and ruin the chances of that.

Despite it being Rodney and Cassandra’s first wedding anniversary, Rodders agrees

to go on the annual Jolly Boys Outing to Margate.

The outing goes as well as can be expected considering the driver gets drunk,

Rodney gets arrested, and the radio bought from Trotters Independent Traders blows

up the coach.

Forced to stay the night by this twist of fate, Del encounters his lost love Raquel, who

is now working as magician’s assistant.

As one Trotter rekindles his love life, the other returns to find Cassandra entertaining

her boss at home. Punching first, and asking questions letter, Rodney blows it.

Rodney seems to have it all, a beautiful wife, a cushy job at the father-in-law’s

printing company, and a lovely home. Del is very happy too, Raquel has agreed to

live with him having returned from a theatre tour of America’s east coast.

All is not well between Rodney and Cassandra, however. Cassie has become a

workaholic, and Rodney cannot understand why she wants to attend work functions

instead of cooking his tea.

Del, worried for his brother’s happiness (and the loss of cheap printing perks through

Rodney’s job) plays cupid. Rodney consequently finds himself homeless for the third

time in 18 months.

By The Sky's The Limit Rodney was back living at the flat and boozing his sorrows

away, while Del causes airport chaos when he tries to help Boycie with a

replacement satellite dish, unknowingly disrupting Rodney's hopes of a reconciliation

with Cassandra.

Life was also about to change forever for Del Boy when Raquel drops a bombshell in

The Chance of a Lunchtime. For most of the episode he's worrying about her leaving

to take a job on a theatre tour, but her decision becomes a simple one when she

discovers she's pregnant. Rodney then drops his own bombshell by resigning from

his job at Alan, his father in laws, printing works, after mistakenly thinking Alan

If Rodney Come Home was rather downbeat in tempo then Stage Fright can only

really be described as full-speed Only Fools at its very best. It's a classic John

Sullivan script with the sort of twist that makes the show stand out of from the rest.

Del turns impresario when he hires singing dustman Tony Angelino - a bravado

performance by Philip Pope - to sing at a birthday party and everything goes fine until

Del decides to play around with Tony's usual repertoire, or rather his wepertoire.

The climax of the episode was clearly as hilarious for the cast as well as the viewers,

for if you look carefully, you can almost see them laughing.

The Class of '62 saw the return of Slater, oily played by Jim Broadbent, one of the

men considered for the part of Del back in 1981. Slater has been languishing in jail

since To Hull and Back and it looks like he's turned over a new leaf.

A classic ensemble episode, Trigger gets the best line. Misty eyed while recalling

their school football team and talks about camaraderie. 'Was that the Italian boy?'

wonders Trig.

Rodney's problems and Raquel's pregnancy are knocked down Del's worry list in He

Ain't Heavy He's My Uncle when Albert goes missing, following a mugging.

Del feels responsible for Albert's disappearance after his attempt at motivating him

Now Del's Hooky Street goods rarely have quite the positive effect that his latest line

has in Three Men, a Woman and a Baby.

Yet his rat-tail wigs prove just the ticket for rekindling Rodney and Cassandra's love

life, albeit in not quite the fashion they were designed.

At Damien Trotter’s christening (much to Rodney’s horror), Del strikes a cushdy deal

with the Vicar to sell pre-blessed wine around the country.

Rodney is living with Del and Albert on week days, and with Cassandra at weekends,

on the advice of a Relate councillor.

Del organises a ‘two for one’ holiday for the Trotter clan, knowing full well that

Cassandra will not be able to make it. When the brothers arrive in Miami, the family

of mafioso boss Vincenzo Ochetti spot Del - who bears a striking resemblance to

their Don.

Soon realising they are not simply being shown American hospitality, Del and

Rodney flee… aided and abetted by Boycie, Marlene and their baby Tyler who are

also in the states.

Upon a safe return to Peckham, they find dozens of crates of wine, which were

deemed unfit for Holy Communion.

At Del and Rodney are strapped for Christmas cash. To make matters worse, while

Cassandra finally has her promotion, Raquel is suffering from post-natal depression.

Rodney is concerned that Del has lost his drive. When confronted, Derek explains

that on top of his woes, the council have approved his application to buy their flat in

become a health hazard and he has to clear it.

While clearing the allotment Del discovers several barrels of yellow liquid. Enlisting

Trigger and Denzil, they are disposed of during the night.

Finally spotting a gap in the market, Del decides to bottle tap water and sell it as

Peckham Spring Water.

Back in the money both couples enjoy a romantic evening... until they see a news

flash about a major water contamination, caused by Del's barrels.

Raquel is worried that Santa will be too busy down the 121 Club getting drunk, to

provide Damien with any presents.

Rodney raises the problem with Del, who explains he is brokering a deal to get hold

of some Russian ex-military Camcorders to make ends meet over Christmas.

Rodney’s marriage is going so well that they have decided to try to have a baby. So

much so he’s getting phone calls from Cassie at work, telling him to come home

because she’s the right temperature.

Raquel leaves Del, staying at Rodney and Cassandra’s place. Del does what any

man would: Organises a date with Beverly, his dentist’s receptionist. He cancels it as

soon as he comes to his senses.

A changed man, he invites Raquel back. After drunkenly starting a riot on the estate

he sells the Russian gear to both the cops and the robbers.

All seems calm, but Beverly seems to be stalking Del.

Rodney’s fertility schedule is wearing him down. Such is Cassandra’s need to have a

baby, he buys her a rabbit, Roger, to care for until a little one arrives.

Del has a shipment of Latvian alarm clocks he can’t shift and his home improvement

It’s Rodders’ birthday, and Del buys him a cheap gold bracelet inscribed ‘Rooney’.

Finding themselves on a rare boys night out, they dress up as Batman and Robin for

a fancy dress party held for a local publican. En route, they prevent Councillor Murray

from being mugged.

They arrive at the party, to discover it’s actually a wake, and that ‘fancy dress’ meant

‘dress well’.

The following day Del is awarded a bravery medal for tackling another mugger, and

Cassandra has good news: She's pregnant.

Del is reading a book called ‘Modern Man’.

Despite being convinced he is the dictionary definition of debonair masculinity, the

book is making him behave irrationally and rashly.

Rodney is concerned about this. Cassandra is expecting, and he wants more

responsibility and a better job to provide for his family. He unwittingly replies for a job

advertisement, posted by Del to alleviate Rodney’s workload.

Del, meanwhile, has decided to take his manhood into his own hands and get a

vasectomy. Doctor Singh is hounding him regarding dodgy paint, and the nightmare

of him getting revenge on Del’s crown jewels puts him off the idea.

Cassandra is rushed into hospital, suffering a miscarriage. Rodney breaks down, and

it’s Del who tells him he has to be strong for his wife. Del then blubs his eyes out, as

Rodney supports his wife.

Rodney is bottling his emotions following the loss of his baby. Del, realising

Cassandra needs his support, wants to help Rodney adjust. Raquel’s estranged

parents arrive for a meal, and to meet their daughter’s new man. He does little to

impress, and Uncle Albert mixes the coffee with the gravy by accident.

The next day, Raquel’s father meets Rodney and Del as they clear their garage.

Being an antiques dealer, he spots a long-lost 18th Century Harrison marine watch,

which he recommends getting valued. When the watch is sold for auction at

Sotherby’s, the highest bid is for £6.2 million pounds.

The Trotters lose their riches in a bad investment in the Central American Markets,

and are declared bankrupt. They return to Peckham, and their Mandela House flat.

Cassandra and Rodney are finding their love life is a little flat, so they spice it up by

role playing their fantasies. Cassie becomes Rodney's police woman, and Rodney

doesn't quite look right as Gladiator.

Del appears on the game show 'Goldrush' in a last ditch attempt to win their fortune

back.

Despite a phone call saying Del won a badly written final question, Del tells Mickey

Pearce to stick his so-called 'fifty grand'.

Derek and Rodney embark on a trip to France, agreeing to visit Uncle Albert's Navy

memorial ceremony in his honour.

Upon their arrival at the village, they learn that Uncle Albert was hounded out of the

country by the Resistance, due to his randy ways. Del and Rodney notice all the

villagers seem to have mariner's beards. Coincidence?

Del, Boycie, Trigg, and Denzil pre-arranged a dodgy booze scam at Duty Free using

Denzil's empty van… much to Rodney's annoyance.

When they arrive they discover an illegal immigrant has seemingly stowed away in

their van. Naming him Gary, they house him, only to find he has escaped. Sadly the

connection between Boycie's important business deal with a millionaire, and his

Del Boy and Rodders return to our screens, this Christmas, in the third of three

specials written by John Sullivan.

The Trotters have had a turbulent couple of years. After becoming millionaires in

1996, they burst back on the box, after a five year gap, for viewers to realise they had

lost the money.

The high life in Monte Carlo was replaced by the low life in Peckham as they found

themselves owing a large amount of money to the Inland Revenue. Del Boy even

tried to win the money they owed by appearing as a contestant on a television quiz

show - but Rodders two GCE's were of no help and they went home empty handed.

Rodney and Cassandra had tried to inject some fun into their relationship, with a little

help from some fancy dress costumes. Unfortunately for them Del caught them as

'Gladiator' Rodney and 'Police Woman' Cassandra hotted things up in the flat.

The second episode took the Trotters on a trip to France where they ended up

bringing back more than the booze they bargained for. They inadvertently smuggled

an unwilling illegal immigrant.

In Sleepless In Peckham, the third and final instalment, Del Boy and family have only

two weeks to find the cash to pay the Inland Revenue, or they will be evicted from

their home in Nelson Mandela House. After 22 years in the flat, it could be goodbye,

something Del and Rodney are determined will not happen.

Meanwhile Trigger has become fascinated by science fiction and is enthralled by

programmes such as The X-Files, which leads to some bizarre moments from him -

An eBook on Only Fools and Horses would not be complete without without

some of Del’s classic phrases………….See how many you remember!!

General Lingo

European Song Contest.

own life.

got to do something quick.'

encouraging Rodney to finish the rest of the car off.

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