Only Fools and Horses

(PG)

Hugely successful British comedy about of two streetwise London brothers: Del (David Jason) and Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst). In early years they shared their council flat with 'Grandad' (until the death of actor 'Lennard Pierce' ) later to be replaced by 'Uncle Albert' (Buster Merryfield), a WWII Navy veteran with an anecdote for any occasion. Del and Rodney are best described as lovable and harmless black market traders; they buy and (try to) sell almost anything and many an episode is based around some faulty/stolen stock bought by Del. As with other comedies from writer John Sullivan, the humor is devilishly engineered so as not to telegraph the jokes before the punchlines and there's always a strong cast of support characters. The series has won countless awards and ratings battles. Roger Lloyd-Pack, John Challis, Kenneth MacDonald.

Surely the best BBC comedy ever for sheer development alone if nothing else. David Jason is undoubtedly Britain's finest TV actor after John Thaw (and better than many UK film actors) and Lyndhurst is an excellent partner. Great to watch if you have yet watched it!!!