Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Del (David Jason), Grandad (Lennard Pearce). Copyright: BBC
Only Fools And Horses

Only Fools And Horses

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1981 - 2003
  • 64 episodes (7 series)

Sitcom about two market traders, Del Boy and his brother Rodney. Stars David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Lennard Pearce, Roger Lloyd Pack and more.

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Dates

Del attempts to meet his dream woman at a dating agency after seeing Trigger have some success. Meanwhile, Uncle Albert is dropping heavy hints about his impending birthday...

Further details

Uncle Albert's hints about his forthcoming birthday have been coming thick and fast but Del and Rodney try to pretend they haven't noticed - while secretly arranging a surprise party in the Nag's Head.

Del has been surprised by how successful Trigger has been at a dating agency and decides that he will give it a try as well. He registers under the name Derek Duvale and soon meets up with his first date, an actress called Raquel, who he treats to a steak lunch at the Hilton. They hit it off straight away and it looks like love is in the air.

Even Rodney seems to be having some success as he has persuaded barmaid 'Nervous Nerys' to go out on a date with him - despite Jevon and Mickey Pearce getting nowhere with her because they weren't macho enough for her.

But, as usual, everything is not as it seems and all three are in for a big surprise as their bubble is about to be burst one more time.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 25th December 1988
Time
5:05pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
80 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 27th May 2011 10:00pm Gold
Saturday 28th May 2011 9:00pm Gold
Sunday 24th July 2011 3:35pm Gold
Sunday 24th July 2011 8:15pm Gold
Saturday 27th August 2011 11:05am Gold
Saturday 27th August 2011 3:30pm Gold
Tuesday 13th September 2011 10:00pm Gold
Wednesday 14th September 2011 7:00pm Gold
Sunday 4th December 2011 10:45am Gold
Sunday 4th December 2011 6:20pm Gold
Monday 26th December 2011 1:15pm Gold
Saturday 11th February 2012 12:00pm Gold
Saturday 11th February 2012 7:40pm Gold
Monday 27th February 2012 2:20pm Gold
Monday 27th February 2012 10:00pm Gold
Sunday 1st April 2012 10:30am Gold
Saturday 5th May 2012 11:25am Gold
Sunday 14th October 2012 11:05am Gold
Sunday 14th October 2012 7:30pm Gold
Sunday 16th December 2012 7:15pm Gold
Monday 17th December 2012 11:15am Gold
Saturday 2nd February 2013 12:55pm Gold
Saturday 2nd February 2013 9:00pm Gold
Monday 29th April 2013 9:00pm Gold
Tuesday 30th April 2013 1:00am Gold
Monday 27th May 2013 9:35am Gold
Monday 27th May 2013 5:10pm Gold
Wednesday 3rd July 2013 7:40pm Gold
Thursday 4th July 2013 5:30pm Gold
Saturday 3rd August 2013 10:00am Gold
Saturday 21st September 2013 6:35pm Gold
Sunday 22nd September 2013 10:15am Gold
Sunday 1st December 2013 4:15pm Gold
Monday 2nd December 2013 12:15pm Gold
Monday 23rd December 2013 2:20pm Gold
Tuesday 24th December 2013 8:10am Gold
Sunday 16th February 2014 11:30am Gold
Tuesday 11th March 2014 10:00pm Gold
Wednesday 12th March 2014 6:20pm Gold
Saturday 3rd May 2014 4:50pm Gold
Sunday 4th May 2014 10:10am Gold
Saturday 16th August 2014 1:00pm Gold
Saturday 16th August 2014 7:15pm Gold
Sunday 21st December 2014 8:10pm Gold
Monday 22nd December 2014 2:30pm Gold
Saturday 27th December 2014 7:20pm Gold
Friday 3rd April 2015 6:40pm Gold
Saturday 4th April 2015 1:05pm Gold
Wednesday 24th June 2015 7:20pm Gold
Thursday 25th June 2015 4:35pm Gold
Saturday 8th August 2015 7:20pm Gold
Sunday 9th August 2015 12:40pm Gold
Monday 30th November 2015 6:00pm Gold
Tuesday 1st December 2015 10:30am Gold
Monday 21st December 2015 5:15pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd December 2015 11:35am Gold
Tuesday 29th December 2015 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 30th December 2015 12:40pm Gold
Saturday 13th February 2016 9:00am Gold
Monday 4th April 2016 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 5th April 2016 1:15pm Gold
Saturday 28th May 2016 5:20pm Gold
Sunday 29th May 2016 1:15pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd June 2016 6:40pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd June 2016 10:15pm Gold
Tuesday 12th July 2016 2:15pm Gold
Sunday 21st August 2016 8:50am Gold
Sunday 21st August 2016 4:45pm Gold
Saturday 24th September 2016 4:30pm Gold
Friday 7th October 2016 7:15pm Gold
Saturday 8th October 2016 3:35pm Gold
Friday 4th November 2016 7:15pm Gold
Saturday 5th November 2016 2:50pm Gold
Tuesday 20th December 2016 8:00pm Gold
Wednesday 21st December 2016 5:15pm Gold
Thursday 29th December 2016 9:20pm Gold
Friday 30th December 2016 1:20pm Gold
Saturday 11th February 2017 7:05pm Gold
Sunday 12th February 2017 12:25pm Gold
Sunday 9th April 2017 7:10pm Gold
Monday 10th April 2017 11:00am Gold
Sunday 30th April 2017 7:20pm Gold
Saturday 13th May 2017 5:10pm Gold
Sunday 14th May 2017 10:45am Gold
Saturday 29th July 2017 2:35pm Gold
Sunday 30th July 2017 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 31st August 2017 12:35pm Gold
Thursday 31st August 2017 6:40pm Gold
Saturday 2nd September 2017 2:40pm Gold
Saturday 2nd September 2017 9:40pm Gold
Tuesday 26th September 2017 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 27th September 2017 4:10pm Gold
Friday 6th October 2017 7:00pm Gold
Saturday 7th October 2017 4:55pm Gold
Sunday 29th October 2017 10:30am Gold
Sunday 29th October 2017 5:40pm Gold
Sunday 17th December 2017 1:40pm Gold
Friday 22nd December 2017 10:35am Gold
Friday 22nd December 2017 5:30pm Gold
Saturday 3rd February 2018 2:30pm Gold
Saturday 3rd February 2018 7:15pm Gold
Saturday 2nd June 2018 7:15pm Gold
Sunday 3rd June 2018 5:00pm Gold
Tuesday 19th June 2018 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 20th June 2018 5:40pm Gold
Saturday 1st September 2018 1:35pm Gold
Sunday 2nd September 2018 11:00am Gold
Monday 17th September 2018 12:35pm Gold
Monday 17th September 2018 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 20th October 2018 2:55pm Gold
Sunday 21st October 2018 1:45pm Gold
Saturday 17th November 2018 5:00pm Gold
Sunday 18th November 2018 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 29th November 2018 10:55am Gold
Thursday 29th November 2018 4:40pm Gold
Monday 10th December 2018 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 11th December 2018 5:10pm Gold
Monday 17th December 2018 9:15am Gold
Monday 17th December 2018 3:55pm Gold
Monday 24th December 2018 11:00am Gold
Sunday 30th December 2018 1:55pm Gold
Monday 31st December 2018 7:10am Gold
Sunday 27th January 2019 10:35am Gold
Sunday 27th January 2019 6:25pm Gold
Sunday 24th February 2019 1:00pm Gold
Sunday 24th February 2019 2:45pm Gold
Sunday 24th February 2019 5:40pm Gold
Saturday 23rd March 2019 11:00am Gold
Saturday 23rd March 2019 7:10pm Gold
Sunday 23rd June 2019 11:30am Gold
Sunday 23rd June 2019 6:35pm Gold
Sunday 7th July 2019 8:00pm Gold
Monday 8th July 2019 2:35pm Gold
Saturday 10th August 2019 5:25pm Gold
Sunday 11th August 2019 3:30pm Gold
Friday 18th October 2019 8:10pm Gold
Saturday 19th October 2019 2:40pm Gold
Saturday 2nd November 2019 8:00pm Gold
Sunday 3rd November 2019 4:45pm Gold
Monday 9th December 2019 7:00pm Gold
Tuesday 10th December 2019 4:05pm Gold
Sunday 22nd December 2019 1:10pm Gold
Tuesday 31st December 2019 5:20pm Gold
Wednesday 1st January 2020 9:00am Gold
Saturday 15th February 2020 10:40am Gold
Saturday 15th February 2020 2:20pm Gold
Sunday 16th February 2020 8:45am Gold
Sunday 15th March 2020 11:05am Gold
Sunday 15th March 2020 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 23rd May 2020 3:55pm Gold
Sunday 24th May 2020 12:15pm Gold
Sunday 30th August 2020 1:10pm Gold
Monday 31st August 2020 8:30am Gold
Saturday 24th October 2020 1:55pm Gold
Sunday 25th October 2020 11:20am Gold
Tuesday 8th December 2020 7:10pm Gold
Wednesday 9th December 2020 2:30am Gold
Wednesday 9th December 2020 5:20pm Gold
Saturday 19th December 2020 1:50pm Gold
Sunday 20th December 2020 1:00am Gold
Thursday 24th December 2020 4:15pm Gold
Friday 25th December 2020 1:15am Gold
Thursday 31st December 2020 1:15pm Gold
Friday 1st January 2021 8:45am Gold
Sunday 14th February 2021 2:10pm Gold
Sunday 14th February 2021 7:10pm Gold
Monday 31st May 2021 11:15am Gold
Monday 31st May 2021 7:35pm Gold
Sunday 13th June 2021 12:20pm Gold
Sunday 13th June 2021 7:10pm Gold
Saturday 14th August 2021 5:30pm Gold
Saturday 28th August 2021 8:40am Gold
Saturday 28th August 2021 6:10pm Gold
Saturday 4th September 2021 12:00pm Gold
Saturday 4th September 2021 3:10pm Gold
Sunday 12th September 2021 9:45am Gold
Sunday 12th September 2021 5:50pm Gold
Saturday 16th October 2021 9:10am Gold
Saturday 16th October 2021 8:20pm Gold
Saturday 20th November 2021 2:15pm Gold
Sunday 21st November 2021 12:10pm Gold
Monday 6th December 2021 6:05pm Gold
Tuesday 7th December 2021 4:05pm Gold
Saturday 11th December 2021 3:45pm Gold
Sunday 12th December 2021 1:00pm Gold
Wednesday 29th December 2021 1:40pm Gold
Saturday 12th February 2022 7:10pm Gold
Sunday 10th April 2022 1:40pm Gold
Sunday 10th April 2022 6:35pm Gold
Friday 29th April 2022 10:05pm Gold
Sunday 12th June 2022 2:10pm Gold
Sunday 12th June 2022 6:30pm Gold
Saturday 16th July 2022 6:50pm Gold
Sunday 17th July 2022 5:05pm Gold
Sunday 9th October 2022 11:30am Gold
Sunday 9th October 2022 6:35pm Gold
Sunday 23rd October 2022 3:20pm Gold
Saturday 5th November 2022 12:40pm Gold
Sunday 6th November 2022 12:30pm Gold
Wednesday 7th December 2022 6:30pm Gold
Thursday 8th December 2022 3:40pm Gold
Sunday 11th December 2022 11:25am Gold
Thursday 29th December 2022 1:00pm Gold
Saturday 4th February 2023 8:20pm Gold
Sunday 5th February 2023 12:40pm Gold
Sunday 5th February 2023 6:35pm Gold
Sunday 12th February 2023 11:30am Gold
Sunday 12th February 2023 4:25pm Gold
Sunday 13th August 2023 10:15am Gold
Sunday 13th August 2023 3:20pm Gold
Saturday 21st October 2023 10:15am Gold
Saturday 21st October 2023 3:10pm Gold
Friday 8th December 2023 6:35pm Gold
Saturday 9th December 2023 7:30am Gold
Sunday 17th December 2023 10:45am Gold
Friday 29th December 2023 12:20pm Gold
Friday 29th December 2023 10:00pm Gold
Saturday 24th February 2024 2:40pm Gold
Thursday 29th February 2024 8:00pm Gold
Friday 1st March 2024 12:10am Gold
Sunday 17th March 2024 2:10pm Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
David Jason Del
Nicholas Lyndhurst Rodney
Buster Merryfield Uncle Albert
Roger Lloyd Pack Trigger
Patrick Murray Mickey Pearce
John Challis Boycie
Sue Holderness Marlene
Tessa Peake-Jones Raquel
Kenneth MacDonald Mike
Guest cast
Andree Bernard Nervous Nerys
Steven Woodcock Jevon
Roy Heather Sid
Tony Marshall Chris
Chris Stanton (as Christopher Stanton) Technomatch agent
Jean Warren Sonia
Nicholas Courtney Charles
Paul Beringer Policeman
Margaret Norris Policewoman
Martin Cochrane Naval officer
Jean Challis Mrs Sansom
Writing team
John Sullivan Writer
Production team
Tony Dow Director
Gareth Gwenlan Producer
John Jarvis Editor
Chris Wadsworth Editor
Graham Lough Production Designer
John Sullivan Composer

Press

When Del Boy fell for Raquel: inside Only Fools And Horses' finest Christmas episode

First shown 35 years ago, Dates marked a dramatic - and romantic - turn for the sitcom. Tessa Peake-Jones - aka Raquel - recalls its magic.

Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 20th December 2023

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