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Encyclopedia > Big Brother (Only Fools and Horses)
Only Fools and Horses episode
"Big Brother"
Series 1
Writer John Sullivan
Director Martin Shardlow
Producer Ray Butt
Duration 30 minutes
Airdate 8 September 1981
Audience 9.2 million

Big Brother is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was the pilot episode of the entire series, and the first episode of series 1, and was first screened on 8 September 1981. Only Fools and Horses was a long-running British television sit-com, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC. Seven series were broadcast between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003. ... For other men with this name, see John Sullivan (disambiguation). ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Only Fools and Horses was a long-running British television sit-com, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC. Seven series were broadcast between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Contents

Overview

Del Boy Trotter, chairman of Trotters Independent Traders, employs his younger brother Rodney into the company to flog some suitcases supplied by Trigger, who Rodney first meets at the Nag's Head. But unfortunately, the suitcases are locked with the combination inside them. Derek Edward Trotter, or Del Boy, as he is more commonly known, is the lead character in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. ... Rodney Charlton Trotter (b. ... Colin Ball (DOB: 22nd April 1948), better known as Trigger (because he looks like a horse), is a character in the popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. ...


But after a falling-out involving him getting a cheeseburger for Grandad, Rodney decides to go it alone, and leaves the next day. In the meantime, Del tries to sell some of the suitcases and fails. Edward Kitchener Trotter (1909-1985 Peckham Rye), known better as simply Grandad, was a character in the popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses from 1981-1985. ...


Later that day, Rodney returns home, because he forgot his passport, and Del says that he dumped all the suitcases in the river. They both make up in the end. The title page of European Union member state passports bears the name European Union, then the name of the issuing country, in the official languages of all EU countries. ...


Episode cast

Actor Role
David Jason Del Boy
Nicholas Lyndhurst Rodney
Lennard Pearce Grandad
Roger Lloyd Pack Trigger
Peta Bernard Joyce (barmaid)

David Jason in A Touch of Frost. ... Nicholas Lyndhurst (born April 21, 1961 in Emsworth, Hampshire) is an English actor. ... Lennard Pearce (born February 9, 1915 in London; died December 15, 1984 in London) was a British actor who mostly worked in theater. ... Roger Lloyd Pack (born February 8, 1944) is a British actor. ...

Trivia

  • Actress Tessa Peake-Jones, who later became a regular in the show as Del's girlfriend and future wife, Raquel, makes a brief appearance in this episode. She plays the woman that Del says hello to as he walks into the Nag's Head.

Tessa Peake-Jones (born 9 May 1957 in Hammersmith, London, England) is a British actress. ... Rachel Raquel Turner (born 4 June 1957)[1] is a fictional character from the BBC television sit-com Only Fools and Horses, in which she was Del Boys long-term girlfriend. ...

External links

  • Big Brother at bbc.co.uk


 
 

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