Only Fools and Horses - The 80s Specials [Blu-ray] [2021]

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Only a fool would drop repeats of best shows, BBC is told". The Times. 29 August 2005 . Retrieved 23 March 2011. Only Fools & Horses on Blu-ray: how much will actually be HD?". Which? Conversation. 24 November 2021 . Retrieved 12 December 2021. The seventh series aired in early 1991. [6] Jason and Sullivan were involved with other projects, and it was confirmed that there were no plans for a new series. [83] Despite this, the show continued in Christmas specials until 1993. [83] Sullivan nonetheless wanted a final episode to tie up the show. [83] In late 1996, three more one-hour episodes were filmed, [83] to be broadcast over Christmas 1996. [6] All three were well received and, due to the ending, were assumed to be the last. [84] The show made a return in Christmas 2001 with the first of three new episodes which were shot together but ultimately broadcast over three consecutive Christmases from 2001 until 2003. [85] [6] Despite rumours of further episodes, [86] in a 2008 interview, Sullivan was quoted as saying: "There will not be another series of Only Fools And Horses. I can say that. We had our day, it was wonderful but it is best to leave it now". [87] Though Sullivan died in 2011, it returned for a special Sport Relief episode in 2014. [88] Theme music and titles [ edit ] The images peeling away was conceived as a metaphor for the Trotters' lifestyle Saul, Heather (4 January 2014). "Del Boy and Rodney to return in Only Fools and Horses sketch". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022 . Retrieved 3 July 2017. 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.

Having been to some of the BBC sitcoms filming, i’m well aware that there is miles of footage that never made it to the final aired version. A lot went onto the cutting room floor. For example…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. Hogan, Michael (20 February 2022). "Jim Broadbent: 'I like the idea of actors being anti-establishment' ". The Observer. Britain's Best Sitcom". BBC. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017 . Retrieved 13 September 2006. Only Fools and Horses: a 'triffic' hit in Serbia". The Guardian. London. 25 January 2010 . Retrieved 11 March 2013.

Lemanski, Dominik (10 February 2008). "Del Boy is Dead". Daily Star Sunday . Retrieved 10 February 2008. 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] a b c d Lewisohn, Mark. "Only Fools and Horses". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006 . Retrieved 13 September 2006. 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] 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]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. Hayward, Anthony (24 April 2011). "John Sullivan: Writer who created the classic sitcom 'Only Fools and Horses', as well as 'Citizen Smith' and 'Just Good Friends' ". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022 . Retrieved 3 July 2017. The BBC says: "To coincide with the 40th anniversary year of Only Fools And Horses, this special Blu-ray release includes a collectors' booklet, behind the scenes photo galleries, 5 exclusive art cards, plus both the original and writer's cut versions of A Royal Flush, a fully restored 4 minute clip from The Jolly Boys' Outing, plus unseen footage from that memorable roller coaster scene!" Wiggins, Dan (7 July 2021). "The time Only Fools and Horses' Del Boy and Rodney featured in the Olympics". MyLondon . Retrieved 23 February 2022.

Rollo, Sarah (6 April 2009). "Television – News – 'Only Fools and Horses' prequel planned". Digital Spy . Retrieved 6 April 2009. Greatest TV Characters". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009 . Retrieved 26 May 2019. 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] 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]It entered and peaked at #10 on the U.K. Official Blu-Ray Chart the week ending 18 December 2021. [130] Two board games based on the show were released: a Monopoly-style game, the "Trotters Trading Game", in which participants attempt to emulate the Trotters and become millionaires, [186] and another game set in their local pub, entitled the "Nag's Head Board Game". [187] Games/Apps [ edit ] Sport Relief TV revealed". Sport Relief. Archived from the original on 24 January 2014 . Retrieved 20 March 2012. Clark, Steve (2011). Only Fools and Horses: The Official Inside Story. Droxford: Splendid Books Limited. ISBN 978-0955-891-694. If anyone know of where this reclip can be found then please let us know, or any other for that matter.

BBC told to cut repeats". ThisIsLondon. 13 July 2004. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011 . Retrieved 23 March 2011. 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.Clark, Steve (1998). The Only Fools and Horses Story. London: BBC Worldwide. ISBN 978-0563-384-458. BBC Comedy Greats (12 March 2010), There's No Calories in Weed Killer – Only Fools and Horses – BBC, archived from the original on 30 October 2021 , retrieved 13 May 2016 Several stars iv’e spoken to have confirmed the meomries of footage that never made it to the final cut. John Sullivans Voice over Only Fools And Horses Lvly Jbly with 'text' generation". BBC. 1 November 2003 . Retrieved 30 December 2006.