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

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Mike Fisher ( Kenneth MacDonald) — The landlord of the Nag's Head, although not from the very beginning; his predecessor was never seen, with just a succession of barmaids providing service. Friendly and gormless, he was often targeted by Del as a potential customer for any goods he was selling. When Kenneth MacDonald died in 2001, a storyline involving Mike's imprisonment for attempting to embezzle the brewery was written, and cafe owner Sid took over as the interim pub landlord. [42] Press Office – Network TV Programme Information BBC Week 4 Sunday 24 January 2010". BBC . Retrieved 22 March 2012. 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 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] BBC told to cut repeats". ThisIsLondon. 13 July 2004. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011 . Retrieved 23 March 2011. Only Fools and Horses won the BAFTA award for best comedy series in 1985, [208] 1988 [209] and 1996, [210] was nominated in 1983, [211] 1986, [212] 1989, [213] 1990 [214] and 1991, [215] and won the audience award in 2004. David Jason received individual BAFTAs for his portrayal of Del Boy in 1990 [216] and 1996. [217] The series won a National Television Award in 1997 for most popular comedy series; [218] Jason won two individual awards, in 1997 and 2002. [218] At the British Comedy Awards, the show was named best BBC sitcom for 1990, [219] and received the People's Choice award in 1997. [220] It also won the Royal Television Society best comedy award in 1997 and two Television and Radio Industries Club Awards for comedy programme of the year, in 1984 and 1997. [221] John Sullivan received the Writers' Guild of Great Britain comedy award in 1997. [222] A number of episodes were re-edited for audio purposes and released on either audio cassette or CD. [170] In total, there were 5 CDs released, with the first one being released on both CD and cassette. [171] Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.Trotter Trivia". UKTV Gold. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007 . Retrieved 5 August 2008.

Sport Relief TV revealed". Sport Relief. Archived from the original on 24 January 2014 . Retrieved 20 March 2012. Only a fool would drop repeats of best shows, BBC is told". The Times. 29 August 2005 . Retrieved 23 March 2011.Sixty-four episodes of Only Fools and Horses, all written by John Sullivan, were broadcast on BBC1 from 8 September 1981 until 25 December 2003. [97] [98] The show was aired in seven series (1981–1983, 1985–1986, 1989 and 1990–1991), and thereafter in sporadic Christmas special editions (1991–1993, 1996, 2001–2003). [6] The episodes from the first five series (excluding Christmas specials) had a running time of 30 minutes, but from Series 6 (1989), the running time of the series episodes was extended to 50 minutes. [6] 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. Britain's Best Sitcom". BBC. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017 . Retrieved 13 September 2006.

Sid ( Roy Heather) — Sid made sparse appearances throughout the show's run, mainly as the proprietor of the dirty and unhygenic local cafe. In the episode "The Jolly Boys' Outing", it is revealed that Sid fought in the Second World War. He was captured and imprisoned but escaped, only for the boat he was using to be hit and sunk by a Greek fishing trawler being steered by Uncle Albert. After Nag's Head landlord Mike was imprisoned, Sid took over and kept that role for the remainder of the series. [38]Only Fools and Horses' US remake rejected for second time by ABC". Digital Spy. 10 December 2012 . Retrieved 25 October 2015. Fools and Horses' to get 60s spin-off". UK TV. 6 September 2003. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008 . Retrieved 4 July 2017. Moore, Charles (21 July 2001). " 'Axed' Reliant Robin is given a second wind". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007 . Retrieved 30 December 2006. Albert Gladstone Trotter ( Buster Merryfield) — Shortly after the death of Lennard Pearce, it was decided that a new older family member should be brought in, which eventually led to "Uncle Albert", Grandad's estranged younger brother. Merryfield was an inexperienced amateur actor at the time, but was selected because he appeared to fit the description of an old sailor, especially with his distinctive white " Captain Birdseye" beard. [20] Albert first appeared at Grandad's funeral, and soon moved in with Del and Rodney. [21] His wartime experiences with the Royal Navy became one of the show's running gags, [21] usually beginning with the words "During the war...". [22] Merryfield died in 1999 and Albert's death was written into the next episode. [23] [24]

The series made its debut on Blu-ray on 6 December 2021, with a three-disc set entitled Only Fools and Horses: The 80s Specials. It featured the five feature length Christmas specials broadcast from 1985 to 1989, restored and remastered in high-definition. For the restoration process, the original 16mm film elements were cleaned and rescanned, while the standard-definition videotape elements were "digitally reprocessed" and upscaled to HD. [128] On the set, the episode " A Royal Flush" is featured both in its original and "writer's cut" versions; " The Jolly Boys' Outing" is fully uncut; and various photo galleries, a booklet and artcards are also included. [129] Minor cast and characters [ edit ] Jim Broadbent, who was originally considered to play Del Boy, made three appearances as DCI Roy Slater Only Fools & Horses on Blu-ray: how much will actually be HD?". Which? Conversation. 24 November 2021 . Retrieved 12 December 2021. 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 Sullivan had initially given the show the working title Readies. For the actual title he intended to use, as a reference to the protagonist's tax- and work-evading lifestyle, Only Fools and Horses. That name was based on a genuine, though very obscure, saying, " only fools and horses work for a living", which had its origins in 19th-century American vaudeville. [66] "Only Fools and Horses" had also been the title of an episode of Citizen Smith, and Sullivan liked the expression and thought it was suited to the new sitcom. [67] He also thought longer titles would attract attention. [66] He was first overruled on the grounds that the audience would not understand the title, but he eventually got his way. [68] Filming and transmission [ edit ] The second Only Fools and Horses line-up of (left to right) Del Boy (David Jason), Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) lasted from 1985 to 1996.David Jason suggests Only Fools and Horses could return". British Comedy Guide. 24 March 2010 . Retrieved 14 May 2012.