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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 believing that next year they will be millionaires.

Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Only Fools and Horses" is "A Slow Bus to Chingford", rated 7.5/10 from 682 user votes. It was directed by Martin Shardlow and written by John Sullivan. "A Slow Bus to Chingford" aired on 10/6/1981 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Big Brother".

  • A Slow Bus to Chingford
    7.5/10 682 votes

    #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

  • Big Brother
    7.6/10 910 votes

    #2 - 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

  • The Second Time Around
    7.6/10 713 votes

    #3 - 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

  • Video Nasty
    7.7/10 553 votes

    #4 - Video Nasty

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/1986

    Rodney gets a grant from the local college to make a film, but first he must come up with a viable screenplay. Del gets him a secondhand typewriter, and also suggests a storyline of 'A Rhino Loose in the City'. To make matters worse, the director, Mickey Pearce, fed up with waiting for Rodney to write the story, starts making porn films, only for Rodney to end up starring in one.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Sullivan

  • The Russians Are Coming
    7.8/10 717 votes

    #5 - 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

  • Yesterday Never Comes
    7.8/10 590 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Watching the Girls Go By
    7.8/10 546 votes

    #7 - 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

  • No Greater Love....
    7.9/10 629 votes

    #8 - 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

  • It Never Rains....
    7.9/10 630 votes

    #9 - 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

  • Wanted
    7.9/10 586 votes

    #10 - 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

  • It's Only Rock and Roll
    7.9/10 614 votes

    #11 - 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

  • Cash and Curry
    8.0/10 762 votes

    #12 - 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

  • The Long Legs of the Law
    8.0/10 664 votes

    #13 - 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

  • Homesick
    8.0/10 621 votes

    #14 - 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

  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
    8.0/10 569 votes

    #15 - 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

  • The Chance of a Lunchtime
    8.0/10 514 votes

    #16 - The Chance of a Lunchtime

    Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/1991

    Raquel has an audition for a play, and Del has volunteered to help her rehearse. Rodney and Cassandra meet for supper, each thinking that the other made the first move. Things seem to be going well before Rodney gets tangled up with Trudy. Del tells Albert and Rodney that he sees two people when he looks at Raquel. Either Raquel's pregnant or Del's drunk!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Sullivan

  • Go West Young Man
    8.1/10 801 votes

    #17 - 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

  • Ashes to Ashes
    8.1/10 630 votes

    #18 - 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

  • From Prussia with Love
    8.1/10 588 votes

    #19 - 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

  • The Miracle of Peckham
    8.1/10 554 votes

    #20 - 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

  • Happy Returns
    8.2/10 606 votes

    #21 - Happy Returns

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/21/1985

    Rodney's in love with Debbie from the newsagents. Could this mean the end of his dirty magazine fetish? Trouble is she's only 19, and 19 1/2 years ago Del was pretty friendly with her mum...

    Director: Susan Belbin

    Writer: John Sullivan

  • Hole in One
    8.2/10 573 votes

    #22 - Hole in One

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/1985

    The Trotters are potless, so Uncle Albert comes to the rescue by having an 'accident' with the open cellar door of the Nag's Head.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Sullivan

  • As One Door Closes
    8.2/10 548 votes

    #23 - 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

  • Sickness & Wealth
    8.2/10 613 votes

    #24 - Sickness & Wealth

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/1989

    While excruciating stomach cramps and a constant diet of health salts might drive some people to visit the doctor, not our Del! Oh no, he's only suffering from that scourge of all yuppies, PMA - Positive Mental Attitude! So it's going to require some nifty plotting by Rodney and Uncle Albert to get Del to visit the dreaded 'D' word!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle
    8.2/10 524 votes

    #25 - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/1991

    After a night at the Nag's Head, Uncle Albert comes home beaten up and tells tales of two, three or was it four muggers. But something isn't right and he runs away from home. Finally Del Boy and Rodney realise where to find him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Sullivan