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“Before we did the shot Ray Butt took me to one side and threatened me with the sack if I ruined it by laughing.



", He continued: "East-Enders [who talked like Derek Hockley] were always in rough clothes and flat hats.

It’s the one where the Trotters get stuck in the lift in the 1996 Christmas special. the recent screening of a never-before-seen 1984 episode called 'Licensed to Drill', Only Fools and Horses star is reviving Del Boy, Del Boy's BACK in new Only Fools and Horses documentary, David Jason queries US 'Fools and Horses'. https://www.youtube.com/c/BritBoxGet instant access to BritBox here: https://t.co/twQVv5eOG5 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritBox_US Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritBoxUS/ Watch unmissable BBC and ITV shows, any time. Designer Eric Walmsley recalls, ‘Our polystyrene sculptor knocked the grave up just in time for us to erect it in Highgate Cemetery. John recounted his father’s story to David Jason and the sitcom’s director, Ray Butt.

Owing to the chandelier scene, it is one of the show's best known episodes. It was the first episode of the show to attract over 10 million viewers. ‘It’s so exciting when two actors get to change an atmosphere like that.’, Sue Holderness, who played Boycie’s wife Marlene, was also there. He was dressed absolutely immaculately. This guy came out to meet us. ‘We were a group of OK actors that were made...’ He struggles to find the words.

Here is his oversized mobile phone. ‘There wasn’t a dry eye in the studio that night.

‘I went to join a rep theatre and they said, “You won’t be a leading man because the leading lady is taller than you, but you could be our comedy man.”. Nicholas had his 21st birthday there, and I took my wife Sharon and our two kids with me. Nicholas recalls that he and David rehearsed it only twice, at the behest of the director – unusual since most scenes were rehearsed until they were perfect. ‘I always remember talking about Cheapskate Productions, the BBC, because the trouble with comedy is that it’s the poor relation, yet it’s their biggest audience nine times out of ten.’. Nicholas Lyndhurst recalls the pressure he was under to get the scene right first time. 80% of hospitalised patients are deficient in the sunshine nutrient, study finds, New Yorkers are told NOT to travel over Thanksgiving as Mayor de Blasio calls on the government to mandate negative tests before boarding planes, 'I drive better drunk': Driver swigs beer and brags on Facebook Live - moments before smashing into a pickup truck and killing three people including his girlfriend. SMASHING: Del and Rodney in one of the sitcom’s most famous scenes in 1982, where they drop an expensive chandelier. Perhaps it’s the one where the hapless Trotter brothers finally become millionaires after Del Boy auctions an antique watch. "We went around all through London, the West End, the East End, to knock at all the builders' doors and see if they could give us some work.
Published: 18:12 EDT, 25 August 2017 | Updated: 18:53 EDT, 25 August 2017. It was based on a true story that John Sullivan’s father, who’d worked on building sites, told him. The funny situation morphs into pure tragedy as a poignant conversation follows, and for Rodney, tears flow. The corridors of Television Centre were filled with giant photos of the Corporation’s biggest stars in character, but there was no sign of two brothers from Peckham.

In December 2006, the scene came second in a UKTV Gold poll to find the Top 40 Only Fools Moments, second only to Del Boy falling through an open bar flap in the episode "Yuppy Love". The auction house seen at the beginning of the episode is the village hall of Sutton Waldron, Dorset. Still be a Londoner? People were coughing and crying with laughter. To refresh your memory, Rodney and his wife Cassandra have just suffered a miscarriage. 710067), Privacy & Cookies Policy | Terms & Conditions | Competition Terms & Conditions | Complaints | Your Ad Choices. There’s even one ‘lost’ episode, which has never been seen on TV before: Licensed To Drill, which was filmed in 1984 and made to be shown in schools. Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? Or the one where Del falls through the bar? But David Jason – forever Del Boy in the nation’s hearts – can’t hide his bitterness when he relates the story of going for a meeting at the BBC with the show’s creator John Sullivan, only to find very little lauding going on. He had been thinking about putting the end credits over the film of David and I looking at each other after the chandelier had crashed and that needed to be 30 seconds. Here was Derek Hockley looking like a lord, and he talked like a costermonger!". One person was biting their script so as not to laugh. O Fura-Vidas, which translates as ‘Living Outside The Law’. After the chandelier crashed to the ground, we had to keep a straight face but all we could see in our peripheral vision was the crew jiggling about with laughter. ‘A manor house was having central heating installed,’ John recalled, ‘so for safety’s sake the owners’ two expensive chandeliers needed to be removed.

It attracted an audience and then series three and four took off. ‘Literally half the country was going to be watching it. So, Nick and I were up a ladder ready to catch the chandelier trying to keep a straight face. "We knocked at one door down at the East End… We were shown into this office to meet this Derek Hockley. But The Story Of Only Fools And Horses, a six-part extravaganza, charts how the most popular British sitcom of all time nearly came a cropper. As the cast gather, the memories soon flood back.

‘Being a very clever director, he realised that the more it was rehearsed, the more of the rawness and emotion would be rehearsed out of it.’, The result was an utter weepie – astonishing to find in a so-called comedy sitcom. Many of the original pieces have been tracked down for this retrospective so David Jason sits in the exact same chair that Del Boy did. At one point he accuses executives of treating programmes like commodities. There’s the lion biscuit jar he used to keep his cigars in. BIG SPLASH: Rodney ends up in a pond in a 1985 episode in which he and Del try to catch an exotic butterfly for a big reward. Everyone has a favourite Only Fools And Horses sketch. And the Portuguese one? OK, you’re watching a sitcom, yes you are, but we’re going to be talking about some heavy stuff.’, MASTERPIECE: Craftsmen add the finishing touches to Del and Rodney’s mum’s huge grave for a scene in 1985. He scared me because although the chandelier was fake, it was a very elaborate and expensive fake, which I think cost £6,000 and we only had one. David Jason: My Life On Screen starts today at 6pm on Gold; The Story Of Only Fools And Horses starts on Tuesday at 8pm on Gold. It's certainly has been an eventful few months for Only Fools and Horses, following the recent screening of a never-before-seen 1984 episode called 'Licensed to Drill'. ‘It never entered anyone’s mind.’ Did he ever get the message from the BBC that he was highly valued, part of something special? Only Fools famously only became a ratings success by fluke – a strike at the BBC in 1983 led to it being repeated. Now the bosses would all be claiming it was their idea – and if it was a failure, they’d be saying, “Of course, I was against it from the start.” But then we were very much left to our own devices.’, Nor was the money as good as everyone it assumes it must have been, he points out. Digital Spy participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Only Fools and Horses.... is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan.Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003. Del (David Jason), Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Grandad (Lennard Pearce) are travelling in their three-wheeled van back from an auction in the country, when they stop to help a woman whose car has broken down.
As Del Boy would say, we desperately need the room in the suitcase. The normal stuff of comedy? The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.

But The Story Of Only Fools And Horses, a six-part extravaganza, charts how the most popular British sitcom of all time nearly came a cropper.

The scene when they accidentally smash one of the chandeliers came second in a Gold poll to find the best Only Fools and Horses moment. Nicholas Lyndhurst describes how he and David were summoned to a meeting at Television Centre fully expecting to be fired – only to discover that at least some people in power at the BBC were very much behind them. So, that's how it went.". It's true! I was thinking, “Where are the Trotters?”,’ he recalls. John Sullivan's father was the inspiration for the smashed chandelier storyline. When John heard this he roared with laughter, but his father didn’t see the funny side as he and his six colleagues lost their jobs at the time of the depression. ‘You could hear a pin drop in the studio.

During a trip to Dorset (although in the show Del Boy says he bought the figurines in Yeovil) to buy a consignment of musical china cats which play the song "How much is that doggie in the window? Memorabilia from the show still changes hands at astonishing prices.

Penned by the late, great John Sullivan, Only Fools and Horses charted the fortunes and misfortunes of two entrepreneurial London brothers – Del and Rodney Trotter. Not quite. David Jason (pictured left) as Del Boy and Nicholas Lyndhurst (pictured right) as Rodney in a 2014 special. ‘The short answer is no. They tow her home and are grudgingly invited in by the snobbish Lord Ridgemere. [5], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Touch_of_Glass&oldid=931012268, Only Fools and Horses (series 2) episodes, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 December 2019, at 11:13. The somewhat snobbish sentiment was, he says, ‘Who are these terrible people? Do we have to have this show?’. We had to get it right first time. Trivia abounds, such as what was in Del Boy’s cocktails?

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