"Only Fools and Horses" (1981) TV series 1981-2003

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

8 September 1981 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

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.

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Market | Black Market | Wheeler Dealer | Uncle

Awards:

17 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

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)

Also Known As:

Readies (UK) (working title)

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

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Mono | Stereo (later episodes)

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

John Sullivan wrote every episode.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the episode "If They Could See Us Now...", when Del is on the Television programme "Goldrush", the camera is reflected in Rodney's TV when Del is asking him a question.

Quotes:

Del Boy: [after seeing what Rodney had bought with the company money] What's the weather like out?
Uncle Albert: It's parky, Del!
Del Boy: [sarcastic] Good, good! Nice thick frost is there?
Uncle Albert: Bit slippery underfoot, yeah!
Del Boy: Oh, cushty! Nice notherly wind howling in from the Urals is there?
Uncle Albert: Cut's right through you, Del!
Del Boy: Lovely! Because today, Uncle Albert, owing to young Rodney's foresight and GCEs, while all them other plonkers down the market are selling woolly hats and thermal under-wear, we're gonna make a right killing. Do you know why we're gonna make a right killing? We ain't got woolly underwear!
[produces bottle from box]
Del Boy: *We've* got sun-tan lotion! And we ain't got just a little drop of sun-tan lotion! We've got 500 bloody quids' worth of the stuff!
Rodney: I've told you, I bought it as an investment!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Doctor Who: Father's Day (#1.8)" (2005)

How a comedy should be!

Only Fools And Horses is an excellent comedy and I wish we had more of the same calibre. Always well written and directed this show is one of Britains most legendary comedic gems. The acting is also of a very high standard with David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst making the script come to life. They pull in good ratings for the BBC but even if they didn't it wouldn't make the show any less than what it is. Pure comedy gold (as a rule) is something that you'd only generally find on the BBC but this is in a different league of it's own. The show focuses on the lives of the two streetwise brothers Del Boy and Rodney whose escapades are always hilarious. It was a shame when the show lost Grandad but Uncle Albert was a good enough replacement.