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Only Fools: Top Ten Moments
Here are the ten best Only Fools moments as voted by Gold viewers. In reverse order...
In this classic scene, Trigger claims that he's had his road sweeper's broom for 20 years. But then he adds that the broom has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles.
"How can it be the same bloody broom then?" asks Sid the café owner. Trigger produces a picture of him and his broom and asks: "what more proof do you need?"
From 'Heroes and Villains' (1996)
Rodney finally has it out with Trigger about his insistence on referring to him as 'Dave'.
Rodney: "Trig, why do you call me Dave? My name's Rodney." Trigger: Are you sure? Rodney: I've looked it up on my passport and birth certificate and everything. It's definitely Rodney. Trigger: So what's Dave? A nickname, like?
It takes some convincing but Trigger concedes that he's going to have to get used to calling Rodney, 'Rodney' from now on. Before promptly calling him Dave again.
Del turns impresario when he puts on a cabaret night for local villain Eugene Macarthy. Trouble is, the singing dustman with a speech impediment that he's hired - Tony Angelino - is utterly rubbish.
It's a truly awful display of singing - but a terrific cameo performance from Philip Pope.
From 'Stage Fright' (1991)
Grandad was well known for burning breakfasts and destroying dinners. But this particular Christmas nosh-up was truly 'offal' as Del and Rodders explain to the old codger that a shop-bought turkey's giblets are usually placed in a plastic bag and put back inside the turkey.
But you took the bag out before you cooked the turkey didn't you Grandad? Didn't you Grandad!?
From 'Christmas Crackers' (1981)
After 16 years of poverty, the Trotters discover an antique watch in their garage worth a cool six million quid.
Your sixth favourite Only Fools moment finds Del and Rodders letting loose in the three-wheeler when they realise they've hit the jackpot.
From 'Time on our Hands' (1996)
The boys take a trip to Margate, but it turns out that the coach's faulty radio (bought from Trotters Independent Traders) is a bit of a fire hazard.
No special effect is spared as the coach is consumed in a gigantic fire ball.
From 'Jolly Boys' Outing' (1989)
Del receives a consignment of dolls, but they're not quite what he expected. They're more the naughty adult type, rather than the children's toy variety.
Investigating a strange squeaking sound from behind the sofa, Del and Rodders are startled by the sudden appearance of a self-inflating plastic lady.
From 'Danger UXD' (1989)
Del and Rodney pull out all the stops for a fancy dress bash - and even manage to prevent a mugging on the way to the party.
The poor muggers that Del and Rodders come across assume that they're under attack from the Caped Crusader and his Boy Wonder. If only they knew.
From 'Heroes and Villains' (1996)
Surely no introduction is needed for this classic comedy moment, which you voted in at number two.
On a chance encounter with Lady Ridgemere, Del offers up his services as a chandelier cleaner. The rest is TV history.
From 'A Touch of Glass' (1982)
Trigger and Del ditch the Nag's Head and go on the pull in a trendy wine bar. Two attractive, charming gents. What can possibly go wrong?
Nothing as you voted David Jason's magnificent pratfall the greatest Only Fools moment of all time.
In this classic scene, Trigger claims that he's had his road sweeper's broom for 20 years. But then he adds that the broom has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles.
It aired for seven seasons and sixteen Christmas specials The final episode was broadcast on 25 December 2003, In total, 64 regular episodes of Only Fools and Horses were produced, all written by John Sullivan and are now available on both Region 2 and Region 1 DVD.
Encompassing everything co*ckney (though not an actual co*ckney), Del Boy is known for his broken French phrases, which are usually completely out of context, and a variety of British and co*ckney catchphrases, including: "He who dares, wins!", "This time next year we'll be millionaires", "Cushty!", "Lovely Jubbly!", "You ...
First choice to play Del Boy was the actor Enn Reitel, but he was tied up with other work. Next to be approached was future Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent, who also turned down the role. With 'Horses' ready to roll and no Del in sight, it was all getting a little worrying.
Trigger went to school with Del, Boycie, Denzel Tulser, Roy Slater and Jumbo Mills. Due to his haircut he later gained the nickname "Trigger" as his haircut made him look like a horse.
Colin Ball, more commonly known as Trigger (born 22 April 1948), is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses and its prequel Rock & Chips. He was played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in Only Fools and Horses and Lewis Osbourne in Rock & Chips.
From 1988 onwards, Whitemead House, in Ashton in Bristol, was used. The latter tower block being just behind the home ground of Bristol City Football Club, some scenes were shot in their car park. Only Fools and Horses is available on Netflix, Britbox, Amazon Prime Video and available on DVD.
"Time on Our Hands" is an episode of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. First screened on 29 December 1996, it was the final episode of that year's Christmas trilogy and the fifteenth Christmas special overall. It attracted a television audience of 24.3 million, a record for a British sitcom.
Here's How to Watch in 2022. The get-rich-quick comedy Only Fools and Horses is finally on Netflix UK. However, if you want to see why Only Fools and Horses won Britain's Best Sitcom award, you will need a UK address.
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.
On British television, he was best known for portraying "Trigger" in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He was also known for his role in The Vicar of Dibley as Owen Newitt, and to international audiences his greatest fame was as Barty Crouch, Sr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Del Boy, Rodders and Uncle Albert had the best possible end in their 1996 Christmas specials. The Trotters won BIG when they auctioned an old timepiece, earning them millions of pounds each.And they literally walked off into the sunset together.
Three decades on from its heyday, Derek “Del Boy” Trotter's sayings – “lovely jubbly”, “you plonker” and “cushty” – are part of our everyday language. We even remember his terrible Franglais – “mange tout, mange tout, as the French say” – by which Del meant “no problem”.
Boycie. Wealthy Boycie is the local second hand car dealer. He's extremely arrogant, a scrooge and a complete snob; no surprise, therefore, that he's the but of many of the pub regulars' jokes. Despite this he is still regarded as "one of the boys", and one of Del's best mates.
In this episode the Trotter brothers Del Boy and Rodney finally become millionaires after finding a rare pocket watch. They discover that the watch in their lock-up garage is in fact a John Harrison marine chronometer – the 'Harrison Lesser Watch' - which then goes on to sell at a Sotheby's auction for £6.2m.
We distort our partners by projecting that they're behaving in certain ways or seeing us in ways that fit with an old identity we felt in our family. We feel all the painful old emotions we felt as a child. Therefore, we have a big oversized reaction, which in turn triggers our partner.
Trigger, Roy Rogers' beautiful Golden Palomino stallion, and co-star with Roy in many of his movies and Roy's TV show, was often billed as "the smartest horse in the movies".
Smiley was right, Trigger was very fast; in fact he was the fastest horse on the lot. The beautiful golden horse was very athletic and could stop on a dime and give you nine cents change.
Brooms have a gender: those used for sweeping outdoors are masculine and called 'buhara'; the ones used indoors are feminine and called 'buhari'. This and other traditional facts about brooms in Rajasthan have been preserved in a museum in Jodhpur.
A spoon in general can't be classified as sharp cutting or pointed weapon, but site and direction of injury made it a lethal weapon in this particular case. The internal damage as a result of penetrating head wounds include intra-parenchymal damage in the form of cerebral contusions & intra-cranial hematomas.
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The most watched non-Super Bowl broadcasts are the finale of M*A*S*H in 1983 (106 million viewers), Dallas's 1980 "Who Done It" episode (83.6 million), the 1993 series finale of Cheers (80.5 million), the February 23, 1994, broadcast of ladies' singles figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics (78.8 million), the 1983 ...
On this measure, the 1996 Christmas edition of Only Fools and Horses is, not including figures for repeats, the most-watched non-documentary programme of all time so far in the United Kingdom.
According to the source, the final episode of M*A*S*H, which aired on February 28, 1983, is the most watched episode of television ever, drawing in an average of over 50 million viewers.
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Derek Trotter, or Del Boy, is a loveable co*ckney rogue and wheeler dealer. He spent the 1980s and early 1990s slaving away in the Peckham badlands with his market stall creaking under the weight of dodgy gear.
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody (d.27 July, 1997) was a Pure-blood wizard, considered to be the most powerful Auror of all time. He was also a pivotal member of the Order of the Phoenix during the First and Second Wizarding Wars.
She was a member of the Parkinson family and a possible descendent of Perseus Parkinson, a former Minister for Magic. Her family is listed as one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. As Pansy was born after the directory was published, it is unknown if she was pure-blood herself.
Molly Elizabeth Weasley (née Prewett) (born 30 October, 1949) was an English pure-blood witch and matriarch of the Weasley family after marrying Arthur Weasley. She was born into the Prewett family and was sister to Fabian and Gideon Prewett, members of the original Order of the Phoenix.
Details were occasionally revealed about Marlene's prior reputation as being popular with the local men; there was a consistent undercurrent of an affair between her and Del. She did finally have a son called Tyler.
First choice to play Del Boy was the actor Enn Reitel, but he was tied up with other work. Next to be approached was future Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent, who also turned down the role.
While at a Monaco resort, Rodney feels guilty about not taking Uncle Albert with them, but Del reminds him that he is happily co-habiting with Elsie Partridge in Weston-super-Mare. Later, Del learns that the Central American stock market has crashed, meaning the Trotters have lost all of their money.
"Time on Our Hands" is an episode of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. First screened on 29 December 1996, it was the final episode of that year's Christmas trilogy and the fifteenth Christmas special overall. It attracted a television audience of 24.3 million, a record for a British sitcom.
The Trotters finally become millionaires, for 5 years at least. "Time on Our Hands" was the third and final part of the 1996 Christmas trilogy of Only Fools And Horses, airing on the 27th December 1996 with a viewing figure of 24.3 million, and was meant to be the last ever episode of the show.
David Jason (Derek "Del" Trotter) and Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney Trotter) are the only actors to appear in all 65 episodes. David Jason described the end of the show as "very emotional and difficult to compute. We all knew this wasn't the kind of experience that comes twice in your life.
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On this measure, the 1996 Christmas edition of Only Fools and Horses is, not including figures for repeats, the most-watched non-documentary programme of all time so far in the United Kingdom.
The series finale of M*A*S*H was the most-watched American TV broadcast in history until the 2010 Superbowl, with its final episode “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen” attracting a staggering 105 million viewers, almost half the entire U.S. population at the time.
Speaking to Radio Times, Adrian revealed that his most iconic Ted lines, including “Mother of God” and “wee donkey”, were completely improvised, and it's all down to his Northern Irish heritage. He explained: “All the 'Mother of God' stuff is completely from my father.
Yes, though in an important sense, no. The show's creator, Jed Mercurio, was partly inspired by the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes by anti-terrorist police when he wrote season one.
In this episode the Trotter brothers Del Boy and Rodney finally become millionaires after finding a rare pocket watch. They discover that the watch in their lock-up garage is in fact a John Harrison marine chronometer – the 'Harrison Lesser Watch' - which then goes on to sell at a Sotheby's auction for £6.2m.
The plot concerns the discovery and subsequent sale at auction of Harrison's Lesser Watch H6. The fictional watch was auctioned off at Sotheby's for £6.2 million.
In 1996, Del Boy and Rodney, the Trotter Brothers, finally realised their dream of becoming millionaires when they found a Harrison watch, auctioned it, and got £6,200,000.
Marlene Boyce (née Lane) was a character in Only Fools And Horses and the wife of "Boycie" aka Herman Aubrey Boyce. She was initially just an unseen character, occasionally mentioned by her husband.
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