"a supportive partner in Cassandra, whom he met at a computer training course in ""Yuppy Love"", and married in 1989. Her father Alan employed Rodney at his company, Parry Print Ltd. (at least until Rodney accidentally quit that job), and, with some financial assistance from Del, he was able to buy a flat and finally move out of Nelson Mandela House. Their marriage suffered when Rodney punched Cassandra's boss, and broke his nose, when returning from Margate in ""The Jolly Boys' Outing"". They split up in the 1990 Christmas special ""Rodney Come Home"" (having split up three times in the"
"was not without its problems; Rodney was envious of Cassandra's privileged upbringing and her qualifications. When Cassandra wanted to build herself a career at the bank, Rodney was outraged, as he wanted her to be little more than a housewife, and have his dinner on the table for when he got home from work. After a year of being married she and Rodney split up in The Jolly Boys Outing (the 1989 Christmas special), when he punched her boss and broke his nose. In the next episode aired Rodney Come Home (Christmas special 1990), they broke up again, which started"
"to walk home. Originally John Sullivan wanted to make Cassandra a girlfriend of Trigger, Denzil or an admirer of Boycie, but decided that like he planned to do with Del, Rodney needed a long term relationship. Their relationship blossomed throughout the sixth series; In The Unlucky Winner Is... she went to Spain with Rodney and Del, and had to pretend to be Del's wife, and Rodney's stepmother. In ""Sickness and Wealth"", Rodney announced that they were engaged; they married in the final episode of series 6: ""Little Problems"", after which they moved into their own flat. Her marriage to Rodney"
"unconcerned, with Del remarking that ""there'll be no flies on him."" Just then, Rodney gets a phone call from Cassandra. Rodney (secretly sporting one of the clip-on ponytails) heads over to his and Cassandra's flat to see his wife, and Cassandra tells her husband that clip-on ponytails aren't very cool. Upon hearing this, Rodney removes his ponytail. Then, Cassandra says that she spoke to her solicitor, who suggested that she and Rodney try and repair their marriage by raising a pet. Rodney doesn't want to raise a dog, since he got bit by a Jack Russell as a child. Cassandra"
"pretending a ponytail was a rat. He stayed the night but they were interrupted by Del phoning to say Raquel had gone into labour. In ""Miami Twice"", it was revealed that the two were living together on weekends as they tried to rebuild their relationship. In ""Mother Nature's Son"", they were back together fully. They had been trying for a baby ever since, so when it was announced that Cassandra was pregnant, everyone was jubilant. However she miscarried at the end of the following episode; ""Modern Men"". Rodney and Cassandra now have a young daughter called Joan, who Rodney named"
"Del flies into a rage, punches Raymondo, and accidentally throws his suitcase out of the window. However, Del later discovers from an enraged Raquel that Raymondo is actually homosexual and they only live together as it is cheaper than renting flats separately. Despite this, Raquel and Raymondo forgive an embarrassed Del for the misunderstanding. Upon returning home, Rodney finds Cassandra and her boss Stephen, seemingly alone together. Rodney, suspecting Stephen of fancying Cassandra, punches him and breaks his nose only to find that Stephen's wife Joanne is also there (as the strike had prevented her going to visit her parents)."
"College in Basingstoke for smoking cannabis. In the early episodes, Rodney was troubled by this, and also by the fact that he had a very poor job and lived in a very grotty flat. He was worried that he would never find independence, which he really did long for. When he met Cassandra, it gave him a chance to move on in life, which resulted in his leaving Del behind. (This was conveyed in ""Little Problems"", at the end, when everyone had left the wedding reception and Del was standing all on his own, holding the groom from the wedding"
"does not want to raise a cat, because she is allergic to fur. As Rodney prepares to leave in a huff, Cassandra screams upon seeing the discarded clip-on ponytail, thinking that it's a rat. Rodney seizes the opportunity to ""save the day"" and eventually gets rid of the thing, winning back Cassandra's heart. Meanwhile, back at Nelson Mandela House, Del discovers that the men's wigs are falling apart, and Raquel goes right into labour. Cassandra and Rodney are informed, and Rodney heads off to the hospital. At the hospital, Del and Raquel wait in the delivery room, while Rodney and"
"past 18 months), and throughout the seventh series attempted to patch up their relationship; in ""The Chance of a Lunchtime"" Del played matchmaker, in order for them to re-unite. This worked, until Rodney was seen by Cassandra, with one of Del's ex-fiancées, when he was accompanying her to a taxi, because she was very drunk. In ""Three Men, a Woman and a Baby"", Cassandra told Rodney that it was all over between them, until her mum insisted she should see their solicitor for advice, who told her that they should talk. They re-united after Rodney took advantage of her, by"
"Despite soon finding out that he actually does not Cassandra still phones and agrees to meet Rodney again. The episode features a now-famous British comedy scene; Del, leaning against a bar flap in a local bistro, moves away from it and then leans back again, unaware that the bartender has just lifted it up, and he promptly falls straight down, and Trigger does a double-take when he looks around and Del has ""disappeared"". On 21 December 2006, this scene was nominated in the UKTV Gold Top 40 Greatest Only Fools Moments, and subsequently voted the most popular scene of the"
"in March 1960, and Rodney immediately knew this due to Robdal's striking resemblance to him. This is confirmed in the prequel series ""Rock & Chips"". In the episode's final scene, Rodney asks Del if he is anything like Freddie Robdal, but Del denies it, labelling Robdal several names like a ""thief"", a ""conman"", a ""liar"" and a ""cheat"", none of which apply to Rodney. Rodney lives with Cassandra, their daughter Joan, Del, Del's ""significant other"" Raquel and their son Damien at door 368 on the 12th floor of the fictional Nelson Mandela House in Dockside Estate, Peckham, London. Rodney found"
"an ongoing split between the pair. This split carried on throughout the duration of series 7. In The Chance of a Lunchtime Del played matchmaker between the two, reuniting them. However, the two were only together for an hour before Cassandra saw Rodney with an ex-fiancée of Del Boy's. Assuming that Rodney was cheating on her, Cassandra locked him out of the flat. They were ultimately reconciled in Three Men, a Woman and a Baby but after just getting back together they were interrupted by a phone call that Raquel had gone into labour and Del wanted Rodney to be"
"there for the birth. The episode Miami Twice saw them trying to patch up their relationship, and in Mother Natures Son they were back together properly, and stayed together ever since. The later episodes saw them attempting to conceive a child, and Cassandra was promoted to head of small business investment at the local bank. After suffering a miscarriage in ""Modern Men"", she and Rodney later had a daughter, Joan (named after Del and Rodney's late mother), in ""Sleepless in Peckham"". Cassandra Trotter Cassandra Louise Trotter (née Parry; born 16 June 1966) is a fictional character from the British sitcom"
"Rodney (TV series) Rodney is an American television sitcom that was shown on ABC from September 21, 2004, to June 6, 2006. Ric Swartzlander was the creator and executive producer of the comedy series. David Himelfarb was the executive producer. This was also Rodney Dangerfield's last role in a Television Series. The show's story revolves around the character Rodney Hamilton (Rodney Carrington) who wishes to leave his horrible job in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to become a stand-up comedian. Rodney's life revolves around his family - his wife Trina (Jennifer Aspen) and his sons Jack (Oliver Davis) and Bo (Matthew Josten). He"
"asks Del is he misses Rodney when he got married to Cassandra and went to work for her father's printing firm, and Del admits it. Marlene takes Tyler and leaves. As Boycie waves to his son, Del, Mike, and Trigger do so as well, much to Boycie's annoyance, as Marlene had said ""Wave goodbye to your Daddy"". Meanwhile, at the restaurant in Wapping Way, Rodney and Cassandra both show up, and their chat gets off to a rocky start by mentioning the events of ""Rodney Come Home"", but eventually, they both make up after realizing that Del was the one"
"computer class in an attempt to earn a diploma and finally get a proper job. There he meets and is attracted to Cassandra Parry. He later meets her again at a nightclub, where she offers to give him a lift home. She first drives to her house and Rodney feels upstaged by Cassandra's luxurious lifestyle. Embarrassed at the thought of Cassandra seeing their council flat in Nelson Mandela House, Rodney instead leads her to ""The King's Avenue"", an expensive and very up-market road, implying that he lives there and has to stand in the driveway, being seen by the homeowners."
"both Del and Rodney find long-term love, in the form of Raquel (Tessa Peake-Jones) and Cassandra (Gwyneth Strong) respectively; Del also has a son with Raquel, Damien (played by five actors, most recently Ben Smith). Rodney and Cassandra marry, separate and then get back together again. Cassandra miscarries, but then she and Rodney eventually have a baby. Rodney finds out who his real father was. The Trotters finally become millionaires, lose their fortune, and then regain some of it. The most frequent roles for guest actors in ""Only Fools and Horses"" were as Del or Rodney's once-seen girlfriends, barmaids at"
"that he is going to see ""Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"" with Tanya, they try to talk him out of his date, but Rodney ignores them and heads off. Del then realises that Rodney is deliberately taking Tanya to the cinema opposite Cassandra's evening school, where he hopes Cassandra will see them together. Aware that this will lose Rodney both his marriage and his job, Del goes over to Cassandra's flat to persuade her not to go to her class, and ends up breaking the bad news to her. Cassandra is reduced to tears, but agrees not to tell her"
"was not in that night. At the market, Del and Rodney are selling ski gear, until Cassandra calls Rodney back to their flat. Rodney is surprised when he finds Raquel and Damien in his flat. Raquel explains that she has left Del, and Rodney and Cassandra let her and Damien stay at their flat until Del apologises. Later, at ""The Nag's Head"", Boycie, Del, Denzil, Mike and Trigger discuss their problems with women. Boycie then tells them about how he met a woman in the same betting shop when he was also younger, and it turns out to be Marlene."
"Rodney has not spoken to Cassandra since she got back from her holiday, goes round to see her, as well as fix the door to their flat. Del then tells Cassandra that Rodney wants to meet up with her tonight at a little restaurant over Wapping Way at 7:30pm. Cassandra agrees to the date and time. Later, back at Nelson Mandela House, Del promises to help Raquel rehearse. Just then, Rodney is about to open the front door when Del urges him to ring the doorbell. Rodney does so, and the ""Star-Spangled Banner"" (which Del refers to as the French"
"with Trigger in ""Homesick"", and he agrees to stop, but a few seconds later he calls him ""Dave"" again. When Cassandra Trotter, Rodney's wife, announced she was pregnant in ""Modern Men"", everybody raised a toast and said ""To Cassandra and Rodney"", but Trigger can be heard saying ""Dave"" after everyone else has spoken. At another point, while discussing Del and Raquel's son, Trigger claims that ""They're naming him Rodney, after Dave"". He reveals he always greets women with 'hello darling, where have you been all my life?', but has no idea why as ""it's never worked"". He can miss the"
"meagre sandwich for lunch, and his new secretary refuses to go out and buy him a hamburger during the lunch break because an important client is due to see him. But when he spots Raquel with shopping bags full of delicious food, Rodney invites her into his office, and they chat about the tour that Raquel has been on since the events of ""The Jolly Boys' Outing"", and how Rodney's marriage with Cassandra is faring. Despite claiming they are happy together, Rodney implies that he and Cassandra are experiencing difficulties. That evening, Rodney returns home to his flat, only to"
"""Rodney"" and not ""Dave"", yet despite this he continues to address him as 'Dave' and even refers to him as this, when he is not around. Cassandra fell pregnant in ""Heroes and Villains"", but later miscarried in ""Modern Men"". It is implied in some episodes that Rodney is a Chelsea supporter. In ""The Long Legs of the Law"", Del remarks that ICI have dropped a point, to which Rodney replies that ""Chelsea dropped three on Saturday!"" In a later episode, ""A Royal Flush"", he takes Victoria to see a football match at Stamford Bridge. Rodney is the younger brother of"
"Cassandra. Rachel accuses her of hating her students because they may have a future in show business, while Cassandra has none, leading an infuriated Cassandra to kick her out of her class. Brody later comforts Rachel and tries to kiss her, but she refuses, as she is still in love with Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith). Brody agrees to respect Rachel's relationship, but admits he has feelings for her. Rachel apologizes to Cassandra and Cassandra allows her to come back to class. Cassandra then explains that show business is a world with a lot of harsh realities and she wants Rachel"
"the balcony, which he got from Bronco and that he is intending to give back to Boycie in return for money. That night, Rodney is confident that things between him and Cassandra are going to be patched up well. But when he gets to Gatwick airport, Rodney finds out that Cassandra's plane has been rerouted and she has landed in Manchester. Back at the Nag's Head, things become more worse for the Trotters when Boycie enters and tells Del that his satellite dish was not stolen, it was just taken away by engineers to be repaired, meaning the dish Del"
"at 5:30pm, Rodney is shown wearing a horseriding helmet with Raquel's scarf on it, which Del calls a Trotter Crash Turban. Raquel believes that the product will never catch on, while Albert receives a phone call for Rodney from Cassandra's bank that Cassandra suffered a miscarriage. The Trotter Brothers quickly drive to the hospital and ask the sister about which room Cassandra is in. As they head off, a drunken man is insulting the hospital staff and its patients. As Del and Rodney arrive at Cassandra's room in theatre gowns, Del tells Rodney that he has to be comforting and"
"returned from being held captive by and falling in love with a man named Felipe, she divorced Derek. Derek had a friendly reunion with both Jill, who informed him she had gotten married, and Kay, who had just recently had a face-lift, when he appeared at the wedding of Victor Newman and Nikki Reed in 1984. Dr. Cassandra ""Casey"" Reed first appeared in March 1978 and was portrayed by Roberta Leighton. The character is better known as the older sister of longtime Genoa City resident Nikki Newman. Originally a main character with the actress on contract, Leighton later moved to"
"for a poll to be run by ""What's on TV"", with readers able to vote for their favourite character to discover ""Who is Soap's greatest Legend?"" Rodney Blackstock Rodney Blackstock is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Emmerdale"", played by Patrick Mower. When Rodney turned up in Emmerdale, no one was more surprised to see him than his ex-wife Diane (Elizabeth Estensen). He left her and their daughter, Bernice (Samantha Giles), when she was just five years old, and didn't send so much as a postcard. He’d been invited to meet Bernice by her fiancé Ashley Thomas"
"met again at a disco later that night, at which Rodney's friends Mickey Pearce and Jevon unsuccessfully ask her for a dance. Rodney then bet £20 that he would be successful and, to their horror, she agreed to dance with him. Cassandra also offered to give him a lift home, and they exchanged telephone numbers. However, as he was ashamed to take her home to Nelson Mandela House, he pretended he lived in a more upmarket location on King's Avenue and was duly left stranded as it began to pour with rain, again getting their coats mixed up leaving Rodney"
"the sofa. A week later, at a nightclub, as Del and Raquel dance, Rodney is getting drunk with his friends Mickey Pearce and Chris, which leaves Del concerned. Del tries to make Rodney see sense and return to his wife, but Rodney refuses to listen. The next evening, back at the flat, Del tells Albert that when Rodney took the Trotter van down to the Peckham Exhaust Centre earlier that morning to get it fixed, he foolishly arranged a date with an attractive receptionist, Tanya, following Mickey Pearce's advice to make Cassandra jealous. When Rodney tells Del, Raquel, and Albert"
"to find her ex-brother-in-law, Rodney Blackstock (Patrick Mower) is living in Emmerdale and now a millionaire. They soon begin a relationship and Val works with Diane in the pub. Val, never happy with just one man, cheats on Rodney with his much younger employee Danny Daggert (Cleveland Campbell). She eventually chooses Rodney, believing him to be the better long term choice. However, when Diane is diagnosed with colon cancer, Rodney is devastated and realizes that he is still in love with her. Diane rejects him but he ends his relationship with Val. Furious and rejected, Val goes to Italy to"
"seen on the estate asks Del to buy it back if offered it. Del follows Rodney to the balcony, and Rodney says that he will stop complaining about Cassandra's big promotion at her bank, as he wants their marriage to go back to how it used to be. Del then points out that he knows the manager of a luxury hotel not too far away from the airport. So when Cassandra flies in, Rodney will be waiting to take her to the bridal suite. Rodney now agrees to this idea. Del then points out that a satellite dish installed on"
"September 2016, she joined the cast of the popular BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", in the recurring role of Geraldine Clough. Strong married former ""Footballers' Wives"" and ""Eldorado"" star Jesse Birdsall on 15 July 2000. They have one son Oscar (born 1988), and one daughter Lottie (born 1991). She now lives in Bexhill, East Sussex. Gwyneth Strong Gwyneth Strong (born 2 December 1959) is an English actress. She is best known for her role in the BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" as Cassandra, the love interest and, later, wife of Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst). Strong's first acting appearance was in the"