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ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES

'Only Fools And Horses' was voted Britain's greatest-ever sitcom (by some way) in a BBC poll, and who's to argue!

David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst had proved their comedy credentials in popular shows; Jason in 'Porridge', 'Open All Hours' - to name just two; Lyndhurst in 'Butterflies' and 'Going Straight'. The pairing was an inspired piece of casting. As was that of two not such big names - Lennard Pearce as Grandad, and Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert.

TV shows often work on a simple level, i.e. characters we can identify with, and in Jason's Del Boy we all know someone similar. He's a ducker and diver, but basically a decent chap who just wants to get on, but is continually frustrated. He keeps trying though, and everyone loves a trier.

Younger brother Rodney (Lyndhurst) has the intelligence Del craves, but there's a strong family bond, despite the embarrassing situations he often puts Rodney in. The closeness the brothers also feel, for their grandfather and uncle, isn't masked by jokes at their expense either.

The characters are all memorable, and the great John Sullivan proved himself to be just about the most gifted British sitcom writer of his generation.

- Paul Rance/booksmusicfilmstv.com.



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Regular Only Fools And Horses Cast List (actors listed first)
David Jason
Derek (Del) Trotter
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Rodney Trotter
Lennard Pearce
Grandad
Buster Merryfield
Uncle Albert
Tessa Peake-Jones
Raquel
Gwyneth Strong
Cassandra
Roger Lloyd Pack
Trigger
John Challis
Aubrey (Boycie) Boyce
Paul Barber
Denzil
Sue Holderness
Marlene Boyce
Kenneth MacDonald
Mike
Patrick Murray
Mickey Pearce

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Only Fools And Horses Episode List
(first TV screenings in brackets)

Series 1 (8 Sep 1981 - 13 Oct 1981)
Big Brother (8 Sep '81)
Go West Young Man (15 Sep '81)
Cash And Curry (22 Sep '81)
The Second Time Around (29 Sep '81)
A Slow Bus To Chingford (6 Oct '81)
The Russians Are Coming (13 Oct '81)

Christmas Special
Christmas Crackers (28 Dec 1981)

Series 2 (21 Oct 1982 - 2 Dec 1982)
The Long Legs Of The Law (21 Oct '82)
Ashes To Ashes (28 Oct '82)
A Losing Streak (4 Nov '82)
No Greater Love (11 Nov '82)
The Yellow Peril (18 Nov '82)
It Never Rains (25 Nov '82)
A Touch Of Glass (2 Dec '82)

Christmas Special
Diamonds Are For Heather (30 Dec 1982)

Series 3 (10 Nov 1983 - 22 Dec 1983)
Homesick (10 Nov '83)
Healthy Competition (17 Nov '83)
Friday The 14th (24 Nov '83)
Yesterday Never Comes (1 Dec '83)
May The Force Be With You (8 Dec '83)
Wanted (15 Dec '83)
Who's A Pretty Boy? (22 Dec '83)

Christmas Special
Thicker Than Water (25 Dec 1983)

Series 4 (21 Feb 1985 - 4 Apr 1985)
Happy Returns (21 Feb '85)
Strained Relations (28 Feb '85)
Hole In One (7 Mar '85)
It's Only Rock And Roll (14 Mar '85)
Sleeping Dogs Lie (21 Mar '85)
Watching The Girls Go By (28 Mar '85)
As One Door Closes (4 Apr '85)

Christmas Special
To Hull And Back (25 Dec 1985)

Series 5 (31 Aug 1986 - 5 Oct 1986)
From Prussia With Love (31 Aug '86)
The Miracle Of Peckham (7 Sep '86)
The Longest Night (14 Sep '86)
Tea For Three (21 Sep '86)
Video Nasty (28 Sep '86)
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (5 Oct '86)

Christmas Special
A Royal Flush (25 Dec 1986)

Christmas Special
The Frog's Legacy (25 Dec 1987)

Christmas Special
Dates (25 Dec 1988)

Series 6 (8 Jan 1989 - 12 Feb 1989)
Yuppy Love (8 Jan '89)
Danger UXD (15 Jan '89)
Chain Gang (22 Jan '89)
The Unlucky Winner Is ... (29 Jan '89)
Sickness And Wealth (5 Feb '89)
Little Problems (12 Feb '89)

Christmas Special
The Jolly Boy's Outing (25 Dec 1989)

Christmas Special
Rodney Come Home (25 Dec 1990)

Series 7 (30 Dec 1990 - 3 Feb 1991)
The Sky's The Limit (30 Dec '90)
The Chance Of A Lunchtime (6 Jan '91)
Stage Fright (13 Jan '91)
The Class Of '62 (20 Jan '91)
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle (27 Jan '91)
Three Men, A Woman And A Baby (3 Feb '91)

Christmas Special
Miami Twice 1: The American Dream (24 Dec 1
991)

Christmas Special
Miami Twice 2: Oh To Be In England (25 Dec 1991)

Christmas Special
Mother Nature's Son (25 Dec 1992)

Christmas Special
Fatal Extraction (25 Dec 1993)

Christmas Special
Heroes And Villains (25 Dec 1996)

Christmas Special
Modern Men (27 Dec 1996)

Christmas Special
Time On Our Hands (29 Dec 1996)

Christmas Special
If They Could See Us Now (25 Dec 2001)

Christmas Special
Strangers On The Shore (25 Dec 2002)

Christmas Special
Sleepless In Peckham (25 Dec 2003)

 

 

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