Tessa Peake-Jones

  • Actor

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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

David Jason & Ch5 tell The Story Of Only Fools And Horses At Christmas

David Jason will share secrets from the Only Fools And Horses' Christmas specials in a 90-minute festive documentary for Channel 5. The Story Of Only Fools And Horses At Christmas will air on Christmas Eve.

British Comedy Guide, 4th December 2023

Tessa Peake-Jones: 'We earned loads from the repeats'

Only Fools And Horses star Tessa Peake-Jones on how she gave up investing after Black Monday.

The Telegraph, 3rd July 2022

Only Fools And Horses stamps to be released by Royal Mail

Royal Mail is to release a set of 12 stamps to mark the 40th anniversary year of Only Fools And Horses.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd February 2021

John Cleese to make stage writing debut with Bang Bang!

John Cleese will make his stage writing debut with Bang Bang!, a new adaptation of hit farce Monsieur Chasse by Georges Feydeau.

Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 16th October 2019

Tessa Peake-Jones: Only Fools won't return

Tessa Peake-Jones - who portrayed Rachel 'Raquel' Turner in the comedy from 1988 until 2003 - doesn't think the television sitcom will ever get another installment now that the mastermind behind the storylines John Sullivan has died because it was his "baby" and no one will ever be able to create the chemistry on screen like he did.

Female First, 20th December 2016

Peake-Jones never watched OFAH until appearing on it

Actress Tessa Peake-Jones, 58, on how she got involved with Britain's biggest sitcom as Raquel, her dream of dancing on Strictly..., and a close encounter with a naked James Norton.

Laura Millar, The Mirror, 24th April 2016

Tessa Peake-Jones: Only Fools will never return

Actress Tessa Peake-Jones, who played Raquel in Only Fools and Horses, believes a remake is unlikely following the death of the series' writer John Sullivan at 64.

Emma Pryer, The Mirror, 27th February 2016

Brits plus sex equals a letdown

Tessa Peake-Jones's adventures in a commune based on the sexual behaviour of apes quickly turns into something sitcommy

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 4th December 2014

Tessa Peake-Jones from Only Fools & Horses starred in this 1992-94 sitcom. It was about a family that move into a house haunted by a stereotypically-written, middle-aged Jewish mother (think Maureen "You got an 'ology!" Lipman in the BT ads). This BBC series was as ludicrous as it sounded but nowhere near as funny.

Lorna Cooper, MSN Entertainment, 12th August 2008

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