7.2/106 votesLoading...#1 - A Slow Bus to Chingford
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1981
Del has a dream: The Trotter corporate skyscraper, rising majestically against the Peckham skyline. It's time for the latest moneymaking scam, Trotter's Ethnic Tours. But, why are there no takers?
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
7.3/106 votesLoading...#2 - The Second Time Around
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1981
Del's rekindled passion with old flame Pauline and it looks like wedding bells are in the air again. Rodney's not so thrilled after what happened to her first two husbands...
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
7.7/107 votesLoading...#3 - Big Brother
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1981
Del's confident at last he's on to a winner with Trigger's consignment of Old English vinyl briefcases. How can his brother Rodney even think of abandoning the high-flying world of trading for a real job?
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
7.7/106 votesLoading...#4 - Ashes to Ashes
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/28/1982
Del's busy selling Trig's gran's genuine antique urns. Trouble is, one of them is Trig's Grandad's last resting place!
Director: Ray Butt
Writer: John Sullivan
7.8/106 votesLoading...#5 - The Long Legs of the Law
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/21/1982
Streuth! Rodder's besmirching the good reputation of the Trotter family by dating a policewoman...
Director: Ray Butt
Writer: John Sullivan
7.9/108 votesLoading...#6 - The Russians Are Coming
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1981
The threat of nuclear war looms over Peckham. What will become of the Nag's Head if the Russians attack? One things guaranteed: the Trotters will be sitting pretty in their DIY shelter...
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
8.0/106 votesLoading...#7 - Cash and Curry
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1981
Del's swooping in on the deal of a lifetime - it could keep them in Pilau rice forever. All he has to do is get hold of a poxy statue. Trouble is, he hasn't reckoned on a touch of gang warfare.
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
8.2/105 votesLoading...#8 - Healthy Competition
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/1983
Rodney breaks up the Trotter partnership to go it alone - with Mickey Pearce! Does Mickey's trip to the Costas mean that the duo are opening a Spanish branch already?
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.2/105 votesLoading...#9 - It's Only Rock and Roll
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/14/1985
Rodney is the drumless drummer in Mental Micky's band, 'A Bunch Of Wallies'. Del Boy takes on the job of manager, getting them an abortive St. Paddy's night gig at The Shamrock Club.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.3/106 votesLoading...#10 - Go West Young Man
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1981
Rodney’s depressed. His mate Mickey Pearce has moved in on his bird – Monica of the fat thighs – and life isn’t exactly a social whirl. Del has the solution – they’ll all be millionaires in a year – cue his smooth friend Boycie and a very dodgy deal…
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
8.4/105 votesLoading...#11 - Homesick
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/1983
Del Boy uses Rodney's election as chairman of the local tenants' association to plot a move to ground-floor accommodation.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.5/104 votesLoading...#12 - No Greater Love....
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/1982
Rodney's got himself a bird at last! Unfortunately, she's no spring chicken and her jailbird husband is about to be released...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/104 votesLoading...#13 - Wanted
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/15/1983
Rodney is on the run after he is accused of being the 'Peckham Pouncer' - but where is that fragrant smell, wafting through the ventilation ducts of Nelson Mandela House, coming from?
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.5/104 votesLoading...#14 - Watching the Girls Go By
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/28/1985
Del sets Rodney up with a date, but when she gets to the do at the Nag's Head she makes Rodney wish he hadn't.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.5/103 votesLoading...#15 - As One Door Closes
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 4/4/1985
When Del Boy's hooky 'louvry' door deal, financed with Denzil's redundancy money, falls through, the boys attempt to repay him by catching a rare butterfly.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.5/104 votesLoading...#16 - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/1986
Del Boy gets the chance to make a new start (and to become a millionaire) in Australia - fronting Jumbo Mills's used car business.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/104 votesLoading...#17 - Little Problems
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/1989
With his diploma in Computer Science, new job in Cassandra's father's firm and impending marriage, Rodney's certainly on the up. Del's even promised to take care of his share of the flat deposit. Only problem is, Del's gone and got himself into a bit of bother over some hooky mobile phones with the less-than-understanding Driscoll brothers, and unless he comes up with £2,000 pretty sharpish they're going to take care of him...
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.6/105 votesLoading...#18 - Friday the 14th
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/1983
The Trotters visit Devon for a weekend's fishing but get involved with an escaped 'psycho' from the local mental hospital.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.8/104 votesLoading...#19 - The Yellow Peril
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/1982
Del's got a job painting a Chinese restaurant - but is he wise to get some help from Rodney 'Leonardo' Trotter?
Director: Ray Butt
Writer: John Sullivan
8.8/104 votesLoading...#20 - It Never Rains....
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/25/1982
The Trotter family holiday is underway when Grandad runs into a bit of trouble with the Spanish police.
Director: Ray Butt
Writer: John Sullivan
8.8/104 votesLoading...#21 - Yesterday Never Comes
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 12/1/1983
Del Boy falls for posh tart Miranda when she comes to view a 'Queen Anne' cabinet, but Miranda is more interested in the painting that the boys' Gran lifted from her art dealer employer.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.8/105 votesLoading...#22 - May the Force Be with You
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/8/1983
D.I. Slater is on the track of a stolen microwave oven and Del Boy is in the frame.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.8/104 votesLoading...#23 - From Prussia with Love
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/1986
When a German damsel turns up in the Nag's Head, she's definitely in distress - and nine months pregnant at that. Rodney's all beer and sympathy, but Del's got an idea - could this be the answer to Boycie and Marlene's dreams of a child and a golden opportunity to make a few bob along the way?
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.8/104 votesLoading...#24 - The Miracle of Peckham
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/1986
Del Boy gets religion when the Madonna at the local church is seen to shed tears. But why does she only cry when it's raining, and where did that lead in Del's garage come from?
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
8.8/104 votesLoading...#25 - The Longest Night
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/1986
A burglar makes a daring raid on the local supermarket just as Del and family are out buying their weekly French stick. What's worse, Del sold him a duff watch down the local market...
Director: N/A
Writer: John Sullivan
The Worst Episodes of Only Fools and Horses
Every episode of Only Fools and Horses ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Only Fools and Horses!
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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Worst Episodes Summary
"A Slow Bus to Chingford" is the worst rated episode of "Only Fools and Horses". It scored 7.2/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Martin Shardlow and written by John Sullivan, it aired on 10/6/1981. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Second Time Around".