Christmas Special - A Royal Flush

Rodney meets an upper-crust young lady selling paintings down the market and they instantly hit it off. However, when Del finds out that she's Lady Victoria of Malebury, whose father is a cousin of the Queen, he begins to plot the couple's wedding.

In-Depth Episode Synopsis

Rodney meets Vicky, a seemingly impoverished artist who it transpires is the daughter of the Duke of Maylebury, one of the Queen's second-cousins.

Having obtained a pair of tickets to the sold-out production of Carmen, Rodders seems to have deeply impressed Vicky. She is less taken by the sudden appearance of Del and his peroxide blonde dolly bird however - especially when they open the dolly mixture.

Vicky invites Rodney to a party at the Duke's country home, and it seems romance may be on the cards. But then Del Boy turns up, hits the vino-plonko and callously, drunkenly ruins everything for his little brother.

Episode Notes

A full 15 minutes are cut from this episode's DVD release.

First Broadcast Details

Date:

Thu 25th December 1986

Time:

7:05pm

Channel:

BBC One

Ratings:

18.8 million viewers

Length:

75 minutes

Main Repeats (Since 2009)

• Sat 23rd July 2011 (6:00pm, GOLD)
• Sat 27th August 2011 (8:30am, GOLD)
• Sat 27th August 2011 (12:50pm, GOLD)
• Sun 11th September 2011 (10:00pm, GOLD)
• Sat 17th September 2011 (2:00pm, GOLD)
• Sun 18th September 2011 (10:00am, GOLD)
• Mon 26th December 2011 (10:30am, GOLD)
• Mon 30th January 2012 (10:00pm, GOLD)
• Tue 31st January 2012 (8:00pm, GOLD)
• Sun 12th February 2012 (1:50pm, GOLD)
• Wed 14th March 2012 (8:40pm, GOLD)
• Thu 15th March 2012 (2:40pm, GOLD)
• Sun 1st April 2012 (9:10am, GOLD)
• Sat 5th May 2012 (10:05am, GOLD)

Episode 5.7 Cast & Crew