Only Fools and Horses

It's anthracite roast potatoes and green stuff all round - Grandad's cooking Christmas dinner! Trouble is, Rodney's in danger of dying of boredom. Then the glittering attractions of the Monte Carlo Club beckon...

Mini-episode produced for the 1982 Christmas show, The Funny Side of Christmas, presented by Frank Muir, which also featured mini-episodes of Yes Minister, Last of the Summer Wine and Open All Hours. It sees Del trying to sell Christmas trees at the local market. It was the last segment of the programme. 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 The Church of England.

When Del meets a new woman he begins to envisage Christmas with a larger family.

A Christmas visitor throws the Trotter household into confusion.

Just a simple courier job says Boycie but the Trotter's life on the ocean wave doesn't go completely to plan. They run into their old friend Slater 'The Slag' but it isn't all plain sailing for him either.

When Rodney meets a pretty girl in the market, he fails to realise her connections. But when he is invited to her family home, Del sees his chance of making a buck.

Del, Rodney and Uncle Albert are at the wedding of Trigger's niece Lisa. There's a spirit of goodwill, that is until Del hears of their mother's buried treasure.

Del and Rodney both go on dates, but with very different results. Albert's strip-o-gram seems oddly familliar.

Del is organising the annual Jolly Boys' Outing to Margate, but Cassandra is not completely at ease with this boys' trip as she and Rodney have just celebrated their first wedding anniversary.

Del's love life picks up when Raquel moves in. However, Rodney finds marriage is not a bed of roses and Del decides to give him a helping hand whether he likes it or not.

Del and Rodney get the chance to join the glitterati and become 'transatlantic people'. It is time to leave baby Damien Trotter behind and bravely explore the New World. But could the American dream turn into a nightmare?

With Del handling the accommodation and transport for their week's holiday in America, it's not surprising that he and Rodney end up in a dodgy camper-van. But things get even worse when the van disappears while they are in a swish nightclub.

The Trotter family becomes environmentally aware and uses an unexpected inheritance to enhance its fortunes.

While Peckham is in the midst of rioting, Del Boy is having trouble with his teeth and with Raquel. She objects to him spending all night at the One Eleven Club. It is no surprise when she leaves him but Del goes straight back into dating. When he changes his mind he wants to forget about it, but will the scorned woman let him?

Del's application for a home-improvement grant has been turned down by the local council. He's had better starts to the week, but there is some sunshine on the horizon: Mike at the Nag's Head is organising a party on Saturday night, and Del is eager to get tickets.

Del buys a self-help book in an effort to improve his relationship with Raquel. Meanwhile, the Trotters' finances are in trouble.

Raquel, recently reconciled with her parents, is worried about inviting them to dinner chez Trotter. What will they make of Nelson Mandela House and a flat full of patio furniture and AquaNibbo underwater pens? More importantly, what will they make of the man in her life, one Derek Trotter?

The Trotters have lost all their money due to investment in the Central American Markets. Del decides to take part in a game show to try and win some money.

Del Boy and Rodney go on a nostalgic trip to France where they end up bringing back more than the booze they bargained for in the shape of an unwilling illegal immigrant.

With the bankruptcy court ordering the family home in Nelson Mandela house to be auctioned, the Trotters' financial nightmare is fast approaching meltdown.

One of the "Lost Episodes". Filmed and broadcast in 1985, the scene is set in an upper class restaurant and has a rather funny ending!

The one-off episode was produced by the Maureen Oilfield Consortium as an educational video to be shown in British schools. The character who cons Del is played by Scottish actor Iain Blair. The film does not feature a laugh track unlike most episodes of the show but similarly to several other one-off specials which were made. The character of Grandad, played by Lennard Pearce, wears a new hazel coloured cardigan and his neck scarf and undershirt are uncharacteristically clean and bright looking in this episode. Ironically, as this was his final outing before his death, he also looks much healthier than in previous episodes though this could be the result of toning down the makeup used as the film is not as dependent on lighting techniques as it uses a much higher quality film stock than the one deployed in the television series episodes. This appearance of health may also be helped by the unusual cleanliness of his garments which are always stained and unkempt in his previous appearances. One of Grandad's last significant lines is in response to Del telling him to wake up during the oil film as the film is "exciting". He says "I know. I'm getting excited with my eyes shut." Lennard Pearce's last lines of dialogue in the role of Grandad are in response to Del asking if he thinks he had been conned "Of course not.....He had an honest face. In fact, he reminded me of you Del."

Del is investigated by a BBC consumer expert.

Del and Rodney along with Albert arrive at Drury Lane London thinking they are delivering dodgy goods to Chunky Lewis a nightclub owner in the West End. Unfortunately they take a wrong turn and end up walking into the middle of the Royal Variety performance. They mistake the Duchess of York (Fergie) for Chunky Lewis...bear in mind she wasn't too slim in those days.

Del, Rodney and Uncle Albert send a message to the troops.

A short scene, based entirely in the flat, featuring a young Damien. The first half features Del and Rodney slipping in references to other TV shows featuring David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst (e.g. A Touch of Frost, Goodnight Sweetheart) before the duo come out of character and make an appeal to camera for donations for Comic Relief.

"'Only Fools' proved that you can set a show in a scruffy, violent working class Peckham Council Estate without getting all Ken Loach about it. It made cockneys out of everyone born within earshot of BBC1. And put Peckham on the map". "'Only Fools' gave the world Derek Edward Trotter, the fast-talking, quick thinking whirlwind at the centre of the show who stirs up clouds of cash, sambuca, dodgy Russian video cameras and affection wherever he turns. A fool worthy of Dickens or Shakespeare". "And it gave us Rodney Charlton Trotter, the ultimate sidekick, straight man and annoying kid brother. The voice of reason, yin to Del's yang. Two GCE's and not an ounce of sense". "The show is chock full of family values, practical morality and workaday virtues. Family and friends, loyalty and decency, curry and chips. It handles the heavy stuff - thwarted dreams, miscarriage and even death. But can still turn this unpromising material into comedy gold sometimes in a single sentence". "The show and the characters have grown with the audience in real time. Del's got older, milder, then richer. Rodders has grown some sense and jowls. And it's all 'real', not padding"! "It has the single best sight gag on telly - Del falling through the bar, and the second best - the chandelier falling down". "'Only Fools' even had the perfect ending. The boys started off on their usual journey but this time came away with their dream of becoming rich realised, but only once Sullivan had realised all the dreams they didn't know they had by having them grow up, become kind to each other and everyone else and turn into fully rounded human beings". "It's cheap as chips, but worth its weight in gold"!

Filmed in 1985 and reportedly shown in New Zealand and Australia it features Boycie showing Del the latest available model.

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Extended interview with David Jason who plays the part of Delboy in the BBC Comedy.

Christmas is coming and money is tight in the Trotter household. Reg and Ted are still their usual workshy selves. It's only Del who is bringing in any cash, from his market stall dealings in American imported records.

Who knew that David Beckham was a personal friend of Delboy? All was revealed when Beckham dropped into Peckham to star in a very special Only Fools and Horses sketch in aid of Sport Relief 2014. What a plonker!

Extended interview with Nicholas Lyndhurst who plays the part of Rodney in the BBC Comedy.

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