Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses (1981)

218 mistakes - chronological order

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Dates - S5-E9

Visible crew/equipment: When Rodney, Mickey and Jevon are talking after Rodney has just got a date with Nerys, the shadow of a boom mic moves across Mickey's face and body on multiple occasions.

Joe Mc

Dates - S5-E9

Continuity mistake: When the police car drives out of the Nag's Head car park after the two police officers arrested Del, you can see that the bonnet of the car is damaged, but when the car arrives at the police station, there is now no damage to the car.

Yuppy Love - S6-E1

Revealing mistake: Just after Cassandra gives Rodney his coat back, she leaves the building. As she does, you can just see Rodney in the reflection in the door. He's waiting for his cue to come out of the building.

Joe Mc

Danger UXD - S6-E2

Continuity mistake: Albert takes the box of dolls to the van. He then puts the box on the floor and goes back to Del to get the keys. We see Del talk to a neighbor then Albert drives back to Del. When Albert opens the van, the box has gone. (00:37:10)

Danger UXD - S6-E2

Continuity mistake: When Rodney and Cassandra are having their meal, pay attention to Rodney's beer. Whenever the camera shot is from behind Rodney, his beer has a reasonable head to it. But in the apparent instant that it changes to from behind Cassandra, the beer has absolutely no head whatsoever. This happens a couple of times.

Joe Mc

Chain Gang - S6-E3

Plot hole: When all the gang including Arnie leave the flat to go to the restaurant to meet Mr Stavros, Rodney decides to stay at the flat and wait for Cassandra to phone him. The next scene shows the gang all watching Arnie in the restaurant waiting for Mr Stavros to arrive. Rodney is sat in the van with Uncle Albert but Rodney decided to stay at the flat so there was no way of him being there.

Joe Mc

Chain Gang - S6-E3

Continuity mistake: The half pint glass of beer that Rodney gets from the bar has had some drunk out of it when Denzil leaves and says bye to Cassandra, but when Del and Rodney return to it after having a meeting, it's full again.

Joe Mc

Chain Gang - S6-E3

Continuity mistake: When they rush out of the flat to make the exchange, Rodney stays behind, makes a call to Cassie, but then appears outside the restaurant in the van with Albert.

The Unlucky Winner Is... - S6-E4

Revealing mistake: When Rodney and Del are sitting on the balcony and Cassandra has gone to get Rodney a drink, if you look in the glass door, you can see Cassandra's reflection with the drink waiting for her cue to come in.

Joe Mc

Modern Men - S8-E2

Uncle Albert: Is that the radio I hear, Rodney?
Rodney: No, Elton John popped in and he's rehearsing in the kitchen!

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Trivia: Only Fools and Horses was recently voted Britain's Best Sitcom, beating BlackAdder and the Vicar of Dibley into second and third place respectively.

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Chosen answer: An apparent long string of illnesses.

Answer: Joan Mavis Trotter (Nee Hollins) was an unseen character in Only Fools And Horses, having died in 1964, 17 years before the series began. She died of an alcohol related illness due to both her sham marriage to Reg Trotter and being hit hard by the death of her secret lover Freddie "The Frog" Robdal.

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Answer: Short of breath.

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