What is the age difference between Del and Rodney?
In the same episode Del Boy states that there is a thirteen-year age gap between himself and Rodney. "You couldn't be like any other little brother could you eh, and come along a couple of years later after me.
This leaves the teenage Del as the family's sole provider, looking after his grandfather and Rodney, his half-brother who was born around thirteen years after him (the age gap is stated as thirteen years in one episode, but Rodney's year of birth is anywhere between 1958 and 1963 according to different episodes).
Only Fools & Horses (1981) In 1981, Del was 36 and still a bachelor but young enough to have ambitions.
Sir David Jason has set his sights on playing his iconic Only Fools and Horses character, Del Boy, one more time. The veteran actor last starred as Del Boy in 2003, but the 81-year-old still feels he has unfinished business with the wheeler-dealer and fancies a final turn as the infamous Derek Trotter.
Actor Paul Whitehouse is to reprise the role of Grandad in Only Fools and Horses the Musical early next year. Whitehouse will replace Les Dennis, who is in the role until January 7, at London's Theatre Royal Haymarket from January 9, 2023 with the show also extending its run until April 29.
Rodney is 23 at the start of the series, which makes Del 36 years old, or according to a line in "Go West Young Man", approaching that age.
The cheque prop is from one of the final episodes of the series, the 1996 Christmas special titled Time On Our Hands. In this episode the Trotter brothers Del Boy and Rodney finally become millionaires after finding a rare pocket watch.
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.
After a year of marriage, Cassandra and Rodney split up in The Jolly Boys Outing (the 1989 Christmas special), when he punched her boss in a fit of misplaced jealousy, breaking his nose.
Raquel Turner was a character in Only Fools And Horses who first appeared in Dates. She is the common law wife of Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and mother to Damien Trotter.
Are Del Boy and Rodney half brothers?
Rodney Charlton Trotter was a character in Only Fools And Horses from 1981 to 2003 and again in 2014. He was the younger half brother of Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and son of Joan Mavis Trotter and Freddie "The Frog" Robdal, due to Joan having an extra marital relationship with Freddie in February 1960.
1957) is a fictional character from the BBC television sit-com Only Fools and Horses, in which she was Del Boy's longtime girlfriend.
Noun. Del Boy (plural Del Boys) (UK) a male confidence trickster.
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.
apres moi la deluge - French meaning, "when I'm dead, all others may die too". argent comptant - French from Cannes meaning, "brill". au revoir - French for "hello". au fait - Del likes using this but pronounces it "oh fate".
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Ted is owned by the show's Executive Producer, Lisa Clark.
In 1960, Del, Albie and their mates left school early. Del and Albie used to hang out with June Snell and Deirdre. They were dubbed the famous 4. But Albie was betraying his best friend Del when, in April 1965, he slept with June and got her pregnant.
I think you misunderstand what a nickname is, it has nothing to do with their real name, Derek is normally shortened to Del, like Del.
How old is Rodney Only Fools?
In Mother Nature's Son Rodney says he is 31 years old.
"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.
As for Del Boy himself, David Jason was paid £100,000 per episode - or £169,000 in today's money. Nicholas Lyndhurst, who played brother Rodney, was believed to have earned a similar amount per episode as his star power had increased significantly since its debut in 1981.
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.
Joan died on the 12th March 1964 at St Mary's Hospice after a long illness. She was 38 years old. Del Boy was 18 and Rodney was just 3. Joan was buried in [Cemetery|Peckham Cemetery] and a few months after her death, Del ordered a huge fibreglass monument.
In 1996 the BBC and writer John Sullivan, who died in 2011 aged 64, made it clear that the trilogy - which saw the Trotters finally achieve their goal and become rich would be the finale.
Damien is the only child of Del and Raquel and nephew of Rodney Trotter. A recurring theme in the show was Rodney's fixated belief that Damien was literally the Antichrist despite the fact that Damien shows no resentment nor intentions of harm toward anybody except Rodney himself.
They are later reconciled again, however, as Del invited June to the opera in A Royal Flush with Rodney and his date Lady Victoria.
Rodney announced that Cassandra was pregnant in "Heroes and Villains", though she miscarried in "Modern Men". They later had a daughter, Joan (named after Del and Rodney's late mother), in "Sleepless in Peckham".
Sir David Johnson and Nicholas Lyndhurst, the stars of the popular 80s sitcom "Only Fools and Horses", are reported to be no longer in contact. The actors played two brothers, Del Boy and Rodney, who were market traders in the classic sitcom, which began airing in 1981.
Was Raquel pregnant in Only Fools and Horses?
Much later that night, Raquel glumly tells Del that the Shakespeare play is a tour around schools, and that she turned it down because she's pregnant. Del is delighted to hear the news and also tells Albert and Rodney, thus quoting "How many people do you see there? ...
The Del Boy look is almost as iconic as the character himself. In his head, it's a très sophisticated mix of sexy continentalism and British tradition: the sheepskin coat, a skinny poloneck, flat front trousers, the flat cap.
"Au revoir"
Del Boy's meaning: Hello.
In David's autobiography, the iconic actor revealed there were four actors who were considered for the role ahead of him. The BBC comedy's first choice was reportedly Scottish actor Enn Reitel who was tied up with other projects at the time.
But sometimes, you just want a classic cocktail that you know and love. And for many of us, that cocktail is the one that Del Boy Trotter famously drinks on the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses – a gin and whiskey based number known as a “Sloe Comfortable Screw”.
It's one of the slang phrases that was used by Dell Boy in the television series 'Only Fools and Horses', back in the 1990s.
Mange tout, Topgear. commers, monge tout - Del Boy's Capri from Only Fools and Horses is up for sale. Yep, Del's lurid green 1980 MkIII Ford Capri that first appeared in the 1991 episode, "He Ain't Heavy He's My Uncle", is for sale, and the auction house selling it reckons it'll fetch between £24,000 and £28,000.
gray boy (n.) ( also greyboy) [SE boy + conscious counter to the racists' 'black boy'] (US black) a derog. term for a white person.
Slaters are intriguing for children. Call them what you will, but slaters (also know as woodlice, pill bugs, roly-polys or butchy boys) are fascinating for kids. They are found in gardens all over the world and kids love holding them and watching them roll into little balls.
Snowboys are New Horizons' version of snowmen and can be built throughout the snowflake season. They're also sentient creatures which you construct from snow and then watch slowly die over a number of days, but let's not dwell on that.
Why do they call him Trigger?
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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.
They let Del take his coat off, but he accidentally throws it into a puddle. Furious that his new coat has been ruined, Del lunges at Tommy, and despite sustaining a few moderate injuries, Del manages to win the fight and limps back to the Nag's Head.
Usage. The closest English equivalent to de rien is "it's nothing," which is not the nicest way to acknowledge gratitude. De rien isn't wrong, exactly, but it's not as polite as what native French speakers typically say: je vous en prie > you are welcome (literally, "I beg of you")
Personality. Del Boy is a happy-go-lucky, cheeky character. While not always successful, his general optimism and confidence often persuade people to believe in him.
After seeing it played out on television, Sullivan's father called him and was forced to concede, “Yeah, alright, it was funny.”) But the falling through the bar scene was a late addition to the show, hastily written into the Yuppy Love script when Trigger actor Roger Lloyd Pack became suddenly available.
A 16-year-old Del has left school and is exploring employment opportunities around the docks – including a nice line in selling 45s straight off the back of a boat from America – and Rodney's father Freddie Robdal has been temporarily detained in Wormwood Scrubs at Her Majesty's pleasure.
The cheque prop is from one of the final episodes of the series, the 1996 Christmas special titled Time On Our Hands. In this episode the Trotter brothers Del Boy and Rodney finally become millionaires after finding a rare pocket watch.
Joan died on the 12th March 1964 at St Mary's Hospice after a long illness. She was 38 years old. Del Boy was 18 and Rodney was just 3.
In Mother Nature's Son Rodney says he is 31 years old.
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David Jason.
| Sir David Jason OBE | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1963–present |
| Spouse | Gill Hinchcliffe ( m. 2005) |
| Partner | Myfanwy Talog (1977–1995, her death) |
Who did Del Boy marry?
Raquel Turner was a character in Only Fools And Horses who first appeared in Dates. She is the common law wife of Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and mother to Damien Trotter.
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.
Later, Del learns that the Central American stock market has crashed, meaning the Trotters have lost all of their money.
After a year of marriage, Cassandra and Rodney split up in The Jolly Boys Outing (the 1989 Christmas special), when he punched her boss in a fit of misplaced jealousy, breaking his nose.
Del and Rodney did blood tests and were both given the all clear, yet they had different blood groups, but the doctor said that biological brothers can have different blood groups. It was hinted but never confirmed that Del and Rodney may have different fathers.