List of Only Fools and Horses episodes

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The following is an episode list for the BBC television situation comedy Only Fools and Horses. The show was first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 8 September 1981.^[1] It ran for seven series (1981–83, 1985–86, 1989, 1990/91) and nineteen Christmas specials (1981–83, 1985–93, 1996, 2001–03)^[2]^[3] until 25 December 2003, when the final episode was broadcast.^[4] In total, 64 regular episodes of Only Fools and Horses, all written by John Sullivan, were produced. All are available on Region 2 DVD, but thus far only the series are available on Region 1.

Additionally, six special editions of the show were made. Of these, two ("Licensed to Drill" and "The Robin Flies at Dawn") have never been broadcast commercially^[5]^[6] and some have only recently been rediscovered.^[5]^[7]^[6] The above six episodes are very rare and have never been released on DVD.

The list is ordered by the episodes' original air dates.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

1 Summary
2 Series One
3 Christmas special 1981
4 Series Two
5 Christmas special 1982
6 Series Three
7 Christmas special 1983
8 Series Four
9 Christmas special 1985
10 Series Five
11 Christmas specials 1986-88
12 Series Six
13 Christmas specials 1989-90
14 Series Seven
15 Christmas specials 1991-2003
16 Miscellaneous
17 Notes
18 References

[edit] Summary

Series		Episodes	Originally aired	DVD Release
Series		Episodes	Originally aired	Region 1	Region 2	Cover Art
	1	6	1981	7 October 2003	20 November 2000
	2	7	1982	7 October 2003	2 April 2001
	3	7	1983	7 October 2003	4 June 2001
	4	7	1985	12 October 2004	1 October 2001
	5	6	1986	12 October 2004	30 September 2002
	6	6	1989	11 October 2005	22 September 2003
	7	6	1990—1991	10 October 2006	6 September 2004

[edit] Series One

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
"Big Brother"	Ray Butt	Martin Shardlow	8 September 1981	9.2 million	30 minutes	01
Despite joining the company, Rodney wants his independence so he leaves home.
"Go West Young Man"	Ray Butt	Martin Shardlow	15 September 1981	6.1 million	30 minutes	02
Del sells a car with no brakes to an Australian
"Cash and Curry"	Ray Butt	Martin Shardlow	22 September 1981	7.3 million	30 minutes	03
Del seeks to profit from a dispute over an ornament
"The Second Time Around"	Ray Butt	Martin Shardlow	29 September 1981	7.8 million	30 minutes	04
An old fiancee of Del's returns
"A Slow Bus To Chingford"	Ray Butt	Martin Shardlow	6 October 1981	7 million	30 minutes	05
The brothers set up "Trotters' Ethnic Tours"
"The Russians Are Coming"	Ray Butt	Martin Shardlow	13 October 1981	8.8 million	30 minutes	06
Anticipating World War III, the Trotters build a nuclear fallout shelter

[edit] Christmas special 1981

Screenshot	Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
	"Christmas Crackers"	Ray Butt	Bernard Thompson	28 December 1981	7.5 million	35 minutes	07
	Del and Rodney attempt to meet some girls

[edit] Series Two

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
"The Long Legs of the Law"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	21 October 1982	7.7 million	30 minutes	08
Rodney dates a policewoman
"Ashes to Ashes"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	28 October 1982	9.8 million	30 minutes	09
The Trotters try to dispose of Trigger's grandad's ashes
"A Losing Streak"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	4 November 1982	7.5 million	30 minutes	10
Del plays poker with Boycie
"No Greater Love"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	11 November 1982	8.6 million	30 minutes	11
Rodney dates an older woman
"The Yellow Peril"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	18 November 1982	8.2 million	30 minutes	12
The Trotters decorate a Chinese restaurant with luminous paint
"It Never Rains..."	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	25 November 1982	9.5 million	30 minutes	13
The Trotters go on holiday to Benidorm
"A Touch of Glass"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	2 December 1982	10.2 million	30 minutes	14
The Trotters attempt to clean a priceless chandelier

[edit] Christmas special 1982

Screenshot	Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
	"Diamonds Are for Heather"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	30 December 1982	9.3 million	30 minutes	15
	Del dates a woman with a son

[edit] Series Three

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
"Homesick"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	10 November 1983	9.4 million	30 minutes	16
Grandad is bedridden
"Healthy Competition"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	17 November 1983	9.7 million	30 minutes	17
Rodney goes into business with Mickey Pearce
"Friday the 14th"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	24 November 1983	9.7 million	30 minutes	18
Whilst on a fishing trip in Cornwall, the Trotters encounter an escaped axe murderer
"Yesterday Never Comes"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	1 December 1983	10.6 million	30 minutes	19
Del dates a posh antiques dealer
"May The Force Be With You"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	8 December 1983	10.7 million	30 minutes	20
DCI Roy Slater returns and arrests the Trotters for stealing a microwave
"Wanted"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	15 December 1983	11.2 million	30 minutes	21
Rodney is accused of rape and dubbed the "Peckham Pouncer", forcing him to go on the run
"Who's a Pretty Boy?"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	22 December 1983	11.9 million	30 minutes	22
Del agrees to decorate Denzil's flat

[edit] Christmas special 1983

Screenshot	Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
	"Thicker than Water"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	25 December 1983	10.8 million	30 minutes	23
	Del and Rodney's estranged father returns and calls into question Del's paternity

[edit] Series Four

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
"Happy Returns"	Ray Butt	Susan Belbin	21 February 1985	15.2 million	30 minutes	24
Del thinks he has a daughter
"Strained Relations"	Ray Butt	Susan Belbin	28 February 1985	14.9 million	30 minutes	25
Grandad's funeral; Uncle Albert joins the cast
"Hole in One"	Ray Butt	Susan Belbin	7 March 1985	13.4 million	30 minutes	26
Uncle Albert falls down the Nag's Head cellar to claim compensation
"It's Only Rock and Roll"	Ray Butt	Susan Belbin	14 March 1985	13.6 million	30 minutes	27
Rodney joins an aspiring rock band
"Sleeping Dogs Lie"	Ray Butt	Susan Belbin	21 March 1985	18.7 million	30 minutes	28
Del and Rodney "babysit" Marlene's Great Dane
"Watching the Girls Go By"	Ray Butt	Susan Belbin	28 March 1985	14.4 million	30 minutes	29
Rodney wagers that he can get a date
"As One Door Closes"	Ray Butt	Susan Belbin	4 April 1985	14.2 million	30 minutes	30
Del and Rodney attempt to catch a rare butterfly

[edit] Christmas special 1985

Screenshot	Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
	"To Hull and Back"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	25 December 1985	16.9 million	90 minutes	31
	The Trotters travel to Amsterdam to smuggle diamonds

[edit] Series Five

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
"From Prussia With Love"	Ray Butt	Mandie Fletcher	31 August 1986	12.1 million	30 minutes	32
The Trotters take in a pregnant German girl
"The Miracle of Peckham"	Ray Butt	Mandie Fletcher	7 September 1986	14.2 million	30 minutes	33
Del witnesses a miracle at the local church
"The Longest Night"	Ray Butt	Mandie Fletcher	14 September 1986	16.7 million	30 minutes	34
The Trotters are held hostage at a supermarket
"Tea for Three"	Ray Butt	Mandie Fletcher	21 September 1986	16.5 million	30 minutes	35
Del goes hang gliding to impress Trigger's niece
"Video Nasty"	Ray Butt	Mandie Fletcher	28 September 1986	17.5 million	30 minutes	36
Rodney gets a council grant to make a film
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"	Ray Butt	Mandie Fletcher	5 October 1986	17.5 million	30 minutes	37
Del is invited to set up business with an old friend in Australia

[edit] Christmas specials 1986-88

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
"A Royal Flush"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	25 December 1986	18.8 million	80 minutes	38
Rodney dates the daughter of a Duke
"The Frog's Legacy"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	25 December 1987	14.3 million	60 minutes	39
The Trotters learn of a hidden gold legacy
"Dates"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	25 December 1988	16.6 million	80 minutes	40
Del meets Raquel through a dating agency

[edit] Series Six

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
"Yuppy Love"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	8 January 1989	13.9 million	50 minutes	41
Del becomes a yuppy; Rodney meets Cassandra
"Danger UXD"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	15 January 1989	16.1 million	50 minutes	42
The Trotters acquire some sex dolls filled with an explosive gas
"Chain Gang"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	22 January 1989	16.3 million	50 minutes	43
The gang buy some gold chains from a retired jeweller
"The Unlucky Winner Is..."	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	29 January 1989	17 million	50 minutes	44
Rodney wins a holiday to Spain
"Sickness and Wealth"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	5 February 1989	18.2 million	50 minutes	45
Del spends time in hospital
"Little Problems"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	12 February 1989	18.9 million	50 minutes	46
Rodney and Cassandra get married

[edit] Christmas specials 1989-90

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
"The Jolly Boys' Outing"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	25 December 1989	20.1 million	85 minutes	47
The Nag's Head regulars go on a day trip to Margate; Del meets Raquel again
"Rodney Come Home"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	25 December 1990	18 million	75 minutes	48
Rodney leaves Cassandra

[edit] Series Seven

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
"The Sky's the Limit"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	30 December 1990	15 million	50 minutes	49
Del purchases a satellite dish stolen from Gatwick Airport
"The Chance of a Lunchtime"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	6 January 1991	16.6 million	50 minutes	50
Raquel announces she is pregnant; Rodney quits working for Cassandra's father
"Stage Fright"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	13 January 1991	16.6 million	50 minutes	51
Del hires a singer with a speech impediment to perform for a birthday party
"The Class of '62"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	20 January 1991	16.2 million	50 minutes	52
Roy Slater returns for a school reunion
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	27 January 1991	17.2 million	50 minutes	53
Uncle Albert gets "mugged"
"Three Men, a Woman and a Baby"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	3 February 1991	18.9 million	50 minutes	54
Raquel gives birth to Damien

[edit] Christmas specials 1991-2003

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time	#
"Miami Twice (part one)"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	24 December 1991	17.7 million	50 minutes	55
Damien's christening; Del sells "pre-blessed" communion wine
"Miami Twice (part two)"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	25 December 1991	14.9 million	95 minutes	56
Del and Rodney go to Miami, where Del is mistaken for a local Mafia boss
"Mother Nature's Son"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	25 December 1992	20.1 million	65 minutes	57
Del sells tap water as "Peckham Spring"
"Fatal Extraction"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	25 December 1993	19.6 million	85 minutes	58
Raquel leaves Del temporarily; Del is stalked by a jilted woman
"Heroes and Villains"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	25 December 1996	21.3 million	60 minutes	59
The brothers attend a fancy dress party; Raquel meets her parents again
"Modern Men"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	27 December 1996	21.3 million	60 minutes	60
Del tries to change his image; Cassandra miscarries
"Time On Our Hands"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	29 December 1996	24.3 million	60 minutes	61
Raquel's parents visit; the Trotters become millionaires
"If They Could See Us Now"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	25 December 2001	20.3 million	71 minutes	62
Uncle Albert dies; The Trotters lose their fortune
"Strangers on the Shore"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	25 December 2002	16.3 million	75 minutes	63
Del and Rodney go on a booze cruise to France to honour the memory of Uncle Albert
"Sleepless in Peckham"	Gareth Gwenlan	Tony Dow	25 December 2003	15.5 million	75 minutes	64
Rodney and Cassandra have a baby; Rodney discovers the truth about his father

[edit] Miscellaneous

Original Title	Producer	Director	Original airdate	Original TV Audience	Running Time
"Christmas Trees"	Ray Butt	Ray Butt	27 December 1982	7.2 million	8 minutes
Mini-episode produced for the 1982 Christmas show, The Funny Side of Christmas, presented by Frank Muir, which also featured mini-episodes of Yes Minister, Last of the Summer Wine and Open All Hours. It sees Del trying to sell Christmas trees
"Licensed to Drill"	Malcolm Taylor	Malcolm Taylor	N/A	N/A	20 minutes
Educational episode made in 1984 and only shown in schools. Del, Rodney, and Grandad discuss oil drilling
"White Mice"			24 December 1985	N/A	5 minutes
In a spoof documentary, Del is investigated by a BBC consumer expert. Shown on BBC Breakfast Time in 1985.
"Royal Variety Show"			27 November 1988	N/A	10 minutes
Whilst delivering some dodgy goods, Del, Rodney and Uncle Albert inadvertently walk in to the Royal Variety Show
"The Robin Flies at Dawn"	Gareth Gwenlan		N/A	N/A	15 minutes
Del, Rodney and Uncle Albert deliver a goodwill message to British troops serving in the 1990-91 Gulf War
"Comic Relief special"			14 March 1997	10.6 million	10 minutes
An appeal for donations for Comic Relief

[edit] Notes

^ Big Brother. BBC. Retrieved on 7 January 2007.
^ Clark (1998), pp. 146-158
^ Webber (2003), p. 5
^ Sleepless in Peckham. BBC. Retrieved on 7 January 2007.
^ ^a ^b Licensed to Drill. ofah.net. Retrieved on 7 January 2007.
^ ^a ^b Robin Flies At Dawn. ofah.net. Retrieved on 7 January 2007.
^ White Mice. ofah.net. Retrieved on 8 January 2007.

[edit] References

Clark, Steve (1998). The Only Fools and Horses Story. BBC Books. ISBN 0-563-38445-X.
Webber, Richard (2003). The Complete A-Z of Only Fools and Horses. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-6025-9.

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[edit] Summary

[edit] Series One

[edit] Christmas special 1981

[edit] Series Two

[edit] Christmas special 1982

[edit] Series Three

[edit] Christmas special 1983

[edit] Series Four

[edit] Christmas special 1985

[edit] Series Five

[edit] Christmas specials 1986-88

[edit] Series Six

[edit] Christmas specials 1989-90

[edit] Series Seven

[edit] Christmas specials 1991-2003

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

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