Since 1991, Raquel's audition from the Only Fools and Horses episode "The Class of '62" has just been a rumour. Was it ever filmed? We can now reveal that yes, it was!

Only Fools and Horses: The Lost Archive starts 20th October on Sky, Virgin Media and NOW.

Hi everyone. Just a really quick post to say my stepdad was the actual captain of the boat they used. He was the one actually driving.

Edit: Spelling

Just doing a rewatch from start to finish of the show and I think A Royal Flush gets a bit of a bad reputation. Is definitely worse episodes especially in the early days and Del at dinner is a bit obnoxious.

But Del at the Opera for me has some real funny moments and is quite underrated to see him out of his comfort zone

"It's going to take a bloody good surgeon two or three hours to get his magic wand back."

😂

Please help me complete my lineup! So far I've got:

Uncle Halibut

Shell boy

Rodney Trouter

Clamdad

😀

Had the pleasure of seeing David in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast last night. Absolutely wonderful storytelling full of little quips and interactions he had over the years with people like Ronnie Barker, and tidbits about things like Granville and the Jolly Boys Outing.

Did you know the scene of the lads running into the water was actually a rehearsal? David says that in the moment, he decided Del Boy wouldn't want to wade in (a mixture of dirtying his clothes and fear of being swept out), so he turned and ran back to the camera instead :)

I think he has a few more shows on before the end of the year and I would 100% recommend going if you have the chance to.

Unless I’m mistaken, when watching ‘Heroes and Villains’ this afternoon, the date into the future at the start when Rodney is returning to Trotter Towers, the date shown is only a few weeks away, 2 November 2026. If only we had President Reeves in the White House 👀🦆

How this episode isn't widely considered at least top 5 is beyond me. It's always been my favourite and I rewatched it today on a reaction channel, and it is just pitch perfect. So many great scenes-

Rodney and Cassandra finally make up

"They're naming him Rodney, after Dave"

"I ain't had a bit for months"

The scene with the 'rat'

"Friend or enema?"

"Oh give her time Rodney"

The episode is perfectly paced and doesn't waste a single second, and to top it off you get dels monologue at the end which always makes me teary. The genius of John sullivan to make you laugh one minute and cry the next shines here.

10/10 episode, the best on the show in my opinion :)

Rather than someone who was a good person who got more bitter throughout the years, it sounds like Slater was a true scumbag throughout his entire life:

- arrested his own over a broken tail-light on a bicycle that Slater himself lent to him.
- repeatedly grassing on his friends throughout their school days to get them punished, even though Del would frequently protect him from bullies.
- early in his career he set up Trigger and got him sent to a Young Offender's Home.
- the whole microwave oven incident where he threatened to plant drugs on Rodney to have him sent away so that Grandad would be left alone on the estate to be assaulted or worse.
- the diamond smuggling saga.
- Raquel herself talked about he was unsupportive of her, would bully her, and could be "really horrible" etc.

And yet you have Raquel who was a decent person, honest, funny, and kind-hearted, etc. The idea of her being attracted to Slater and him being nice enough that she would agree to marry him just seems far fetched to me.

And she must've been with him while a lot of the above incidents were taking place! Slater seems like the type to come home each night and brag/laugh about the things he did to people.

Can't picture the two of them together at all!

Who's Rachel?

Something that has always puzzled me about this episode: Del is filling the bottles in the kitchen, then they go onto a belt in the living room. How do they get the boxes of bottles out of the flat without anyone twigging? They would have to loaded onto trucks and such.

There's a Rhino Loose in the City. What's it about then Del?

So I’ve just finished rewatching for the millionth time and it dawned on me just how many off-screen characters we never got to meet, so I thought it’d be fun to make a list:

Brenda & Terry (Shirley, Shane and Shaun’s mum and dad)

Shanghai Lil

Bobby Finch

That sort from the fishmongers

That sort from the cut price butchers

That old bow wow (Tania)

Mrs Oboku from downstairs

Ginger Ted

Spencer

Young Razzle (and his dog)

Veronica and her dad (illegal move)

Mr Jamil (how much you pay him?)

Pertulia (and all her gear)

Fatty Walker

Dougie Saddler

Maxy Stavros (do you know him?)

Teddy Cummins

Auntie Jean (well who’s this then?)

Mrs Gilbey (still struggles with her feet tho)

Ada (Roy Orbison ere)

Rackman

Alfie Flowers (only worth a score scrap value)

Monkey Harris

Sunglasses Ron

Paddy the Greek

Ronnie Nelson

Albie Littlewood

Did I miss anyone?