Desborough, James (31 March 2017). "Only Fools gold: When Del Boy and Rodney finally became 'million-nares' at last". Mirror Online . Retrieved 3 July 2017. The show’s creator John Sullivan sung the theme tune. The famous lyrics include the line “why do only fools and horses work?” The first series actually had a different theme, which was composed by Ronnie Hazlehurst. Ronnie also composed the themes for classics like Yes, Prime Minister and Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. However, John Sullivan made the switch to his famous theme for the second series onwards. Lugging the shopping up those 12 flights of stairs is proving too much for Grandad, and the doctor recommends a new council bungalow for the Trotter dynasty. Rodney is appointed the new chairman of the housing committee. [29] He uses his new position to recommend a bungalow for the Trotters. Unknown to Rodney Del and Grandad have hatched up the scheme between them to unfairly get a bungalow. Rodney pays the price again for Del's scheming and has to resign as chairman.

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Moore, Charles (21 July 2001). " 'Axed' Reliant Robin is given a second wind". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007 . Retrieved 30 December 2006. Greatest TV Characters". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006 . Retrieved 13 September 2006. Trotter Trivia". UKTV Gold. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007 . Retrieved 5 August 2008. A CD-Rom was released in August 2000 by BBC Multimedia. It featured a calendar, a calculator, a pub quiz, numerous clips from the show, and a driving game. [188]Boycie to the rescue - Only Fools and Horses - BBC". YouTube. 27 November 2009. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021 . Retrieved 19 September 2016.

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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] Lovely jubbly! Only Fools and Horses: The 80s Specials on Blu-ray for the first time ever". bbcstudios.com. 1 November 2021 . Retrieved 23 November 2021. Only a fool would drop repeats of best shows, BBC is told". The Times. 29 August 2005 . Retrieved 23 March 2011. 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]Glow-in-the-Dark Grave - Only Fools and Horses - BBC". YouTube. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021 . Retrieved 19 September 2016. Behind-the-scenes documentary finding Britain's most loved comedy, the winner was Only Fools and Horses. (60 minutes) 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] Mafia Don Trotter? - Only Fools and Horses - BBC". YouTube. 11 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021 . Retrieved 19 September 2016.

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Hayward, Anthony (24 April 2011). "John Sullivan: Writer who created the classic sitcom 'Only Fools and Horses', as well as 'Citizen Smith' and 'Just Good Friends' ". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022 . Retrieved 3 July 2017. David is the What To Watch Editor and has over 20 years of experience in television journalism. He is currently writing about the latest television and film news for What To Watch. Clark, Steve (1998). The Only Fools and Horses Story. London: BBC Worldwide. ISBN 978-0563-384-458.

The new documentary series features rare and unseen footage from the Trotter archives and specially re-created moments from Del Boy's family and friends. Gold explores every aspect of Britain's most loved sitcom, with exclusive access to the key cast members, including David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst, the series gives rare insights into the show and what went on both on and off camera. The Story of Only Fools And Horses reunites cast members, rebuilds some of the sets and features rare and previously unseen material. [92] [93] (6x60 minute episodes) Edward Kitchener "Grandad" Trotter ( Lennard Pearce) — Sullivan was fascinated by the idea of having a big age gap between Del Boy and his younger brother Rodney; the elderly character of Grandad, and later, Uncle Albert, gave the situation the voice of an "old man who had seen it all". [15] In casting the role of Grandad, Sullivan had in mind an actor similar to Wilfrid Brambell, who had played Albert Steptoe in Steptoe and Son, but chose not to cast Brambell himself, thinking him too closely associated with Steptoe. [11] After seeing Pearce's audition, Sullivan chose him immediately. [16] Unkempt and absent-minded, although sometimes displaying a high intelligence, Grandad rarely left the flat or even moved from his armchair in front of two television sets. He was often assigned the job of cooking meals, despite his notoriously poor cooking skills, which Del describes as his "role in the family circle" to ensure he still "feels needed". [17] Pearce died in 1984 during filming of the fourth series [18] and Sullivan wrote a new episode, " Strained Relations", to write Grandad's death into the series. [19] There have been several plans to produce an American version. One was to be a star vehicle for former M*A*S*H actor Harry Morgan, with Grandad rather than Del becoming the lead character. [256] The other, entitled This Time Next Year..., would have seen the Trotters renamed the Flannagans. A draft script was written for the latter, [257] but neither show materialised. In 2010 Steve Carell, star of the US version of The Office, expressed an interest in making an American version of the series, with him to star as Del Boy. [258] In January 2012 US network ABC commissioned a pilot of an Only Fools and Horses remake titled "King of Van Nuys", written by Scrubs writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley. [259] It was developed, rejected and then redeveloped, only to be rejected again later in the year. The pilot starred John Leguizamo as Del, Dustin Ybarra as his brother Rodney and Christopher Lloyd as Grandad. [260] The unreleased pilot was released onto YouTube in August 2023. [261] Del and Rodney Smash the Chandelier - Only Fools and Horses - BBC". YouTube. 21 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021 . Retrieved 19 September 2016. Only Fools and Horses - Thee Men, a Woman and a Baby (1991)". www.bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 9 May 2022.