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"Only Fools and Horses" (1981) More at IMDbPro »

• Over a dozen Reliant Regals (the three-wheeled vans) were used during the series.
  
  
• Kenneth MacDonald (who played Mike) died the same day as it was announced that a new trilogy would be made.
  
  
• John Sullivan wrote every episode.
  
  
• 'David Jason' was cast as Del Boy after the producers saw him in "Open All Hours" (1976).
  
  
• According to a recent Jason biography Enn Reitel was originally considered for the role of Del but was unavailable owing to his commitment to a Yorkshire TV series. Jim Broadbent was then offered Del Boy but was performing a play in the West End and had to decline though, after David Jason won the role, Broadbent was later cast as DCI Roy "the slag" Slater.
  
  
• Crew members would often find filming outside (often in Bristol, 130 miles from the Trotters' "home" in Peckham, south east London) a tough challenge due to the amount of people who would turn up just to watch and catch a glimpse of the actors.
  
  
• The original ending (in 1996) was that Del, Rodney and Uncle Albert become cartoon characters as they walked into the sunset. The director, however, decided against this idea.
  
  
• Athough the show continued until 1996, and then between 2001-2003, the last actual series ended with the episode "Three Men, A Woman & A Baby" which aired on 3 February 1991. All episodes made since have been Christmas specials.
  
  
• Rodney's personality was based on the experiences of series creator John Sullivan, who also had an older sibling and, like Rodney, claimed to have been a dreamer and an idealist in his youth.
  
  
• Trigger’s real name in the series is Colin Ball.
  
  
• David Jason (Derek "Del" Trotter) and Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney Trotter) are the only actors to appear in all 65 episodes.
  
  
• David Jason (Derek "Del" Trotter), Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney Trotter), Roger Lloyd-Pack (Trigger) and Tessa Peake-Jones (Raquel Turner) are the only actors to appear in both the first and last episodes.
  
  

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