The BBC's "Only Fools and Horses" is the most popular British comedy of all time.
It ran from 1981 to 2003 and consistently had high ratings. A 1996 episode, "Time On Our Hands", attracted an incredible 25 million viewers, a British record for any sitcom.
The show was set in the London suburb of Peckham and was about an ambitious market trader named Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and his Dopey younger brother Rodney.
Del's two mottos were "Who Dares Wins" and "This time next year we'll be millionaires." In 1996 they eventually did become millionaires.
Now an Only Fools and Horses spin-off show is being filmed. Named "Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips" the new show is a prequel and is set in 1960. The characters from Only Fools are in the show, but they are much younger, including a young Del Boy. Del Boy's friends from Only Fools are in the new show, including a younger Denzil and Trigger.
Rodney and Del's mother Joan is in the new show (she was dead in Only Fools and Horses), the boys' grandfather (played by Lennard Pearce in Only Fools, who died in 1984).
Del Boy's father Reg, who appeared in one episode of Only Fools, appears in the new show and, of course, he too is several years younger.
The only actor from Only Fools in the new show is Nicholas Lyndhurst, who played Rodney. In the new show he plays Rodney's father Freddie "The Frog" Robdal (Del and Rodney were half-brothers), a "gentlemen thief" who gets out of jail and get's Del's mother pregnant.
Young Del Boy Trotter and old hand 'Rodney' make their first appearance on set of new Only Fools And Horses special
By Donna Mcconnell and Jo Clements
08th October 2009
Daily Mail
The trademark flat cap and cigar are yet to make an entrance.
But as James Buckley made his first appearance as a young Del Boy Trotter, he seems to have got the wide boy's cheeky swagger down to a tee.
Dressed in jeans, leather jacket, and with a slicked-back ducktail haircut, the 22-year-old actor has been filming the first scenes for the Only Fools And Horses prequel.
And alongside him was old hand Nicholas Lyndhurst, 48, returning to play - not his infamous character Rodney Trotter - but bounder Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal who turns out to be his real father.
Lovely jubbly: Del Boy rises again as actor James Buckley steps into his black winkle-pickers to play the wheeler dealer as a youngster in a new prequel
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Back for more: Nicholas Lyndhurst returns but not as Rodney Trotter. He stars as Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal, a bounder who could be Rodney Trotter's real father
Old faces: The original cheeky chappie Del Boy (Sir David Jason) and Nicholas Lyndhurst as his orginal character Rodney Trotter
Ex-EastEnder Phil Daniels plays Grandad Ted Trotter in the one-off 90-minute show which is set to be aired next year.
With almost 30 years of comedy history behind the show, Buckley, 22, has big shoes - namely black winkle-pickers - to fill.
The young actor, who rose to fame in Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners, has landed the lead role of wheeler dealer Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter - made famous in the 1980s by actor Sir David Jason.
With his notorious ‘lovely jubbly’ catchphrase, terrible French language skills and penchant for extravagant cocktails, Del Boy became a household name.
Lookalike: Former EastEnders actor Phil Daniels takes over actor Lennard Pearce's role as Grandad Ted Trotter
In the highly anticipated prequel - which has the working title Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips - fans of the BBC show will be eager to see how the notorious market trader grew up.
The prequel revolves around Del Boy's mother Joan, and her struggles to make ends meet.
A show insider said: 'Joan is desperate for some glamour and excitement in her life because she is not getting much with [husband] Reg.'
Lyndhurst returns to the show but not as Rodney, the character that made him a household name.
The boys are back in town: A young Denzil (Ashley Gerlach, left), Del Boy (James Buckley) and Trigger (Lewis Osborne, right) stroll about on the retro Peckham set
Legends: Paul Barber (left), Sir David Jason, and Roger Lloyd-Pack, who played the original Denzil, Del Boy and Trigger in the hit BBC show
The 48-year-old actor plays dodgy art connoisseur Freddie ‘The Frog’ Robdal - who arrives on the scene after a ten-year stretch in prison.
Robdal was revealed in the 2003 Christmas special to be Rodney’s biological dad.
He soon doffs his cap at bored Joan - which results in her getting pregnant with son Rodney.
Bad Girls actress Kellie Bright plays Mrs Trotter, who has been described as Peckham's answer to Brigitte Bardot, and Soldier Soldier star Shaun Dingwall plays Reg.
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Blousy broad: Actress Kellie Bright plays the boys' mother Joan who has an affair with Freddie Robdal (Lyndhurst), while Shaun Dingwall is their workshy father Reg
Swinging sixties: Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips was written by Only Fools And Horses creator John Sullivan
Watering hole: The famous Nags Head
Rodney is never actually seen in the show as the prequel is set in 1960 - the year the character was born.
But Del Boy is joined by 16-year-old school leaver pals Trigger (Lewis Osborne), Boycie (Stephen Lloyd) and Denzil (Ashley Gerlach).
As the cast filmed the first scenes, a teenage Del Boy is already up to his old tricks.
The youngster appeared to be selling goods from the back of a green van - possibly the predecessor to his trusty yellow Reliant Robin.
‘It looks like Del Boy has already started his wheeling and dealing ways,’ one onlooker said.
‘Even his parents appeared to be helping him out with sales.’
Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips was written by Only Fools And Horses creator John Sullivan.
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Back in time: The faithfully recreated south London setting for the prequel
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Thirsty work: Inbetweeners star Buckley takes a break as an extra films a scene with his onscreen father
Extras dressed the part on the 1960 set and vintage cars and toys were brought in for an authentic touch
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It ran from 1981 to 2003 and consistently had high ratings. A 1996 episode, "Time On Our Hands", attracted an incredible 25 million viewers, a British record for any sitcom.
The show was set in the London suburb of Peckham and was about an ambitious market trader named Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and his Dopey younger brother Rodney.
Del's two mottos were "Who Dares Wins" and "This time next year we'll be millionaires." In 1996 they eventually did become millionaires.
Now an Only Fools and Horses spin-off show is being filmed. Named "Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips" the new show is a prequel and is set in 1960. The characters from Only Fools are in the show, but they are much younger, including a young Del Boy. Del Boy's friends from Only Fools are in the new show, including a younger Denzil and Trigger.
Rodney and Del's mother Joan is in the new show (she was dead in Only Fools and Horses), the boys' grandfather (played by Lennard Pearce in Only Fools, who died in 1984).
Del Boy's father Reg, who appeared in one episode of Only Fools, appears in the new show and, of course, he too is several years younger.
The only actor from Only Fools in the new show is Nicholas Lyndhurst, who played Rodney. In the new show he plays Rodney's father Freddie "The Frog" Robdal (Del and Rodney were half-brothers), a "gentlemen thief" who gets out of jail and get's Del's mother pregnant.
Young Del Boy Trotter and old hand 'Rodney' make their first appearance on set of new Only Fools And Horses special
By Donna Mcconnell and Jo Clements
08th October 2009
Daily Mail
The trademark flat cap and cigar are yet to make an entrance.
But as James Buckley made his first appearance as a young Del Boy Trotter, he seems to have got the wide boy's cheeky swagger down to a tee.
Dressed in jeans, leather jacket, and with a slicked-back ducktail haircut, the 22-year-old actor has been filming the first scenes for the Only Fools And Horses prequel.
And alongside him was old hand Nicholas Lyndhurst, 48, returning to play - not his infamous character Rodney Trotter - but bounder Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal who turns out to be his real father.
Lovely jubbly: Del Boy rises again as actor James Buckley steps into his black winkle-pickers to play the wheeler dealer as a youngster in a new prequel
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Back for more: Nicholas Lyndhurst returns but not as Rodney Trotter. He stars as Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal, a bounder who could be Rodney Trotter's real father
Old faces: The original cheeky chappie Del Boy (Sir David Jason) and Nicholas Lyndhurst as his orginal character Rodney Trotter
Ex-EastEnder Phil Daniels plays Grandad Ted Trotter in the one-off 90-minute show which is set to be aired next year.
With almost 30 years of comedy history behind the show, Buckley, 22, has big shoes - namely black winkle-pickers - to fill.
The young actor, who rose to fame in Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners, has landed the lead role of wheeler dealer Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter - made famous in the 1980s by actor Sir David Jason.
With his notorious ‘lovely jubbly’ catchphrase, terrible French language skills and penchant for extravagant cocktails, Del Boy became a household name.
Lookalike: Former EastEnders actor Phil Daniels takes over actor Lennard Pearce's role as Grandad Ted Trotter
In the highly anticipated prequel - which has the working title Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips - fans of the BBC show will be eager to see how the notorious market trader grew up.
The prequel revolves around Del Boy's mother Joan, and her struggles to make ends meet.
A show insider said: 'Joan is desperate for some glamour and excitement in her life because she is not getting much with [husband] Reg.'
Lyndhurst returns to the show but not as Rodney, the character that made him a household name.
The boys are back in town: A young Denzil (Ashley Gerlach, left), Del Boy (James Buckley) and Trigger (Lewis Osborne, right) stroll about on the retro Peckham set
Legends: Paul Barber (left), Sir David Jason, and Roger Lloyd-Pack, who played the original Denzil, Del Boy and Trigger in the hit BBC show
The 48-year-old actor plays dodgy art connoisseur Freddie ‘The Frog’ Robdal - who arrives on the scene after a ten-year stretch in prison.
Robdal was revealed in the 2003 Christmas special to be Rodney’s biological dad.
He soon doffs his cap at bored Joan - which results in her getting pregnant with son Rodney.
Bad Girls actress Kellie Bright plays Mrs Trotter, who has been described as Peckham's answer to Brigitte Bardot, and Soldier Soldier star Shaun Dingwall plays Reg.
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Blousy broad: Actress Kellie Bright plays the boys' mother Joan who has an affair with Freddie Robdal (Lyndhurst), while Shaun Dingwall is their workshy father Reg
Swinging sixties: Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips was written by Only Fools And Horses creator John Sullivan
Watering hole: The famous Nags Head
Rodney is never actually seen in the show as the prequel is set in 1960 - the year the character was born.
But Del Boy is joined by 16-year-old school leaver pals Trigger (Lewis Osborne), Boycie (Stephen Lloyd) and Denzil (Ashley Gerlach).
As the cast filmed the first scenes, a teenage Del Boy is already up to his old tricks.
The youngster appeared to be selling goods from the back of a green van - possibly the predecessor to his trusty yellow Reliant Robin.
‘It looks like Del Boy has already started his wheeling and dealing ways,’ one onlooker said.
‘Even his parents appeared to be helping him out with sales.’
Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips was written by Only Fools And Horses creator John Sullivan.
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Back in time: The faithfully recreated south London setting for the prequel
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Thirsty work: Inbetweeners star Buckley takes a break as an extra films a scene with his onscreen father
Extras dressed the part on the 1960 set and vintage cars and toys were brought in for an authentic touch
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