Paul Whitehouse

Do we need an Only Fools musical? Of course we do!

It was the cushty comedy that perfectly captured 80s Britain. As Only Fools and Horses hits the stage, we celebrate the TV classic that needed a new scale to measure audience laughter.

Only Fools: : From Peckham to the West End

Long-running BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses is back - this time as a musical in London's West End.

It's co-written by comedian Paul Whitehouse, who also plays Grandad, and opens next week.

Paul Whitehouse interview

Paul Whitehouse on fishing, mental health and why the BBC needs to take more risks.

First look at Only Fools And Horses The Musical cast

The Only Fools And Horses musical was the final project writer and show creator John Sullivan was working on before his untimely death in 2011.

Paul Whitehouse interview

'Turning Only Fools And Horses into a musical is a bit daunting'.

Paul Whitehouse interview

Paul Whitehouse is funny from the moment he walks in the room...

With no series of The Trip this year, a new pair of self-ironising, physically fading comics arrived to provide a sunnier take on kinship between two very funny middle-aged men. Those of us who didn't even know Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse were mates soon delighted in the closeness of their evidently long-held friendship, as they simply went fishing together and chatted as they sat waiting on the riverbank. Notes of wistful, mortal vulnerability, along with the slight competitiveness that's always there when two comedians meet, gave their conversations depth to go with the endless silly laughs.