Only Fools & Horses - The Complete Collection [DVD] [2017]

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Only Fools & Horses on Blu-ray: how much will actually be HD?". Which? Conversation. 24 November 2021 . Retrieved 12 December 2021. Sullivan recalled that he had always been fascinated by the unlicensed traders who sold goods from suitcases in markets, and he based Del Boy on them. David Jason added other elements to the part, including Del's cheap gold jewellery and his camel coat. The inspiration was taken from a similar man he had known when working as an electrician. [4] Jason was a relatively late candidate for the part: Jim Broadbent [9] (who would later appear in a minor recurring role as DCI Roy Slater) and Enn Reitel were earlier preferences. At the time, Broadbent was appearing in Mike Leigh's play, "Goose-Pimples", at the Hampstead Theatre in north London. The play was due to transfer to the West End, and consequently, Broadbent thought he would be unable to fit in with the filming schedule and turned down the part. [10] It was only when producer Ray Butt saw a repeat of Open All Hours that Jason was considered and, despite concerns that Jason had not previously had a leading television role, and that he and Lyndhurst did not look like brothers, he was cast. [11] Wiggins, Dan (7 July 2021). "The time Only Fools and Horses' Del Boy and Rodney featured in the Olympics". MyLondon . Retrieved 23 February 2022. a b c d Lewisohn, Mark. "Only Fools and Horses". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006 . Retrieved 13 September 2006. The beginning of the scene at the Mardi Gras Nightclub has been cut because of music ‘Just the Way You Are’ performed by Lee Gibson . This has resulted in a 4-5 minute gap in the video release. [3]

The show regularly features in polls to find the most popular comedy series, moments and characters. It was voted Britain's Best Sitcom in a 2004 BBC poll, [223] Del: Yeah we’ll have a drink with you – let’s introduce ourselves. This is my brother Rodney and my name’s Del – that’s er, short for Derek." Dialogue Cut: Various bits of dialogue have been cut when Del, Rodney and Lisa are sitting at the pub table and the flat table. Greatest TV Characters". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009 . Retrieved 26 May 2019. Everylovely jubbly, every exhaust-smoking trip of the Reliant Robin and every tear-filled twist kept millions of viewers glued - they're all here - in the complete story of the Trotters of Nelson Mandela House: from the very first scam to the finalbonjour.Del Boy's wine bar fall is favourite television pub scene". Ananova. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 . Retrieved 30 December 2006. Del: Blinding bit of scampi, innit, eh? It’s fresh an’ all, you know. Straight out of the sea into your basket." Parker, Robin (3 July 2009). "Trotters to return in Only Fools and Horses prequel". Broadcastnow.co.uk . Retrieved 3 July 2009. (subscription required) Rodney's reaction at the expensive price of the theatre programmes "eight pounds?" for "Carmen" is cut. The show has been released on VHS, DVD and audio CD in several guises. A DVD collection containing every episode was issued, along with various other special edition box-sets, such as a tin based on their Reliant Regal. Videos and DVDs of Only Fools and Horses continue to be among the BBC's biggest-selling items, having sold over 1million VHS copies and 6million DVD copies in the UK. [126] [127]

Your favourite programme: poll results". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 August 2006 . Retrieved 13 September 2006. Cassandra Trotter (née Parry) ( Gwyneth Strong) — Cassandra first met Rodney in " Yuppy Love". Their relationship blossomed, and by the end of series six the two had married. Cassandra's career-driven lifestyle caused fights with Rodney, and their marriage problems formed one of the main storylines in the seventh series. [28] Albert: (singing) "Ada, you with the stars in your eyes, love never made a fool of you." Special - A Royal Flush [ ] 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.

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a b Fullerton, Huw (30 September 2015). "The BBC were "embarrassed" by the success of Only Fools and Horses". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021 . Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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. The following lines have been cut, possibly due to sentimental reasons. (Actor David Jason's then partner Myfanwy Talog died in 1995 from breast cancer.) Sport Relief TV revealed". Sport Relief. Archived from the original on 24 January 2014 . Retrieved 20 March 2012. Rico: Hi, Rodney…Derek. I’m Rico. This is my cousin Salvatore and our friend Pauly. (Greetings and handshakes all round)" 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]Wollaston, Sam (27 August 1999). "Reliant Robin reborn". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 30 December 2006. Greatest TV Characters". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006 . Retrieved 13 September 2006. Boycie ( John Challis) — An untrustworthy used car salesman and a cultural elitist. Boycie, a freemason, was very selfish and prone to boasting about his wealth. [32] [33] Challis had played a similar character in an episode of Citizen Smith. Sullivan liked him, and promised to cast him in a future series, which led to Boycie. [32] Boycie later featured in a spin-off series, The Green Green Grass, starting in 2005, in which he and his wife Marlene along with their son Tyler escaped from a criminal gang. [34]

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] Only Fools and Horses: a 'triffic' hit in Serbia". The Guardian. London. 25 January 2010 . Retrieved 11 March 2013. Press Office – Network TV Programme Information BBC Week 4 Sunday 24 January 2010". BBC . Retrieved 22 March 2012.Special features: collector's booklet, five exclusive art cards, behind the scenes photo galleries, original and writer's cut version of "A Royal Flush" and fully restored version of "The Jolly Boys' Outing 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] Yes, there are cuts, so what really? I think personally, it's a miracle the BBC even released this at all, since there are a couple of distasteful remarks of the current social context, or musical parts embedded in various parts, with licensing issues, to the point where they need to awkwardly splice certain scenes, or just not release the episodes at all. And between those two choices, I would much prefer them cut a few unimportant scenes and release the episodes for home use, as opposed to us not getting them at all. But instead, people moan because they're not getting 100% everything as it was originally broadcast, which in my view is quite pedantic. Only a fool would drop repeats of best shows, BBC is told". The Times. 29 August 2005 . Retrieved 23 March 2011.