Only Fools & Horses - The Complete Collection [DVD] [2017]

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Rollo, Sarah (6 April 2009). "Television – News – 'Only Fools and Horses' prequel planned". Digital Spy . Retrieved 6 April 2009. Sport Relief TV revealed". Sport Relief. Archived from the original on 24 January 2014 . Retrieved 20 March 2012.

Only Fools & Horses on Blu-ray: how much will actually be HD?". Which? Conversation. 24 November 2021 . Retrieved 12 December 2021. Parker, Robin (3 July 2009). "Trotters to return in Only Fools and Horses prequel". Broadcastnow.co.uk . Retrieved 3 July 2009. (subscription required) Greatest TV Characters". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009 . Retrieved 26 May 2019. Sullivan had initially given the show the working title Readies. For the actual title he intended to use, as a reference to the protagonist's tax- and work-evading lifestyle, Only Fools and Horses. That name was based on a genuine, though very obscure, saying, " only fools and horses work for a living", which had its origins in 19th-century American vaudeville. [66] "Only Fools and Horses" had also been the title of an episode of Citizen Smith, and Sullivan liked the expression and thought it was suited to the new sitcom. [67] He also thought longer titles would attract attention. [66] He was first overruled on the grounds that the audience would not understand the title, but he eventually got his way. [68] Filming and transmission [ edit ] The second Only Fools and Horses line-up of (left to right) Del Boy (David Jason), Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) lasted from 1985 to 1996.

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Censor del Boy for being racist? Don't be a plonker". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Only Fools and Horses is one of the UK's most popular sitcoms. It was among the ten most-watched television shows of the year in the UK in 1986, [190] 1989, [191] 1990, [192] 1991, [193] 1992, [194] 1993, [195] 1996, [196] 2001, [197] 2002 [198] and 2003. [199] The 1996 Christmas trilogy of " Heroes and Villains", " Modern Men" and " Time on Our Hands" saw the show's peak. 21.3million viewers watched the first two installments [200] [201] while the third (said to be the show's final episode at the time of broadcast) attracted 24.3million, [202] a record audience for a British sitcom. [203] Repeat episodes also attract millions of viewers, [204] and the BBC has received criticism for repeating the show too often. [205] [206] [207] In October 2015, He Who Dares..., a fictional autobiography, was published by Ebury Press. The book was written by John Sullivan's son, Jim Sullivan. [182] [183]

Albert Gladstone Trotter ( Buster Merryfield) — Shortly after the death of Lennard Pearce, it was decided that a new older family member should be brought in, which eventually led to "Uncle Albert", Grandad's estranged younger brother. Merryfield was an inexperienced amateur actor at the time, but was selected because he appeared to fit the description of an old sailor, especially with his distinctive white " Captain Birdseye" beard. [20] Albert first appeared at Grandad's funeral, and soon moved in with Del and Rodney. [21] His wartime experiences with the Royal Navy became one of the show's running gags, [21] usually beginning with the words "During the war...". [22] Merryfield died in 1999 and Albert's death was written into the next episode. [23] [24] Britain's Best Sitcom". BBC. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017 . Retrieved 13 September 2006. Boycie ( John Challis) — An untrustworthy used car salesman and a cultural elitist. Boycie, a freemason, was very selfish and prone to boasting about his wealth. [32] [33] Challis had played a similar character in an episode of Citizen Smith. Sullivan liked him, and promised to cast him in a future series, which led to Boycie. [32] Boycie later featured in a spin-off series, The Green Green Grass, starting in 2005, in which he and his wife Marlene along with their son Tyler escaped from a criminal gang. [34] The seventh series aired in early 1991. [6] Jason and Sullivan were involved with other projects, and it was confirmed that there were no plans for a new series. [83] Despite this, the show continued in Christmas specials until 1993. [83] Sullivan nonetheless wanted a final episode to tie up the show. [83] In late 1996, three more one-hour episodes were filmed, [83] to be broadcast over Christmas 1996. [6] All three were well received and, due to the ending, were assumed to be the last. [84] The show made a return in Christmas 2001 with the first of three new episodes which were shot together but ultimately broadcast over three consecutive Christmases from 2001 until 2003. [85] [6] Despite rumours of further episodes, [86] in a 2008 interview, Sullivan was quoted as saying: "There will not be another series of Only Fools And Horses. I can say that. We had our day, it was wonderful but it is best to leave it now". [87] Though Sullivan died in 2011, it returned for a special Sport Relief episode in 2014. [88] Theme music and titles [ edit ] The images peeling away was conceived as a metaphor for the Trotters' lifestyle

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Released: 6th December 2021. On Blu-ray for the first time – lovely jubbly! Includes collectors’ booklet, behind the scenes photo galleries, 5 exclusive art cards, plus both the original and writer’s cut versions of ‘A Royal Flush’ and a fully restored 4 minute scene in ‘The Jolly Boys’ Outing’. a b c d Lewisohn, Mark. "Only Fools and Horses". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006 . Retrieved 13 September 2006. Cassandra Trotter (née Parry) ( Gwyneth Strong) — Cassandra first met Rodney in " Yuppy Love". Their relationship blossomed, and by the end of series six the two had married. Cassandra's career-driven lifestyle caused fights with Rodney, and their marriage problems formed one of the main storylines in the seventh series. [28] Two board games based on the show were released: a Monopoly-style game, the "Trotters Trading Game", in which participants attempt to emulate the Trotters and become millionaires, [186] and another game set in their local pub, entitled the "Nag's Head Board Game". [187] Games/Apps [ edit ]

Wiggins, Dan (7 July 2021). "The time Only Fools and Horses' Del Boy and Rodney featured in the Olympics". MyLondon . Retrieved 23 February 2022.Greatest TV Characters". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006 . Retrieved 13 September 2006. Only Fools and Horses - The Christmas Trilogy [3 Discs][Region Free]". fishpond.com.au . Retrieved 3 July 2023. Sid ( Roy Heather) — Sid made sparse appearances throughout the show's run, mainly as the proprietor of the dirty and unhygenic local cafe. In the episode "The Jolly Boys' Outing", it is revealed that Sid fought in the Second World War. He was captured and imprisoned but escaped, only for the boat he was using to be hit and sunk by a Greek fishing trawler being steered by Uncle Albert. After Nag's Head landlord Mike was imprisoned, Sid took over and kept that role for the remainder of the series. [38] On Blu-ray for the first time – lovely jubbly! Includes collectors’ booklet, behind the scenes photo galleries, 5 exclusive art cards, plus both the original and writer’s cut versions of ‘A Royal Flush’ and a fully restored 4 minute scene in ‘The Jolly Boys’ Outing’. Special features: collector's booklet, five exclusive art cards, behind the scenes photo galleries, original and writer's cut version of "A Royal Flush" and fully restored version of "The Jolly Boys' Outing

Fools and Horses' to get 60s spin-off". UK TV. 6 September 2003. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008 . Retrieved 4 July 2017. Raquel Turner ( Tessa Peake-Jones) — Raquel was introduced because Sullivan wanted more female characters and for Del to start meeting more mature women. Her first appearance, in " Dates", was intended to be a one-off, but she was written in again a year later and thereafter became a permanent cast member. [25] A trained singer and actress whose career never took off, she met Del through a dating agency, but they fell out over her part-time job as a stripper, before getting together again. This time she moved in with Del, helping to calm him, and they had a son together, named Damien. As the character developed, it was revealed that she was previously married to Del's nemesis, Roy Slater. [26] [27] Several mini-episodes were produced. [99] An eight-minute episode aired on 27 December 1982 as part of a show hosted by Frank Muir, The Funny Side of Christmas, and attracted 7.2 million viewers. [99] A 5-minute spoof BBC documentary was shown on Breakfast Time on 24 December 1985, with Del being investigated by a BBC consumer expert. [99] An educational episode named " Licensed to Drill", in which Del, Rodney and Grandad discuss oil drilling, was recorded in 1984 but only shown in schools. [100] A 5-minute 1990–91 Persian Gulf War special (dated 1 December 1990) has Del, Rodney, and Albert convey a message to British troops serving in the conflict. [99] It has never been broadcast commercially, but a copy exists at the Imperial War Museum, London. [101] A Comic Relief special showing Del, Rodney and Albert making an appeal for donations was shown on 14 March 1997, with 10.6 million viewers. [102] A Sport Relief special was aired on 21 March 2014. [103] David Jason suggests Only Fools and Horses could return". British Comedy Guide. 24 March 2010 . Retrieved 14 May 2012. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.Lemanski, Dominik (10 February 2008). "Del Boy is Dead". Daily Star Sunday . Retrieved 10 February 2008. Only Fools and Horses: a 'triffic' hit in Serbia". The Guardian. London. 25 January 2010 . Retrieved 11 March 2013. Clark, Steve (1998). The Only Fools and Horses Story. London: BBC Worldwide. ISBN 978-0563-384-458. Mike Fisher ( Kenneth MacDonald) — The landlord of the Nag's Head, although not from the very beginning; his predecessor was never seen, with just a succession of barmaids providing service. Friendly and gormless, he was often targeted by Del as a potential customer for any goods he was selling. When Kenneth MacDonald died in 2001, a storyline involving Mike's imprisonment for attempting to embezzle the brewery was written, and cafe owner Sid took over as the interim pub landlord. [42]