Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses (1981)

35 corrected entries

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Correction: No evidence that Patrick Murray has a son, only a daughter, Josie.

Dates - S5-E9

Corrected entry: Del first met Raquel in 1988 in the Christmas episode 'Dates'. At that time, Rodney had not yet met Cassandra (episode was made before series 6 and Rodney was seeing another girl). Del met Raquel again exactly a year later in this episode, and Rodney and Cassandra are somehow celebrating their first wedding anniversary.

Correction: The episodes concerned were Christmas specials one year apart but they do not take place at Christmas, and the time frame between each of the episodes could have been more than a year.

In the episode where Rodney and Cassandra get married it shows them signing the wedding register in January 1989. When they go on the jolly boys outing it's still the same year as it's stated on the poster sticking up on the couch.

May the Force Be with You - S3-E5

Corrected entry: When Del is proposing Slater a deal, Slater says "I don't like deals" and shoves Del's hand off the phone hook (Del was trying to stop Slater keeping him in custody overnight). But in the next shot Del's hand is still on the hook.

Correction: Watch it more carefully, he just puts his hand back on the phone hook.

Correction: Not sure what you mean. Grandad is in this episode.

Correction: Cash and Curry (S1 E3) is the episode in question here, not The Yellow Peril.

Correction: Why not? Is it not possible that some people in the 60s had permed hair and/or moustaches? This may have been more popular in the 70s but surely not unique to the decade.

Modern Men - S8-E2

Corrected entry: When Rodney phones up about the job interview, and reaches Del Boy, why didn't he recognise the phone number as his own?

Correction: Because the phone number was Del's *new* mobile not their home phone, so Rodney didn't know Del's new mobile number.

Craig Bryant

The Second Time Around - S1-E4

Corrected entry: In the previous episode (Cash and Curry) Del boy sells all of his gold jewellery and one of Grandad's two TVs in a bid to make £2000 to buy a statue as part of the con. In this episode Del has all if his jewellery back and Grandad has his two TVs again.

Correction: And there is no way to know how long has passed between the two episodes and Del showed he can make £2000 in afternoon, so getting the money to buy them back might not be an issue.

Ssiscool

The Jolly Boys' Outing - S6-E7

Corrected entry: At the railway station/bus stop scene, Alan Parry states that they will all have to look for somewhere to stay the night, as the replacement coach will be coming at 9.00am the next morning. If that arrangement had already been made, why were they looking for transport back to London that evening?

TinTacks

Correction: Most, if not all reasonable coach companies will pay for your travel back if you decide you don't want to stay the night, just as they would offer to pay for your accommodation. This is more than likely the reason they were looking for transport back to Peckham.

Correction: It was explained in the episode, Mike had a pub to open, Jevon was meeting a bird etc etc.

Plus, they had nothing for an overnight stay.

Ssiscool

Mother Nature's Son - S7-E10

Corrected entry: When Boycie and Mike are talking in the Nag's head about Peckham Spring being shoddy, a long haired guy is sitting behind Boycie having a pint. He turns around to reveal himself - it's Robbie Williams. Take That is playing in the background as well.

Joe Mc

Correction: It's not Robbie Williams. This has been debunked several times.

Danger UXD - S6-E2

Corrected entry: When Del comes into the pub and sits with Denzil at a table, Mike brings Del a cocktail drink and a bowl of soup (or stew). However Del only asked for the cocktail and not once does he ask for anything to eat.

Correction: Del asks Mike to give Denzil the same again and since Denzil had firstly ordered a stew, Mike gives him another one.

Sleeping Dogs Lie - S4-E5

Corrected entry: Duke never ate the pork, rendering the whole episode pointless. All he'd been eating was tins of dog food, as Rodney was about to tell the Vet when Del interrupted him.

gazz007

Correction: Del lies about what Duke was eating to the vet in case it got back to Boycie. And later in the episode it's revealed that Rodney had given Duke Albert's sleeping pills.

Ssiscool

Correction: Earlier in the vets while they were watching the receptionist, Del and Rodney mentioned Duke still had the 'warmed up leftovers' of the pork, so he did eat it.

Correction: Before now I've dropped a £5 note without noticing.

Ssiscool

Correction: Not really an error, people can drop stuff without realising.

Correction: Watched this over and over and never saw what was described.

Correction: This is not a mistake. It's an intentional joke that the door hits Del in the face.

The Longest Night - S5-E3

Corrected entry: During exchanges between Mr Peterson and Lennox, we find out that there is 60 grand in the safe as Friday is the store's busiest day. When Lennox is taken into the office, the store is still open, so how did the 60 grand make its way from the tills to the office safe? Tender pickups are done after the store has closed. The time when they do attempt to open the safe is quarter past six (after the store has closed) but still there would have needed to be a member of the office staff to bring the money to the safe while the Trotters, Lennox and the other two were in the office. Also a safe would not be located in the manager's office, it would more likely be in the general office or cash office.

James Ransford

Correction: When I worked in a supermarket in my student days, cash was taken from the checkouts every couple of hours. And that was a small supermarket in a small town, not a large supermarket in a busy London suburb. Cash would probably be taken throughout the day to be locked away.

SoylentPurple

Big Brother - S1-E1

Corrected entry: When Del is on the phone to Dougie Sadler, he says, "How's your luck pal? Terrific. Family? Super". There is no way that Dougie could have replied to those questions given the speed Del was speaking. (00:13:20)

Joe Mc

Correction: That is kind of the point. Del is just going through his usual repartee on the phone, pretending he actually cares and not even listening.

SoylentPurple

To Hull and Back - S4-E8

Corrected entry: When Abdul worries that Del, Rodney and Albert have sunk, Boycie says, "Don't worry, they've got their uncle Albert with them". How does Boycie know this? Del said in the back of Denzel's lorry that it was just him and Rodney and that they were going by plane and that was the last time they spoke to each other, so there was no other way of knowing.

Joe Mc

Correction: The events after the meeting are not shown in real time. There is ample time for Del to call Boycie and tell him the plan. They must have had some further contact after that meeting to set up all the arrangements for Amsterdam.

SoylentPurple

Correction: Boycey mentions speaking to Del since the collection.

Correction: Would it have been better if he had said 'Seventeen years, eight months, two days, eight hours and forty-four minutes'? He is making an approximation, and may be a few months out either way. There is no mistake here.

Healthy Competition - S3-E2

Corrected entry: When Rodney and Micky Pearce have just agreed to buy what is later to be revealed as the broken lawnmower engines, Micky Pearce repeats the word 'yeah' several times. One entire word carries on into the next scene.

Correction: It's not an audio problem. It was done for the effect.

Thicker Than Water - S3-E8

Corrected entry: When Del is looking at his letter with his blood group on it in the pub, there is a bit above it that says "positive", even though it was revealed earlier that he was negative.

Joe Mc

Correction: He was negative for the blood disorder. His blood group is positive.

To Hull and Back - S4-E8

Continuity mistake: Rodney says that he picked up the money off the table when they were trying to escape from the police, yet if you look closely he never goes near it. And he never has another chance to pick it up.

Migster

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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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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.

Ssiscool

Answer: Short of breath.

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