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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 full episode list

Release Date:

8 September 1981 (UK) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Plot:

Classic comedy following the misadventures of two Wheeler Dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires. full summary

Awards:

17 wins & 15 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(5 articles)

Lyndhurst 'to play Rodney Trotter's dad'
 (From digitalspy. 5 October 2009, 5:46 AM, PDT)

BBC announces 'Only Fools' prequel
 (From digitalspy. 3 July 2009, 5:19 AM, PDT)

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"You Know It Makes Sense" more (76 total)


Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 6 of 44)
David Jason ... Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter / ... (65 episodes, 1981-2003)
Nicholas Lyndhurst ... Rodney Trotter (65 episodes, 1981-2003)
Roger Lloyd-Pack ... Trigger (39 episodes, 1981-2003)
Buster Merryfield ... Uncle Albert Trotter (37 episodes, 1985-1996)
John Challis ... Boycie (33 episodes, 1981-2003)
Kenneth MacDonald ... Mike Fisher (30 episodes, 1983-1996)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Readies (UK) (working title)
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Runtime:

30 min (35 episodes) | 35 min (1 episode) | 50 min (13 episodes) | 60 min (4 episodes) | 65 min (1 episode) | 70 min (1 episode) | 75 min (4 episodes) | 80 min (1 episode) | 85 min (2 episodes) | 90 min (1 episode) | 95 min (1 episode)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono | Stereo (later episodes)

Certification:

UK:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Singapore:PG


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Trigger’s real name in the series is Colin Ball. more

Goofs:

Continuity: During "Healthy Competition", when Del is escaping in the van, there is a view from the side of the van and the door is almost completely shut. But in the next shot, which is a direct view of the back of the van, the door is wide open, allowing space for the toy dogs to fall out of the suitcase and onto the road. more

Quotes:

Del Boy: Oh, no, Raquel. You must never lose sight of your dream! When I was 18, I decided I was gonna be a millionaire by the time I was 21.
Raquel Turner: Really?
Del Boy: Yep... and when I was 21, I said I'd be a millionaire by the time I was 30... and when I was 30...
[referring to the biscuits]
Del Boy: Fancy a Jammy-Dodger?
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Movie Connections:

Spin off "The Green Green Grass" (2005) more


FAQ

Is only fools and horses besed on true stories
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18 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
"You Know It Makes Sense", 8 January 2002
Author: greg-233 from Australia

"Only Fools and Horses" is definitely one of the funniest shows ever written. David Jason plays Derrick (Del Boy) Trotter, a likable rip-off merchant who runs Trotters Independent Traders. Although Del Boy's cockney speech is riddled with malapropisms (such as saying goodbye with words like "bonjour"), he manages to con the public into buying (stolen) goods they don't really want, pay for services they don't really need, or basically give up large sums of money for whatever doomed enterprise he happens to be peddling that week.

Del Boy's gift of the gab comes in handy whenever he has to placate his gauche brother Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), who, unlike Del Boy, happens to have principles. Rodney allows himself to be talked into the most ridiculous, humiliating situations, thanks to Del Boy's twisted logic and specious arguments.

Grandad is the third member of the team; often the butt of Del Boy's pranks, his cookery skills leave a lot to be desired. He spends most of the time taking care of the flat (filled with all kinds of gaudy junk) and watching two televisions. Grandad was later replaced by Uncle Albert, whose experiences in the Navy have provided him with a limitless store of anecdotes that invariably begin with "During the war..."

Among my favourite episodes are "The Yellow Peril", where Rodney has to paint the grotty kitchen of a Chinese takeaway. "The Russians Are Coming" is (or was) a timely episode where the Trotters spend time in their own nuclear fallout shelter and Del Boy ponders the idea of procreation with mutants. "A Touch of Glass" has the team cleaning 17th Century chandeliers. That episode also proves that the best solution to a problem is to run away from it.

John Sullivan was originally going to call this show "Big Brother". But then he decided that people take more notice of long titles. Sullivan also sings the catchy theme song. Each episode of "Only Fools and Horses" is laughter guaranteed.

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