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  1. 1Only Fools and Horses (1981)Only Fools and Horses (1981) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 8, 1981Ashes to Ashes (Series 2, 1982) An early sign of the show's gift for turning a funeral into farce. After Trigger's grandmother dies, Del and Rodney end up trying to scatter a set of ashes, and every attempt goes wrong in a new way, from a bowling green to the Thames to a passing road sweeper.…0
  2. 2Only Fools and Horses (1981)Only Fools and Horses (1981) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 8, 1981A Touch of Glass (Series 2, 1982) The chandelier episode. Del talks his way into cleaning the antique chandeliers at a lord's country house for £350, and the careful plan for taking one down is set up so patiently that the moment Grandad unscrews the wrong one lands like a punch. Fans voted the…0
  3. 3Only Fools and Horses (1981)Only Fools and Horses (1981) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 8, 1981Strained Relations (Series 4, 1985) Written after Lennard Pearce, who played Grandad, died in December 1984, this episode opens with Grandad's funeral and brings in Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert. It is the show at its most tender: Del keeps up the patter while hiding his grief, and the moment…0
  4. 4Only Fools and Horses (1981)Only Fools and Horses (1981) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 8, 1981To Hull and Back (Christmas special, 1985) The first feature-length special, and the moment the show starts thinking like a film. Boycie and Abdul hire Del to smuggle diamonds out of Amsterdam, so Del, Rodney and old sailor Albert set out by boat from Hull, which goes about as well as it sounds.…0
  5. 5Only Fools and Horses (1981)Only Fools and Horses (1981) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 8, 1981Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Series 5, 1986) Del's old partner Jumbo Mills turns up from Australia with a real business offer, and for once the dream of being a millionaire is within reach. What follows is one of the quietest and most revealing episodes: Albert will not leave, Rodney's record…0
  6. 6Only Fools and Horses (1981)Only Fools and Horses (1981) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 8, 1981The Frog's Legacy (Christmas special, 1987) A treasure hunt special: at a wedding, Del hears the story of Freddy the Frog, a bank robber who left his stolen gold to the boys' mother, and sets off after it. Along the way there are faulty computers, dubious massagers and Rodney's spell working at a…0
  7. 7Only Fools and Horses (1981)Only Fools and Horses (1981) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 8, 1981Dates (Christmas special, 1988) The special that introduces Raquel, played by Tessa Peake-Jones, who was meant to appear once and became the love of Del's life. Del signs up with a computer dating agency and passes himself off as an import-export manager, while Rodney's night out with Nervous…0
  8. 8Only Fools and Horses (1981)Only Fools and Horses (1981) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 8, 1981Yuppy Love (Series 6, 1989) The bar fall. Del, fresh from watching Wall Street and dressed for the part, goes to lean casually on the bar and drops straight through the open hatch. The scene topped a 2020 survey of the greatest TV moments and won the Radio Times fans' poll for the show's 40th…0
  9. 9Only Fools and Horses (1981)Only Fools and Horses (1981) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 8, 1981Danger UXD (Series 6, 1989) Denzil passes Del a batch of fifty dolls that turn out to be inflatable adult dolls, and worse, they are filled with explosive propane. Failing to sell them, the Trotters dress two in their mother's old clothes and drive them around, which is exactly as ridiculous as it…0
  10. 10Only Fools and Horses (1981)Only Fools and Horses (1981) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 8, 1981Chain Gang (Series 6, 1989) The best con in the show, because for once Del is the mark. He and Rodney pool money from a group of friends to buy 250 gold chains from a retired jeweler named Arnie for £12,500, and then Arnie appears to drop dead before the deal is done. The plotting is tight,…0