Express. In the closing moments of the final ever episode of the show. BBC-1 | BBC | BBC One | Air Date: December 25, 1985. This helped 'To Hull and Back' become the first episode of Only Fools and Horses to run for 90 minutes, rather than the typical half hour slot. Made by fans in Aotearoa New Zealand. Only Fools and Horses DVD Collection. Boycie and Abdul pitch a diamond scam to Del Boy, who immediately turns them down. Boycie wants to know how Slater knows about the deal. The daily street market is three blocks long and it sells everything from fruit and veg to household goods and clothing. A man working on one of the decks of the oil rig high above the boat is asked where Holland is by Del. Trotters Independent Trading is causing mayhem with their faulty RAJAH computers. Just read this article to find out how to get it set up on your Amazon Echo or mobile device. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=To_Hull_and_Back&oldid=1130166883, Television episode articles with short description with no season number, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The title of the special is derived from the film, This page was last edited on 28 December 2022, at 22:39. Despite being set in Peckham most of it was filmed in London. Next Del gets into the van and sees lots of boats. The BBC hit ran for seven seasons and it featured a total of 64 episodes, which were set across various locations. . Del soon agrees when Boycie and Abdul reassure him and say they can trust him. However, they initially followed it to Zeebrugge, and had to wait for it to turn around. Slater counts the diamonds and says 30, spot on. After Rodney sees a policeman walking through they make off, only to run into Slater on the corner of Charles Street and John Street. David Jason Nicholas Lyndhurst Buster Merryfield John Challis Roger Lloyd Pack Paul Barber Jim Broadbent Tony Anholt Kenneth MacDonald Roy Heather Christopher Mitchell Mark Burdis Jeff Stevenson Philip Bond Rachel Bell Joe Belcher Johnny Allan Alan Hulse David Fleeshman Kim Clifford Johnnie Wade Annie Leake Jane Thompson Lorence Ferdinand Dennis Conlon David Nicholls, 95mins The comedy series was mostly filmed in Bristol and parts of When Denzil drives away at the traffic lights, Del is upset and wonders why Denzil hasn't let him fill his lorry up. They then lock the door, locking Del in the lorry. Boycie and Abdul pitch a diamond scam to Del Boy, who immediately turns them down. Realising that this is smuggling, Del declines the offer, but agrees when Boycie offers him 15,000 for his services. Rather than see the funny side, the worker said that people asking for directions actually happens quite a lot. I then went to multimap (this was before google streetview), clicked on locations, then searched for W5 1RH, chose the Birds Eye option, zoomed in on the view and hey presto, its still there. That is until they offer him a 15,000 cut of the estimated 150,000 sale of the stone on the UK market. (This links in with a sub-plot in which Del is seen to "haunt" Denzil.) Here is all you need to know about where Del Boy (played by David Jason) and Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst) visited, thanks to Virgin Media. Filming locations for the UK's most popular sitcom, Only Fools & Horses. Transmitted: 25.12.1987. West Cross Route is a poignant location as it featured in the final ever episode, titled Sleepless in Peckham. On the Hull docks, Del decides that, rather than go through the airports, which Slater is patrolling, he and Rodney should sail to the Netherlands in a hired boat instead. Late that night, Del and Rodney arrive in the Trotter van at Denzil's lorry. 200249. Only Fools and Horses is available to watch on Netflix, Britbox, Amazon Prime Video. Boycie suggests that they and Abdul meet up tonight, and Del knows the perfect meeting place. . The scenes under the clock were filmed at Waterloo the bloke in the dating agency suggests this as the meeting place, and its exactly where it *was* filmed. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Del Boy: No. That is until they offer him a 15,000 cut of the estimated 150,000 sale of the stone on the UK market. The lorry pulls up at a cafe the following morning. Boycie and Abdul will pay the air fares. Back at the police station, Slater reckons it was a hoax. Just then, Denzil shows up in his lorry, and informs Del that Corrine (Denzil's wife) made Denzil promise to keep his distance from Del. Video. In the summer of 2008 I was on holiday in Weymouth and whilst driving down from Bristol, I stopped off at the villages of Sutton Waldron and Iwerne Minster to photograph some of the locations from A touch of Glass and Friday the 13th. Fans have taken to Twitter to share their thoughts on the series celebrating its 40th birthday. Del says Slater has many, many informants. The setting for the Chinese takeaway in The Yellow Peril. This is probably the most famous location on the list for one of the most famous moments of the show - when the brothers finally make their fortune. Rodney is considering whether to break up with Imogen his girlfriend. It is the Zebrugge to Hull ferry. Delboy meets an actress, Raquel . This is the Full VHS Tape of Only Fools and Horses To Hull and Back as it was Released in 1995! The auction house featured in the episode titled 'Time on Our Hands'. They see a ship called the Norland. It then emerges that Slater's superiors have long suspected him of corruption, and set him up to be caught in possession of the diamonds, and Hoskins was ordered by the Commissioner to monitor Slater. 2.92. Many of the outside scenes were shot in Amsterdam. Can you remember when this episode first aired? We recently caught up with a complete Fools and Horses anorak Rick Clark. Ridgemere Hall is actually a posh school, and the police station is residential housing. The pisstaking between Del and Rodney reminds me of good-naturedly teasing my younger brother - often using some of Dels fave lines. The true story behind the Trotters' trip north. "Only Fools and Horses" To Hull and Back (TV Episode 1985) Movies, TV, Celebs, and more. An illustration of an audio speaker. As the Trotters are enjoying another evening at The Nag's Head, Boycie and his business partner Abdul ask Del Boy in for a secret meeting, with a proposal that he travels to Amsterdam to buy some diamonds and bring them back to England, without informing Customs and Excise. CLASSIC 80s sitcom Only Fools and Horses was primarily set in Peckham in South London, but none of the series was actually filmed there. 10.3k. In it Never Rains, the Trotter can be seen parked outside this pub on Baron Street. Not sure why he would have been there! Boycie and Abdul go there to meet Del. Boycie says they need to meet somewhere dark and secluded to discuss the deal, where no one will see them. The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of "Trotters Independent Traders PLC" who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires. In The Jolly Boy's Outing, the building which is now the Ealing Christian Centre was used as the Mardi Gras nightclub. Some episodes that couldn't be shot with an audience were screened before wide release and a laugh track was taken from there. As the Trotters return to the flat after coming back from Holland, Rodney shows Del and Albert 15,000 and says he picked it up when they were running around the table from Slater, but when the Trotters were seen running around the table at The Nag's Head earlier, Rodney quite clearly didn't pick the money up. However a lot of the London locations needed a bit of research and I tracked down several of them by using some old Kellys Directories (purchased from ebay) from the 1980s. While Del tells Rodney about the Holland job, Denzil pulls up next to them in his lorry. The other episode filmed in such a way was the second part of 'Miami Twice'. one of the best 90 minutes i have ever spent. READ MORE:Only Fools and Horses celebrates forty years on screen 'lovely jubbly'. Although the interior scenes at the iconic Nag's Head were all shot in Bristol, this London pub served as the boozer's exterior for the duration of the show. Boycie and Abdul pitch a diamond scam to Del Boy, who immediately turns them down. In Hull city centre, Del and Rodney are selling at the market on Charles Street. In desperation, Rodney follows Denzil all the way to Hull in the van. Speaking on a behind the scenes feature, Nicholas Lyndhurst explained that nearly all of the cast and crew got seasick when they went out to film the boat scenes. "To Hull And Back" was the 1985 Christmas special of Only Fools And Horses, airing on the 25th December 1985 with a viewing figure of 16.9 million, and also the show's first feature length episode. 0 references. ""yeah well this has only got three wheels""be careful where you dump that""ahhh funny ain't it. Then, when the Trotters exited the room after Del told Boycie and Abdul that he's going home, Rodney did not pick up the money from the table, he just walked out of the room without going near it. Del Boy, Rodney, Lady Victoria and June can be seen exiting the theatre in the episode A Royal Flush. Audio. It wasnt filmed at Brighton. West Cross Route, London. In the episode, Uncle Albert said he had been mugged and, feeling like a burden, he left Nelson Mandela House. Hoskins refuses, and shows him a microphone tucked in his coat, where the commissioner of police on the other end can hear Slater talking about the smuggling rackets. This was where Raquel gave birth in Three Men, A Woman And A Baby. With Rodney standing watch, Del enters the trailer and gets the money from Boycie and Abdul to take with him to Amsterdam. No sooner has Del enlisted a reluctant Rodders, he hears his old foil Chief Inspector Slater is eyeing Boycie and Abdul as drug . Slater shuts him up but Del and Rodney know. They get sailing and once out at sea, during the night, they get lost, they are 5 hours past the time they were due to arrive in Amsterdam. It wouldnt be Christmas without an Only Fools & Horses marathon on Gold - having seen them all first time round, waiting with drooling anticipation for the Xmas Special (even though they rarely had a great deal of festive hi-jinks), theyre like nostalgic audio wallpaper. Although the buildings have completely changed this spot, near Harlech Tower, is where various scenes from the episode Go West Young Man were filmed. Location: Theatre . As Slater and Hoskins leave, Del phones Boycie and warns him that Slater is investigating them. Back at Nelson Mandela House, Del and Albert reveal to Rodney that all is not lost, because Del, having noticed that the diamond money was fake, had switched two of the diamonds for two of his cats' eye cuff links and kept them hidden in Albert's pipe as a way of revenge. Slater is now a Chief Inspector. This tower block was used as the backdrop for the fictional Nelson Mandela House in Peckham. Del prepares to exit until he sees Slater searching the area, and hides under a tarpaulin at the far end of the trailer. Yorkshire. Original air date Episode no. Still parts of many episodes were shot across the capital. Slater attempts to bribe his way out, but Hoskins refuses and reveals a microphone hidden in his jacket lapel that transmitted their conversation to the Commissioner. Only Fools and Horses. The Black and Whites take on Catalans Dragons in Perpignan this Friday night. It is also where the van is parked in The Russians Are Coming, as the Trotters run drills preparing for nuclear war. With the laughter track being dropped and shot entirely on film, this 90 minute special feels like a full scale movie. All in all, a pretty great Only Fools special that tried to do something a bit different , "He was only 18. Back at Nelson Mandela House, Del and Albert reveal to Rodney that all is not lost, because Del, having noticed that the diamond money was fake, had switched two of the diamonds for two of Del's cats' eye cufflinks and kept them hidden in Albert's smoking pipe as revenge on Slater. A few days later, upon returning home to Peckham and meeting with Boycie and Abdul at the Nag's Head, the group are cornered by Slater, who, as it turns out, had arranged the deal with Van Kleefe from the start. This street was made famous following a particularly hilarious scene, which saw Del Boy attempting to sell suitcases. Del, believing that the 15,000 was also counterfeit but was in fact genuine, throws it over the balcony, leaving Rodney and Albert both stunned, and Del feeling proud of himself. Only Fools and Horses: Who was John Sullivan's inspiration for Rodney? The comedy series was mostly filmed in Bristol and parts of West London. on October 18, 2019, There are no reviews yet. Philip Bond, the actor who played Van Kleefe in this episode, was once in The Onedin Line. Something went wrong, please try again later. UK VHS Collection Museum As the Trotters return to the flat after coming back from Holland, Rodney shows Del and Albert the 15,000 and says that he picked it up when they were running around the table from Slater, but when the Trotters were seen running around the table at The Nag's Head earlier, Rodney quite clearly didn't pick the money up. 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