"Society, established in 1993, has a membership of around 7,000, publishes a quarterly newsletter, ""Hookie Street"", and organises annual conventions of fans, usually attended by cast members. The Society has also organised an ""Only Fools and Horses"" museum, containing props from the series, including Del's camel-hair coat and the Trotters' Ford Capri. It was named one of the top 20 cult television programmes of all-time by TV critic Jeff Evans. Evans spoke of: ""Only Fools and Horses"" – and consequently John Sullivan – is credited with the popularisation in Britain of several words and phrases used by Del Boy, particularly"
"Damien Trotter Damien Derek Trotter is a fictional character in the BBC series ""Only Fools and Horses"". He is son to Derek Trotter and Raquel Turner. Damien is the only child of Del and Raquel and nephew of Rodney Trotter. A recurring theme in the show was Rodney's fixated belief that Damien was literally the Antichrist (an allusion to the Damien Thorn character from the ""Omen"" series of films) despite the fact that Damien shows no resentment nor intentions of harm toward anybody except Rodney himself. Del and Raquel chide Rodney for his mad obsessions and believe Damien to be"
"only money, bruv..."" to calm Rodney down. Rodney chases Del out of the bar as the credits roll. The Unlucky Winner Is... ""The Unlucky Winner Is..."" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was the fourth episode of series 6, and was first screened on 29 January 1989. In the episode, Rodney wins a holiday to Majorca, Spain. The only catch is the organisers think he is 14. Del Boy has taken an interest in entering competitions, and enters an old painting drawn by Rodney when he was 14 into one, though without Rodney's knowledge."
"""git"" in the same way as Del would call him a ""plonker"", "" wally"" or ""dipstick"". Rodney Trotter Rodney Charlton ""Rodders"" Trotter is a fictional character in the long running BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"", played by Nicholas Lyndhurst / Ryan Hutton (2019 musical). He was named after Rod Taylor and Charlton Athletic. Rodney's personality was based on the experiences of series creator John Sullivan, who also had an older sibling and claimed to have been, like Rodney, a dreamer and an idealist in his youth, but struggled with independence and was confined to him. The nickname 'Dave' is"
"Del and Rodney's shady financial dealings and attempted to embezzle the brewery in order to cover his losses, for which he was imprisoned. Cafe owner Sid took over Mike's position of landlord. It was then revealed in the 2015 fictional Del Boy autobiography ""He Who Dares"" that Mike's prison sentence was reduced, and he retired from the pub game to move to the Isle of Wight and start writing a memoir of his time inside. Since then, Del kept leaving Mike messages, but never got any response back. Mike Fisher (Only Fools and Horses) Michael David ""Mike"" Fisher was a"
"also establish that Del, as a young man, only ever knew Robdal as ""Uncle Fred"", which explained why Del was unfamiliar with Robdal's real name until Uncle Albert drunkenly told him the truth about Robdal's past with the Trotters. The Frog's Legacy ""The Frog's Legacy"" is the sixth Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was first broadcast on 25 December 1987. In the episode, the Trotters search for the hidden gold legacy of Frederick ""Freddie the Frog"" Robdal, an old friend of their mother's. Del Boy, Rodney and Albert go to Hampshire to attend"
"after the events of ""Sleepless in Peckham"" and ""Beckham in Peckham"". In marketing for the book, John Challis and Sue Holderness reprised their roles as Boycie and Marlene. It is mentioned in the book that during the events of ""The Green Green Grass"", Del thought Boycie to be dead. Del Boy Derek Edward Trotter, more commonly known as Del Boy (born 10 December 1945), is the fictional lead character in the popular BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" and one of the main characters of its prequel, ""Rock & Chips"". He was played by David Jason in the original series"
"Happy Returns ""Happy Returns"" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was the first episode of series 4, and was first broadcast on 21 February 1985. In the episode, when Del discovers that Rodney's latest girlfriend is the daughter of an old flame, he suspects she might be his daughter. The latest object of Rodney's lust is a pretty newsagent worker named Debbie, who is also keen on him, though acts slightly more coy about it. Meanwhile, Del Boy saves a young boy from getting hit by speeding traffic. That night, Del comes across the"
"water, that he is not going to stand under the water after what he is been doing in it, causing Del to spit out his scotch and water in horror. Wanted (Only Fools and Horses) ""Wanted"" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was the sixth episode of series 3, and was first broadcast on 15 December 1983. In the episode, after an incident with a local woman, Del Boy pretends that Rodney had been dubbed the 'Peckham pouncer' and is being hunted by the police, so Rodney goes on the run. Rodney and Mickey"
"Strained Relations ""Strained Relations"" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was the second episode of series 4, and was first screened on 28 February 1985. It is a day full of sorrow for Del Boy and Rodney, as their Grandad has died. They have attended Grandad's funeral, along with Mike, Boycie, Trigger, and the North London branch of the Trotter family. Back at the wake in Nelson Mandela House, Rodney is extremely upset to find that Del is cheering himself up by telling his mates lots of jokes. Del and Rodney also meet Grandad's"
"Cash and Curry ""Cash and Curry"" is the third episode of series 1 of the BBC sit-com ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was first screened on 22 September 1981. In the episode, Del Boy sees a chance to profit from a dispute between two Indian businessmen. Rodney arrives to pick Del Boy up from a Dinner and Dance. While there, Rodney is introduced by Del to Vimmal Malik, an Indian man who is looking for business opportunities, much to Del's interest. Outside, the brothers become involved in a dispute between Vimmal and Mr Raam, a man who seems to have"
"achieved national stardom in the series ""Only Fools and Horses"" in which he played Rodney Trotter, the younger brother of the main character Derek ""Del Boy"" Trotter. ""Only Fools and Horses"" began in 1981 and rapidly grew in popularity until it reached its peak in 1996 with its Christmas Day show in the UK. In a BBC poll in 2004, it was voted No.1 British sitcom ever. Lyndhurst appeared in the show from the very start, right up to its final airing at Christmas 2003. In 1986, Lyndhurst had a minor part in the film ""Gunbus/SkyBandits"". The film went straight"
"his ""significant other"", a term she does not seem to appreciate. Her character also changed as the show went on, moving from an ambitious woman lacking in confidence, to a tougher sarcastic one unafraid to stand up to Del's scheming and fast-talking nature. Raquel Turner Rachel ""Raquel"" Turner (formerly Slater; born 4 June 1957) is a fictional character from the BBC television sit-com ""Only Fools and Horses"", in which she was Del Boy's longtime girlfriend. She was portrayed by Tessa Peake-Jones. With ""Only Fools and Horses"" moving into its sixth series, writer John Sullivan wanted Del Boy to start looking"
"thus making Rodney's date of birth the date he reveals it to be in ""The Unlucky Winner Is..."", 2 November. This is confirmed when Rodney's birth is shown in ""Rock & Chips"". However some episodes of ""Only Fools and Horses"" do not support this; in ""Big Brother"", 1981, Rodney states to Del that he is 23 years of age, which would make his year of birth 1957 or 1958. In the same episode Del Boy states that there is a thirteen-year age gap between himself and Rodney. ""You couldn't be like any other little brother could you eh, and come"
"while at the ""Nag's Head"" he is approached by the two police officers still searching for the owner of the yellow van. Believing the female officer to be another stripper hired by Albert, Del rips her blouse off and is arrested. Heartbroken, Raquel leaves for the Middle East just as Del Boy is taken into custody. Dates (Only Fools and Horses) ""Dates"" is the seventh Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"", first broadcast on 25 December 1988. In the episode, Del Boy joins a dating agency and meets Raquel. Rodney also goes on a date,"
"Go West Young Man (Only Fools and Horses) ""Go West Young Man"" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was the second episode of series 1, and was first screened on 15 September 1981. This was the lowest rated episode of the entire series, with only 6.1 million viewers. In the episode, Del sells a faulty car to an Australian man. Rodney is feeling down in the dumps, since his friend Mickey Pearce had moved in on his latest girlfriend, Monica (who according to Del has fat thighs). Del Boy on the other hand is"
"work out"", something actor John Salthouse brought to the character in rehearsals based on his own life. Salthouse also incorporated the club into the children's television series he wrote, ""Hero to Zero"", in which the father of the main character once played for Palace reserves. In the first series of ""Only Fools and Horses"" a Crystal Palace scarf could be seen on the coat rack, placed there by producer Ray Butt, even though Rodney's middle name was Charlton, as Del revealed on Rodney's wedding day: their mother was a fan of “Athletic” not “Heston”. Headmaster Keith Blackwell, who played Crystal"
"he plays a divorced dad moving back into the marital home to look after his daughter (Dani Harmer) and son (Ryan Sampson) together with his mother-in-law, played by Celia Imrie, after his ex-wife goes to work as a recovery nurse on a third world disaster relief mission. Lyndhurst played Freddie Robdal, the 1960s gangster father of Rodney Trotter, in ""Rock & Chips"", the prequel to ""Only Fools and Horses"". The show centres around Del Boy, Robdal and Joan Trotter in early 1960s Peckham. It was first broadcast on 24 January 2010, with another special transmitted on 29 December 2010, and"
"along a couple of years later after me. Oh no no, not you. You had to wait thirteen years!"" In the following episode ""Go West Young Man, which was broadcast in September 1981 (and was the second episode of ""Only Fools and Horses"" ever broadcast), Del Boy states that he (Del) is 35. In ""Big Brother"" since Rodney had said he was 23, Rodney must already have had his birthday that year with Del still to have his 36th birthday later that year. Therefore Rodney must have been born during 1958. In ""As One Door Closes"", set in early 1985,"
"Rodney Trotter Rodney Charlton ""Rodders"" Trotter is a fictional character in the long running BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"", played by Nicholas Lyndhurst / Ryan Hutton (2019 musical). He was named after Rod Taylor and Charlton Athletic. Rodney's personality was based on the experiences of series creator John Sullivan, who also had an older sibling and claimed to have been, like Rodney, a dreamer and an idealist in his youth, but struggled with independence and was confined to him. The nickname 'Dave' is bestowed upon him by the character Trigger, the only character to refer to him as such,"
"show fonder feelings for him when he dies in ""If They Could See Us Now"". Rodney apologises for the way he treats Albert in ""Sickness and Wealth"". In ""Rock & Chips"", Del Boy is shown to have a particularly close relationship with his mother Joan, whom he thinks the world of. (He is Joan's favourite, to the point that she refuses to run away with Freddie Robdal until she is certain of Del's financial security.) His relationship with Grandad is the same in ""Rock & Chips"" as in ""Only Fools and Horses"", but he has an estranged relationship with his"
"Raquel Turner Rachel ""Raquel"" Turner (formerly Slater; born 4 June 1957) is a fictional character from the BBC television sit-com ""Only Fools and Horses"", in which she was Del Boy's longtime girlfriend. She was portrayed by Tessa Peake-Jones. With ""Only Fools and Horses"" moving into its sixth series, writer John Sullivan wanted Del Boy to start looking for more mature women, rather than continually chasing 20-year-olds, and to have a long-term relationship, so he came up with the character Raquel for the 1988 Christmas special episode, ""Dates"". During the episode, she was introduced to Del via a dating agency and"
"Thicker than Water (Only Fools and Horses) ""Thicker than Water"" is the third Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"", broadcast on 25 December 1983, and is the first to be screened on Christmas Day. The episode title comes from the proverb blood is thicker than water, highlighted by the appearance of Del and Rodney's father, Reg. Rodney and Grandad are watching television on Christmas Day, when a stranger appears at the door. The stranger turns out to be Del Boy and Rodney's father (and Grandad's son) Reg, who had abandoned them 18 years earlier after"
"is going nowhere, he finally quits, leaving the remaining four to continue without him. However, one evening back in their flat, Del turns on the TV to find Rodney's old band performing on ""Top of The Pops"". The BBC comedy guide for ""Only Fools and Horses"" clearly states that Rodney's birthday is 26 February; but this is contradicted in ""Sleepless in Peckham"", when Cassandra mistakes Freddie the Frog in an old 1960s photo of the first Jolly Boys' Outing for Rodney. Rodney corrects her, claiming that the photo was taken in July 1960 before he was born (according to Rodney),"
"his fear arose again when Damien became a handsome and popular teenager who delighted in tormenting Rodney. Sometimes it became somewhat apparent that Del Boy enjoyed Rodney's fear of Damien, and on Rodney's birthday once, Damien ""sent"" him a card with the Devil on it. Cassandra shares Rodney's view that Damien is the Antichrist and like Rodney she is tormented by Damien (such as spying on her whilst she was showering and hiding her birth control pills in the urn containing Albert's ashes). Damien Trotter Damien Derek Trotter is a fictional character in the BBC series ""Only Fools and Horses""."
"Rock & Chips Rock & Chips is a British television comedy-drama and prequel to the sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". The show is set in Peckham, south-east London, during the early 1960s, focusing primarily on the lives of Del Trotter, Freddie Robdal and Joan and Reg Trotter. Nicholas Lyndhurst, who played Rodney in ""Only Fools and Horses"", plays Robdal alongside James Buckley (Del Boy), Kellie Bright (Joan), Shaun Dingwall (Reg) and Phil Daniels (Grandad). The Shazam Productions and BBC co-production was written by ""Only Fools and Horses"" creator John Sullivan, directed by Dewi Humphreys and produced by Gareth Gwenlan. The"
"fallen for Mickey Pearce. As Del leaves the flat, he sarcastically tells a confused Mickey not to take a shortcut across the railway line. The antics of this episode are mentioned by Debbie's mum, June, in ""A Royal Flush"". Happy Returns ""Happy Returns"" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was the first episode of series 4, and was first broadcast on 21 February 1985. In the episode, when Del discovers that Rodney's latest girlfriend is the daughter of an old flame, he suspects she might be his daughter. The latest object of Rodney's lust"
"such as in the 1983 and 1987 Christmas specials ""Thicker Than Water"" and ""The Frog's Legacy"" due to the unavoidable fact that he shared little resemblance to either Del or Reg in terms of appearance or personality. In the final ""Only Fools and Horses"" episode, the 2003 Christmas special ""Sleepless in Peckham"", Rodney discovered through an old photograph of the very first Jolly Boys' Outing that he and Del did not actually share the same father. His biological father was revealed to be local gentleman thief, Freddie ""The Frog"" Robdal, who had an affair with Del and Rodney's mother Joan"
"and snubbed by his superior Sgt. Foster, who also lets Del and Jumbo off with a warning and seizes their records. Roy Slater Roy Slater (born 15 May 1945) is a recurring character in the British sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". He was played by Jim Broadbent, and in the prequel ""Rock and Chips"", by Calum MacNab. Despite only ever making three on-screen appearances, Slater's background is revealed in some detail during the course of the show's history. As a child, Slater longed to be part of Del Boy's gang at school as they used to sit next to each"
"Homesick (Only Fools and Horses) ""Homesick"" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was the first episode of series 3, and was first broadcast on 10 November 1983. In the episode Rodney is appointed chairman of the local Tenants Association, and Del expects him to use his influence to secure a move to a council bungalow. As Del Boy prepares himself to go out with a waitress from a pizzeria, Rodney plans to go to the local Tenants Association meeting to report things needing sorting, such as the Nelson Mandela House's lifts, which have broken"
"frantically removing stuff and Del still threatening to kill Rodney for getting them into the mess. The idea for the script was based on John Sullivan's niece, who worked as a policewoman. The Long Legs of the Law ""The Long Legs of the Law"" is the first episode of series 2 of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was first broadcast on 21 October 1982. The title of the episode was a pun on the police term ""the long arm of the law"". In the episode, Del is horrified when he discovers that Rodney is dating a policewoman."
"""Five Gold Rings"" was released on DVD on 28 March 2011. On 2 May 2011 a three-disc DVD set titled """"Rock & Chips - The Complete Collection"""" was released, comprising all three of the episodes. Rock & Chips Rock & Chips is a British television comedy-drama and prequel to the sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". The show is set in Peckham, south-east London, during the early 1960s, focusing primarily on the lives of Del Trotter, Freddie Robdal and Joan and Reg Trotter. Nicholas Lyndhurst, who played Rodney in ""Only Fools and Horses"", plays Robdal alongside James Buckley (Del Boy), Kellie"
"sent to prison. Rodney becomes the Managing Director of a reformed T.I.T., but this does not stop Del acting as if he runs the business. He fails to make enough to pay his tax bill, but an inheritance from the recently deceased Uncle Albert gives him the money he needs. Del Boy's autobiography, called ""He Who Dares"", was released in October 2015. The book was released in memoriam of the series' creator John Sullivan. The book portrays the events of ""Rock and Chips"" and ""Only Fools and Horses"" from Del Boy's perspective. The book also covers what happened between and"