Rock & Chips
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One
- 2010 - 2011
- 3 episodes
Comedy drama prequel to Only Fools & Horses. Set in Peckham in the early 1960s, Del Boy and cohorts are still teenagers, and Rodney is yet to be born. Stars James Buckley, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Kellie Bright, Shaun Dingwall, Phil Daniels and more.
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The Frog & The Pussycat
Further details
It's February 1961 and Joan is still keeping the Trotter fortunes afloat. She is holding down two jobs - one at the Ritz cinema and the other as Freddie Robdal's charlady. But she's been working for Freddie for six months and still doesn't know how to turn on his vacuum cleaner - their time is spent in far more romantic pursuits. Back at the Ritz, Joan is plagued by the less welcome attentions of her boss, Raynor. Every day she dreams of a new life with Freddie, but she knows she needs to see Del settled first.
Del is doing his best, continuing to get himself hitched to half of Peckham. He's particularly keen on the lovely Barbara - whose father has a thriving funeral business and a well-appointed home in Peckham posh-spot, King's Avenue. Things are going extremely well until Del gets trapped in the kitchen with Barbara's inebriated mum...
Meanwhile, DI Thomas is still desperate to get an arrest for the Margate jewellery heist and Freddie's fondness for Joan proves to be his undoing.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 28th April 2011
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
James Buckley | Del Boy |
Nicholas Lyndhurst | Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal |
Kellie Bright | Joan Trotter |
Shaun Dingwall | Reg Trotter |
Phil Daniels | Edward 'Ted' Trotter |
Robert Daws | Ernie Raynor |
Lewis Osborne | Trigger |
Stephen Lloyd | Boycie |
Ashley Gerlach | Denzil |
Paul Putner | Gerald 'Jelly' Kelly |
Jonathan Readwin | Albie Littlewood |
Bobby Bragg | Don |
Alison Pargeter | Val |
Emma Cooke | Reenie Turpin |
Billy Seymour | Raymond |
Paula Wilcox | Violet |
Mel Smith | DI Thomas |
Tom Brooke | DC Stanton |
Joan Hodges | Gwen |
Daniel Cerqueira | Alberto |
Dave Lamb | Sergeant Foster |
Jessica Ashworth | Barbara Bird |
Samantha Spiro | Beryl Bird |
Alex Macqueen | Bernard Bird |
Denise Mack | Rose |
Rufus Jones | Waiter |
John Sullivan | Writer |
Dewi Humphreys | Director |
Gareth Gwenlan | Producer |
Mark Freeland | Executive Producer |
John Sullivan | Executive Producer |
Chris Wadsworth | Editor |
David Hitchcock | Production Designer |
Videos
The Story So Far
Catch up with what has been happening over the previous two episodes of Rock & Chips...
Del's Encounter With Mrs Bird
Del has got engaged to 'the beautiful Barbara', and her family hold an engagement party for the happy couple, but things don't go quite to plan after Del has a close encounter with Barbara's mum, Beryl in the kitchen.
Fred and Jelly under arrest for murder
Fred and Jelly find themselves back in the police interview room yet again - this time on suspicion of murder!
Rayner loves Del's film idea
Rayner calls Joan to his office to tell her that he thinks Del has come up with the best idea for a film... ever!
Featuring: Kellie Bright (Joan Trotter) & Robert Daws (Ernie Raynor).